Holy Crap - Massacre At Virginia Tech

[ice grillin you]

Ryan Clark, 22, a senior at Virginia Tech, of Martinez, Georgia, majored in biology and English, and carried a 4.0 grade-point average, according to the Columbia County, Georgia, coroner. Clark, a resident assistant, was one of the two victims of the 7:15 a.m. dormitory shooting.


Kevin Granata, age unknown, was one of the top five biomechanics researchers in the country working on movement dynamics in cerebral palsy, the head of Engineering Science and Mechanics Department at Virginia Tech said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. His academic career included stints at the Johns Hopkins University, Ohio State University, University of Virginia and Wake Forest University.


Liviu Librescu, 76, a professor at Virginia Tech, was recognized internationally for his research in aeronautical engineering, the head of the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department at Virginia Tech told AP. Librescu, an Israeli, was born and received his advanced degrees in Romania.


G. V. Loganathan, 51, was a professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. Since coming to Virginia Tech in 1982, he earned the Outstanding Faculty Award, the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education, according to his biography on the Virginia Tech Web site.

[Seabiscuit36]

that link to facebook apparently was a different asian gunnut

[ice grillin you]

[phattymatty]

it's amazing how much geography plays a role in stories like these.  i'm in denver this week and it's still the top story on the news, but doesn't really seem like a huge deal to anyone.  meanwhile, my office back in VA is setting up counselors and shtein because there are so many people that i work with that are either alums or have children there right now.  it's probably about 20% VT grads.  hopefully all their kids are ok but i have no idea.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

link

23-year-old South Korean native named Cho Seung-Hui

[SunMo]

i heard it was because he got an A- in his bowling class

[Phanatic]

you can not give a shtein about this AND it can be a big story

you can say it doesnt affect you AND it can be a tragic sad horrifying event

the news media can over report and try to whore out the story AND it can still be a defining even in our countries history


not everything is an either/or scenario...it can go both ways

Wow! This would be the point I'd make. I'm annoyed by the media's coverage but it is a story. I watched some tool who covered Columbine cover this story and sneak into the dorms to talk to people and wax poetic and shtein. What media whore tool farg!

[MDS]

good lord can someone please eliminate all the farging guns in this country. any nut can get their hands on any kind of gun and do this horrible shtein. just terrible.

[rjs246]

Guns aren't the problem. Making guns illegal won't keep homicidal jackasses from getting their hands on them. Just like making heroine illegal doesn't keep people from getting it. Just like making abortion illegal never stopped women from getting abortions.

Don't be stupid.

[Rome]

good lord can someone please eliminate all the farging guns in this country. any nut can get their hands on any kind of gun and do this horrible shtein. just terrible.

Right - seize all the guns from law-abiding citizens and put them in the hands of the government and criminals where they belong!

[Seabiscuit36]

MDS, the problem its way too easy to get guns on the street.  To get them legally is really a pain.  It took me 3 weeks and about 6 pages of documents, plus a course just to get a gun.  Whereas i could have gotten a illegal guy for about 400 cheaper, and have it in a day or two.  

[Rome]

I had to wait 72 hours (actually five full days because of the weekend) to get my Glock from a dealer.

The other guns I have I got immediately from private owners who didn't require a 30 second wait.

[ice grillin you]

Whereas i could have gotten a illegal guy for about 400 cheaper, and have it in a day or two.

or moved to virginia where getting  a gun is as easy as buying a 12 pack of bud

[MDS]

whatever. the government should be doing what they can do try to combat the illegal gun trade. also the loopholes in the legal gun system need to go.

but yes, it is almost an impossible problem to stop. but i figure that we could spent a few trillion dollars on that and not go into a war that serves no purpose. oh wait.

[Seabiscuit36]

O'Malley wants to make it even harder to get guns legally in MD    What these talking heads dont realize is when you get hot guns, its way too easy.  Thats where the focus should be.  

Another thing i had no idea until i went thru the process was each weapon you legally purchase is test fired and a ballistc's file is opened.  If you were to use that gun in any illegal manner, the police know exactly who the weapon is registered to