Horrible. God bless the families and students at this time. I've got college-aged kids myself. Virginia Tech might never get over this, but I hope they do.
The inevitable is coming of course--the whys, hows and who's to blames. Surely the work of a mentally unhinged person but in this day and age the mind does wonder about the terrorism angle. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what "Asian" means, since such a descriptor could denote anyone from a Russian to an Iranian to a Indian to a Japanese person. Actually, I'd be cool never knowing his name so the b@stard is denied his fame.
Regardless of his identity it seems like a sign that today's disturbed people are holding a lot more deep hatred than we might have imagined.
The story has already drifted to gun control of course, which hopefully represents nothing more than an outpouring of the sheer emotion of the moment. But let's not forget--if a student had been carrying a legal concealed weapon on campus and saw this freak gunning down innocent victims his toll might have ended quite a bit lower.
MORE 4/16/07
Olbermann just offhandedly blamed Bush for the massacre since he allowed the assault weapons ban to lapse a couple of years ago--this was right after he reported that the serial numbers had been filed off the handguns used by the shooter. He then lamented the fact the Gonzales hearings had been postponed. Whoops there it is.
SPECULATION 4/16
The official line seems to be the shooter was a Chinese national upset over a domestic situation. OK, I'll buy, since anyone holding that kind of rage would have to have some big time shoulder chips. But if he was indeed responsible for the previous Friday bomb threats "to test the security system" that seems rather calculated and pointless for a crime of passion. If the goal was to kill the cheating girlfriend or her boyfriend why "test the security"? Why not just sneak in there and blow them away? With cops talking about a 'person of interest' there has to be more here than meets the eye.
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