Virginia Tech Shooting

[rabbit]

It was clearly GTA.

[while1]

It's a shame that such hatred exists in this world. We go to college to enrich our future... yet there is no future if such hatred ends it prematurely.

This really hits close to home considering I have friends at VT and I go to VA university (not VT).

[BigAznDaddy]

It was clearly GTA.

thats what i was thinking of. anyways this is really bad so lets have a moment of silence for those who have died.

[Krazed]

Yea, I saw it this morning when I woke up at about 7am, 1 dead, 9 injured, then around 2:30 at my girlfriends, 33 dead, 15 injured. It's really a fucking terrible thing, this kid shoulda just killed himself, no lie.

[Quik]

Yea, I saw it this morning when I woke up at about 7am, 1 dead, 9 injured, then around 2:30 at my girlfriends, 33 dead, 15 injured. It's really a fucking terrible thing, this kid shoulda just killed himself, no lie.

He did, he just decided to kill 30 people in the process.

[Blaze]

Yea, I saw it this morning when I woke up at about 7am, 1 dead, 9 injured, then around 2:30 at my girlfriends, 33 dead, 15 injured. It's really a fucking terrible thing, this kid shoulda just killed himself, no lie.

He did, he just decided to kill 30 people in the process.

He'll be remembered.. not for the best reasons, though. 

[BigAznDaddy]

http://c.photos.cx/wanus-facebook-0b4.png

newby sent this to me... not sure if it is the guy or not.

[while1]

That link (well his facebook photo albums) has been linked on IRC a channels a lot.  I'm going to put my doubts in it being that guy.  Sure that guy is one interesting person but I don't think it's nice to jump to conclusions when there's really no hard evidence/information other than the fact he's "interesting".  Out of the 25k+ students (Alum and current students) at VT... come on someone could have just picked out the most interesting radical Asian dude on facebook.  You know how many Asians go to VT?  A LOT.

I'll wait for a press release once they identify the dead guy before starting to believe rumors about who the gunman is.

[rabbit]

If you look more closely at that picture, it says he is attending VT for grad school.

[while1]

If you look more closely at that picture, it says he is attending VT for grad school.

Yeah shit I just realized that.  Originally all I've seen is links to his photo albums and limited information (i.e. says "VT Alum '06") from peeps on IRC.  This is due to me not being in the VT network and facebook's privacy settings.

However, you know, it says he's currently working at IBM as an IT specialist.  Most grad students have jobs and lives outside of grad school.  They don't have as much social student-to-student interaction compared to undergrads.  Nor do they spend as much time outside of class, taking online courses, or doing research (the amount of this varies depending on the degree they're working towards I believe).  From everything I've heard the shooter, if he is indeed a student, is more likely to be a undergrad.

I still am very skeptical that, although he's pretty outspoken and has very interesting views/interests, it's him.

Again, there are a lot of Asians that go to VT and are on Facebook... you can go ahead and pick out the most radical Asian and speculate on who the shooter is based on that.  As far as I'm concerned that not enough to spread rumors on the internet and possibly ruin this guy's reputation both online, in academia, and in industry when he could be indeed innocent.

EDIT:  God I'm editing this way too much.  But anyways, thinking more about it, that dude looks like he has a lot going for him in the way of his career, academics, and life in general than a lot of college students I know/can think of.  This makes me question whether this guy would snap and give everything up like the gunman did.

[Newby]

Yeah, that came around on a few channels on IRC.

[BigAznDaddy]

i was watching the news and it said the guy shot pistols so my question is...why would he use a pistol when he has subs and rifles in his possession? makes no sense to me; i mean if he really wanted to kill people he would use a BFG not some crummy pistol. http://vt.facebook.com/photos.php?id=6202368&l=d1b29 well thats my opinion but the real shooter has not been identified yet so no jumping to conclusions.

[Super_X]

I don't think that the face book guy is him. He seems to be to up-beet for that. Just because he collects guns doesn't mean that he will kill people with them. And, if he did do it, why would he show them off so easily.

[CrAz3D]

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658


From January 31, 2006


31stGun bill gets shot down by panel
HB 1572, which would have allowed handguns on college campuses, died in subcommittee.
By Greg Esposito
  381-1675

A bill that would have given college students and employees the right to carry handguns on campus died with nary a shot being fired in the General Assembly.

House Bill 1572 didn't get through the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety. It died Monday in the subcommittee stage, the first of several hurdles bills must overcome before becoming laws.

The bill was proposed by Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah County, on behalf of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Gilbert was unavailable Monday and spokesman Gary Frink would not comment on the bill's defeat other than to say the issue was dead for this General Assembly session.

Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

Del. Dave Nutter, R-Christiansburg, would not comment Monday because he was not part of the subcommittee that discussed the bill.

Most universities in Virginia require students and employees, other than police, to check their guns with police or campus security upon entering campus. The legislation was designed to prohibit public universities from making "rules or regulations limiting or abridging the ability of a student who possesses a valid concealed handgun permit ... from lawfully carrying a concealed handgun."

The legislation allowed for exceptions for participants in athletic events, storage of guns in residence halls and military training programs.

Last spring a Virginia Tech student was disciplined for bringing a handgun to class, despite having a concealed handgun permit. Some gun owners questioned the university's authority, while the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police came out against the presence of guns on campus.

In June, Tech's governing board approved a violence prevention policy reiterating its ban on students or employees carrying guns and prohibiting visitors from bringing them into campus facilities.

[Sidoh]

Yeah, I don't think there should ever be handguns allowed on a college campus...