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My God....this just gets to me...what drives someone to do something like that?

first columbine and now Vtech? seriously the schools need to be more safer. (iam a senior high school) in my school they have already caught 6 people in total this year having possesion of a gun with them or in their car. this really has to stop. does this mean that they will pass a law were teachers can now carry guns in school.

do u know were the only living thing on this planet that kill for no damn reason and where spose to be on top of the food chain... this is a sad day.... and is pisses me the hell off...

Holy crap, that's terrible! This is the first I've heard about it and I'm at school. No doubt it'll be on the news later today!

My prayers to all the friends and families of the dead.

Thanks for posting this on the front page Ryan.

i wonder what the story was..... why he did it

Just heard some suprising news on MSNBC. There may be two shooters. MSNBC reported a few minutes ago that the shooting in the dormatory may involve a different shooter then the one in the classroom. According to the show I'm watching (Countdown), the police won't confirm that only one shooter was involved. That could explain two different caliber guns being involved.

muswp1 wrote:Just heard some suprising news on MSNBC. There may be two shooters. MSNBC reported a few minutes ago that the shooting in the dormatory may involve a different shooter then the one in the classroom. According to the show I'm watching (Countdown), the police won't confirm that only one shooter was involved. That could explain two different caliber guns being involved.

I kinda doubt it

Mr.RobotAutoMan wrote:first columbine and now Vtech? seriously the schools need to be more safer. (iam a senior high school) in my school they have already caught 6 people in total this year having possesion of a gun with them or in their car. this really has to stop. does this mean that they will pass a law were teachers can now carry guns in school.

Oh lord I hope not.

I've known to many teachers who are either too incompetent or too emotional to be trusted with a gun.

theprime8604 wrote:do u know were the only living thing on this planet that kill for no damn reason

Well, that depends on your definition of "reason".

Wolverines and pitbulls both kill just to kill, because it's what they do. Is that a reason? Can't be worse of a reason than what this guy had at least.

Male lions will kill the cubs of other males just so the females will enter heat sooner, and lions in general will kill Cheetah cubs to reduce future competition. Is that a better reason?

And don't Orcas occasionally kill for entertainment? Even if they're not hungry?

Don't confuse the simple savagery of the animal kingdom for nobility. The worst parts of human nature are rooted in the legacy we brought with us from the jungle.

My Friends Sister Goes There For College But Shes ok. Man The Death Toll Just keeps going up Its at 32 Now. My Heart Goes out to anybody who lost Family today.
And On Friday Thats the Anniversery of Columbine.

gogleman374 wrote:My Friends Sister Goes There For College But Shes ok. Man The Death Toll Just keeps going up Its at 32 Now. My Heart Goes out to anybody who lost Family today.
And On Friday Thats the Anniversery of Columbine.

the toll went up 1. its now 33.

That is pretty grim proof that there are angry, sad, sick people out there who would take it out on what could be the object of their hatred and disillusionment.

Perhaps that killer used to attend that college, didn't do well in his life, and decided to come back and end it all, taking a few innocent young students with him. Students who did better in school or would enjoy a much better life than he ever would.

This may never end.

It's really sad that the first thing I did today was turn on (local ABC affiliate) channel 15 in my room and they went from the soap that was on to this. My heart goes out to everyone effected by whatever's going on at Virginia Tech.

Brakethrough wrote:Oh boy. Now Fred "Hatred is a lifestyle, not an emotion" Phelps is chiming in about it. He intends to "preach" at the funerals.

How old is he again shouldn't he be dead seriously the only reason he is still alive is his perverse hatred for everyone and thing but his body died years ago. The whole f*cking WBC wants to send america back at least 400 years if not more. It's not right to wish bad things on people but i wish Phelps was burned at the stake and his entire church deported to the middle east.

But there is always going to be a scapegoat I was watching one news channel where they took a case profiler who had some good points about the blames of shootings being on irresponsible parents and gun shops and unarmed law enforcement. But they had some bad points Putting the blame on media and porn etc. Apparently they cant grasp that these things were predominant throughout history and even if you take them away it swill still never curb the violence. They also say when they were kids they never heard of something so horrific, which is a lie we've had manslaughter, murder, prejudice throughout American history, it was just back then tv was limited so wholesale slaughter never really got alot of coverage. It's retarded to say this generation was bad when you've got killers and murderers like the Son of Sam and Zodiac Killer who were more methodic and sadistic than this incident.

sure was a good thing that my cousin wasn't anywhere near the second building. had to call him on my cell an hour or so ago just to be sure he was alright .

God damn it another one jesus christ

I do not even know where to begin. Being a former college student and now a teacher, this rings closer to home then I ever wanted. It is becoming a sad reallity in America today you are not truely safe any where.

i would say this to try to lighten the mood is that the guy's gunfire was so crazy, it backfired and shot him.

Hotrod wrote:It is becoming a sad reallity in America today you are not truely safe any where.

Well, if only 100 people a year die on a college campus, then statisticly, you're still safer at school than at home.

Caelus wrote:

Hotrod wrote:It is becoming a sad reallity in America today you are not truely safe any where.

Well, if only 100 people a year die on a college campus, then statisticly, you're still safer at school than at home.

True but it seems like if you include school and college shootings together the number seems to be up over the past 10 years or so. Though it may not actually be, with the coverage of media it feels that way.

This year alone my school has gone on lock down 10 times. Lockdown only occurs if there is beleived to be a dangerous person on or close to the school or there is a report that there is a student with a weapon. So far we have been lucky and nothing has happened.

Ugh. It was just pointed out to me that ebay is already deluged with VA-Tech massacre memorabilia and domain names.

That's just... ugh. Disappointing. Not surprising, but disappointing.

let me put it this way I was in 8th grade during colombine but my freshman year threat went through the school and someone was taken a way which happen to be a good friend of mien who went ape chit

My condolences go out to the victims of this tragedy. And may the gunman burn in hell. It makes me sick to hear things like this, but it's even worse when a sick ****' coward passes judgement on all these people and then take the weak, easy way out. That waste of space shoulda just offed himself right away.

Oh, and I listen to talk radio here at work. And, yeah, all the politcial hacks are all over this. It's equally disgusting.

that has to be the 4th shooting ive heard about that has happened in engineering buildings...does everyone hate us?

the media will milk this for weeks

It's so sad, things as horriable like this happen all over the world, but as ugly humanity can be, it's has it beauty too. With hope and time to heal, we can overcome the bad. My deepest condolences to all of them.