VA Tech Shootings: 32 + 1 Dead (Mourning Thread)

[Norelco]

Someone on another message board saying this is his[the shooter's] myspace. Take pics plz if you can. I'm stuck at work.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =103371055

Looked awful fake then I scrolled to the last comment on the page rofl:

Aug 21 2006 7:22P

r u that creepy killer guy or just some weirdo trying to be like him

idk what happened back then but yeah, sounds like someone who does it for a hobby

Yeah, it's probably some ass faking it.

[Fhqwghads]

Wow this is just horrible. My condolences to the victim's families and friends, and those injured in this incident.

[Misterjingles]

yeah it would be really sick and wrong if Hillary Clinton or someone else uses this incendent for their political agenda to try to ban violent video games or something like that.

I can just see it when they search the shooters house.
"OMG he has video games!! That must be what drove him to shoot those people, ban them now!"

Be a sad day indeed, and they said that DDR wasn't a violent video game.

[zoobernut]

In an interview with a police officer on CNN he just said the gunman took his own life. Dunno if that has been posted yet.

[GRT]

that police spokesman in the press conference reminds me of someone

"i don't know" "i don't have that information" "i'm not prepared to release this information"

wonder who it is

[MF Perm]

God bless the 2nd amendment.

1st amendment sucks too, so you should shut the fuck up.

You realize that without the second ammendment the crime rate would skyrocket, right? 90%+ of weapons used in crimes resulting in a death are not weapons that are purchased or obtained legally. So even if we outlaw carrying or owning weapons, the criminals are still going to be able to obtain their guns illegally. Couple that with all law-abiding citizens not being able to own weapons and you have yourself a spike in the crime rate.

I'll respond to this in the 2nd Amendment thread.

[Norelco]

that police spokesman in the press conference reminds me of someone

"i don't know" "i don't have that information" "i'm not prepared to release this information"

wonder who it is

Yeah, but Sage Sundi is....dun dun dun...ASIAN. It's a conspiracy.

[Khamsin]

Someone on another message board saying this is his[the shooter's] myspace. Take pics plz if you can. I'm stuck at work.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =103371055

Looked awful fake then I scrolled to the last comment on the page rofl:

Aug 21 2006 7:22P

r u that creepy killer guy or just some weirdo trying to be like him

idk what happened back then but yeah, sounds like someone who does it for a hobby

Yeah, it's probably some ass faking it.

He must have already had a page (given the 2006 comment) then just went back and changed it to look like what the gunman might have had.

[abadd]

God bless the 2nd amendment.

yep, too bad no one was exercising that right , maybe instead of 32 deaths, we'd have had just one dead asshole. But hey, you're cool.

[GRT]

only thing i really wanted to find out from that press conference was some kind of ID of the shooter: age, ethnic background, was he a student or someone from outside, maybe a name

and "I don't know."

fuck, if you are gonna speak to a press, at least have seen a picture of the dead body

and it's a well planned shooting of at least 60 people, could it really be about his gf dumping him?

[Raineer]

God bless the 2nd amendment.

yep, too bad no one was exercising that right , maybe instead of 32 deaths, we'd have had just one dead asshole. But hey, you're cool.

I don't know you mister newbie poster, but I love the way you think.

[Leashedragon]

Investigators told NBC News that they had so far been unable to positively identify the gunman, whose face was disfigured when he was killed. He carried no ID or cell phone, and an initial check on his fingerprints came up empty.

Warnings came too late
Steger and law enforcement authorities gave this account of the day’s events:

The rampage began about 7:15 a.m. ET at West Ambler Johnston, a coeducational residence hall that houses 895 people The gunman, armed with a 9-mm pistol and a .22-caliber handgun, killed two people there before making his way two hours later to Norris Hall, an engineering classroom building on the opposite end of the 2,600-acre campus.

About 9:15, the gunman chained the doors of the classroom building so his potential victims could not escape and police could not enter. Once inside There, he shot more than 50 people in multiple classrooms.

Not until 9:26 a.m. did the first warning to students and employees go out by e-mail, according to the time stamps on copies obtained by NBC News. By then, the shooting was over.

The first e-mail had few details. It said: “A shooting incident occurred at West Amber Johnston earlier this morning. Police are on the scene and are investigating.” The message warned students to be cautious and contact police about anything suspicious.

Maurice Hiller, a student, told The Associated Press that he went to a 9 a.m. class just two buildings away from the engineering building and that no warnings were coming over the outdoor public address system on campus at the time.

And update about 14 mins ago: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18134671/
Updated info is highlighted.

[Vedder]

Someone on another message board saying this is his[the shooter's] myspace. Take pics plz if you can. I'm stuck at work.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =103371055

Looked awful fake then I scrolled to the last comment on the page rofl:

Aug 21 2006 7:22P

r u that creepy killer guy or just some weirdo trying to be like him

idk what happened back then but yeah, sounds like someone who does it for a hobby

Yeah, it's probably some ass faking it.

He must have already had a page (given the 2006 comment) then just went back and changed it to look like what the gunman might have had.

Actually... it looks more like a reference to the escaped inmate that got loose on campus in Aug, 2006 and shot a couple of cops.

Perhaps the owner of this myspace was doing something / acting like that guy.

[finale23]

God bless the 2nd amendment.

yep, too bad no one was exercising that right , maybe instead of 32 deaths, we'd have had just one dead asshole. But hey, you're cool.

I don't know you mister newbie poster, but I love the way you think.

VT bans guns on campus. i'm not sure how 2nd amendment could have made a difference.

[divisortheory]

That guy's myspace says that he is currently online. So... probably not him, although he could have left myspace open from his home computer before he went out.

Although according to that one chick's comment, Court TV called her wanting to interview her because they had heard it was him too.

[Norelco]

That guy's myspace says that he is currently online. So... probably not him, although he could have left myspace open from his home computer before he went out.

Although according to that one chick's comment, Court TV called her wanting to interview her because they had heard it was him too.

Sounds like a nutjob or a friend of his being an asshole.

[Fusional]

God bless the 2nd amendment.

yep, too bad no one was exercising that right , maybe instead of 32 deaths, we'd have had just one dead asshole. But hey, you're cool.

right, because everyone carrying around guns all the time is certainly helping to quell violence in the middle east. we could learn a lot from them...

VT bans guns on campus. i'm not sure how 2nd amendment could have made a difference.

damn, i was hoping nobody would point out that little inconvenient fact. now we have to start back at square one D;

[khain]

wow, unbelievable...

[BarthelloSylph]

God bless the 2nd amendment.

yep, too bad no one was exercising that right , maybe instead of 32 deaths, we'd have had just one dead asshole. But hey, you're cool.

right, because everyone carrying around guns all the time is certainly helping to quell violence in the middle east. we could learn a lot from them...

VT bans guns on campus. i'm not sure how 2nd amendment could have made a difference.

damn, i was hoping nobody would point out that little inconvenient fact. now we have to start back at square one D;

Making it harder to obtain a handgun wouldn't have stopped this. People who want guns will get guns, regardless of what the law is. The law also makes drugs illegal, yet I read about people smoking bowls on this site daily.

The means of killing people will change in time. The act of killing people won't go away. It's us - not the weapons.

[Fusional]

Making it harder to obtain a handgun wouldn't have stopped this. People who want guns will get guns, regardless of what the law is. The law also makes drugs illegal, yet I read about people smoking bowls on this site daily.

The means of killing people will change in time. The act of killing people won't go away. It's us - not the weapons.

i see, so if we can't completely stop something, we shouldn't even bother. guess we can go back to using CFCs in our hairspray, as our attempts to save the ozone thus far haven't been completely successful. may as well give up!

alternative fuels? welfare reform? iran getting nukes? man, why bother trying to solve *any* problems if we can't just make it disappear like flipping a switch?

excellent attitude, i'm totally with you.


(p.s. the "it's not the weapons, it's us" argument doesn't seem quite as water-tight when you look at miniscule japanese crime rates coinciding with there being maybe 4 guns in the entire country)