Updated:At Least 33 Dead in Va. Tech Shooting

[hesscl34]

This is unreal to me!! 22 people???? How in the heck can someone get away with that without being taken down!!!

[Big C]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

Keeping VT in all my thoughts and prayers. This is horrible.

I can't get in touch with my buddy from VT, he's an engineering major... someone called me and said that on of the shootings was poss. in an engineering building. Can anyone confirm this?

yes. norris hall is where most of the killings were, and it is an engeneering building for the most part, though there are many other ones. the phone lines are all hung up right now here

[Big C]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

This is unreal to me!! 22 people???? How in the heck can someone get away with that without being taken down!!!

he went into a small classroom and killed the people in it is what i hear.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Do they know anything about the shooter yet?
I mean, do they know if he was a student or just some local that lost it?

[Big C]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Do they know anything about the shooter yet?
I mean, do they know if he was a student or just some local that lost it?

asian guy in his 20s. didnt say anything to anyone just shot at them.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Big C

asian guy in his 20s. didnt say anything to anyone just shot at them.

I can't believe it, truly.

[Schneed10]

Wow. Big C, glad you're alright, man.

As for gun laws, this is a sticky one. You could loosen gun laws so that chances would increase that the public would have the wherewithal to stop a douchebag like this. But the tradeoff is an increase in accidental deaths due to more guns in the hands of the public.

You could tighten gun laws and make it impossible for a douchebag like this to obtain a gun in the first place. But we all know that if he really wanted a gun to do this, he'd buy it on the black market.

I don't think there's a policy answer for something like this. It just sucks, not really sure what you can do, unless you want to post an armed guard outside of every high school and college classroom in the country (which would cost way too much money).

I do agree with you though Big C, they should have cancelled classes for crying out loud. I've got no idea what administration was thinking, maybe they needed more time to process what happened; who knows. My first reaction would have been to cancel class though.

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Do they know anything about the shooter yet?
I mean, do they know if he was a student or just some local that lost it?

Not sure if he was a student at Tech or Radford. The first building Amber-Johnston is closed until like 10:00 am, so he would have needed to wait for someone to leave and grab the door to gain access.

The two buildings are not very close to one another so he either had intention to kill someone specific in Norris or just wanted to hide out far away from the original crime scene and just lost it. That last doesn't hold much water since in order to have 40+ casualties he would have had to have extra ammo, which wouldn't be necassary if he only meant to kill one person (the girlfriend).

[hesscl34]

The mental health of this person is the big issue, and the US is terrible about getting people help. The laws SUCK and they let people walk every day that should be in a hospita getting the help they need. A sick person cannot know when he's ok to go home!!

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Wow, I can't believe this. I'm glad you're ok C, and I pray for all your other classmates. Thoughts and Prayers are with all there at Tech.

[skinsguy]

They were reporting on WSLS Channel 10 news out of Roanoke, Virginia that one of the 22 that was killed was the shooter himself. If you go on CNN.com, you can actually watch the cell phone video of the cops firing their guns at what we assume is the shooter.

[RobH4413]

I find it hard to believe that he got off that many rounds without someone taking him down.

This is so tragic.

I just talked to my engineering buddy and he's very shaken up, he didn't really say much, just that he was okay and he'd talk to me later.

I'm wondering whether or not he was in the building. This shit is insane.

[Redskins_P]

Glad to see that you're ok Big C. This is effing crazy. I used to go down to Blacksburg all the time (most of my friends graduated in 2000).......and besides VA Tech, theres nothing else in that town. That place will never be the same after this.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all VA tech students who were injured and/or killed.

[hesscl34]

I don't understand why so many. Why did he feel the need to kill SOOO many?????!?!??!

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

It just sucks, not really sure what you can do, unless you want to post an armed guard outside of every high school and college classroom in the country (which would cost way too much money).

And who's to say they won't lose it and go postal?