WTF!!!!!! - Virginia Tech

[SuperNaruto]

this is so sad.. i just got off the phone with my friend.. luckily he lives off campus... sad for the people that have been shot..

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
The CNN article updated about 5 mins ago still states the quote that a gunman is loose on campus. Is that accurate still?

FoxNews article is reporting that the shooter is dead.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

I feel the same.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

such thing have always happened. just with TV, internet etc we hear about them happening.

 

[DaWhim]

that's sad. I can see they will have their finals delay at VT...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: TallBill
Sounds like OP was being sarcastic. To bad you cant conceal carry at school. Easy targets for a psycho.

LOL, oh my god, please explain how everyone involved having a weapon in this instance would have resulted in *less* shootings? Seems to me that a bunch of jumpy students with firearms might well have turned the whole thing into a massacre. Or are you suggesting it's ok for more people to get shot as long as one of them is the guy who started it?

he is not saying everybody. all that is needed is for the possiblity that somebody will have a firearm - it is called deterrence and has kept this and the world safe from nuclear wars since the devices were invented, only 1 example (x2 bombs) were needed to show that we don't wnat to use that power on anybody or have it used on us. the same thing with said gunner - if he is at a school there is little chance anybody will have a weapon that is on equal ground with a firearm, so he has free reign. if there was the knowledge that other people may have a firearm, said shooter would possibly rethink his decision. if he still go along with it, there is a good chance somebody will at the training required to get a ccw permit will drop him, or at least wound him before others are taken out like with no thought of an encounter.

Agreed. If the population were armed, it wouldn't have gotten to the point where all the students were that crazy in the first place.

 

[TraumaRN]

Just like to note that perhaps this should be stickied...

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: So

Agreed. The death of a murderer isn't tragic.

Yup, and if his death was first, 21 other people could have lived.

 

[SVT Cobra]

And, now CNN has gone back to its usual self, reporting details they've said 50 times, and interviewing people that were on campus but no where near the shooting.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_College_Shooting

is just one. i seeme to remember 2 others at diffrent college's.

 

[everman]

wtf 22 people killed 🙁

 

[SVT Cobra]

Any confirmation on the execution style killing?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
And, now CNN has gone back to its usual self, reporting details they've said 50 times, and interviewing people that were on campus but no where near the shooting.

That's better than Fox.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_College_Shooting

is just one. i seeme to remember 2 others at diffrent college's.

That one was Canada. Thought we were talking just about USA.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

1966

whitman down in texas was shooting people in a tower on campus.

 

[mb]

CNN.com headline:
"VIRGINIA TECH RAMPAGE"

I hate the fact that I played UT2k4 all night and that popped into my head 🙁 :|

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

I feel completely sick right now... I can't believe something like this just happened here. I am totally in shock. My phone has been ringing away all day with people wanting to know if I'm okay.

Keep your thoughts/prayers with those affected by this tragedy.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_College_Shooting

is just one. i seeme to remember 2 others at diffrent college's.

That one was Canada. Thought we were talking just about USA.

didnt think it really mattered..

besides the one vivthemage mentioned back in the 60's there was another. can't remember the name of the college.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

1966

whitman down in texas was shooting people in a tower on campus.

Yeah, I was thinking that one and the National Guard incident at Kent. Nothing in the last couple of decades though.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: TallBill
Sounds like OP was being sarcastic. To bad you cant conceal carry at school. Easy targets for a psycho.

LOL, oh my god, please explain how everyone involved having a weapon in this instance would have resulted in *less* shootings? Seems to me that a bunch of jumpy students with firearms might well have turned the whole thing into a massacre. Or are you suggesting it's ok for more people to get shot as long as one of them is the guy who started it?

he is not saying everybody. all that is needed is for the possiblity that somebody will have a firearm - it is called deterrence and has kept this and the world safe from nuclear wars since the devices were invented, only 1 example (x2 bombs) were needed to show that we don't wnat to use that power on anybody or have it used on us. the same thing with said gunner - if he is at a school there is little chance anybody will have a weapon that is on equal ground with a firearm, so he has free reign. if there was the knowledge that other people may have a firearm, said shooter would possibly rethink his decision. if he still go along with it, there is a good chance somebody will at the training required to get a ccw permit will drop him, or at least wound him before others are taken out like with no thought of an encounter.

Agreed. If the population were armed, it wouldn't have gotten to the point where all the students were that crazy in the first place.

aren't campus police armed?

 

[Geocentricity]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i have no relation to va tech but i feel absolutely sick.

unbelievable society we've got here.

Don't take the actions of a single random sick individual and use that as the yard stick for an entire society.

This kind of thing seems to be happening more and more though... 🙁

Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

Hey lookie here, a Daycare center! I don't recall shootings occurring here before, let me be the first!

:roll:

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: Queasy
FoxNews article is reporting that the shooter is dead.

The thing that bothers me about that article is:

Police also said there is no evidence the two shootings at opposite ends of campus were related.

That would tend to imply two different shooters who just happened to snap on the same day. If police claim no one in custody, and one shooter dead, where is the other one?

Originally posted by: Queasy
Its been a long time since we had any school shootings. I don't recall ever having a shooting like this on a college campus before.

University of Texas, 1966 - Charles Whitman killed 16 and wounded 30.