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Shooting at Va. Tech

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by imjustagirl2, Apr 16, 2007.

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  1. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    Someone brought up the subject earlier, and I didn't know the answer. A quick Internet search gave me this, and if more recent stats are available, I'm sure they can found with a little more time.

    2004 -- 29,589 gun-related deaths in the U.S.
    2005 -- 43,200 traffic-related deaths in the U.S.

    I wouldn't have guessed the numbers were that high, and I'm not sure what those very sad numbers say.
     
    trifectarich, Apr 16, 2007
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  2. HeinekenMan

    HeinekenMan Active Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    Devil, I'm not sure why you and others keep asking me to answer questions. But I'll pretend that I have a clue. Here's my uneducated guess:

    Guy's girlfriend cheats on him. Guy flips out and storms into a dorm room. He shoots the people in the dorm room. Then he flees. The police show up and decide that the shooter is one of the deceased. Isolated incident. No reason to create any more of a scene than there already is.

    But it turns out that they didn't get the shooter. And the shooter, for some reason, decides he has to flee to a classroom. Perhaps he's looking for his girlfriend or someone who had a connection to her.
     
    HeinekenMan, Apr 16, 2007
    #242
  3. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    I will let them reveal the details when and if they are comfortable doing so. Let me just say you can know your child was near the shootings but is alive -- but you hear the fear in his or her voice -- and you can still be worried about them and wondering if they are truly OK.

    That's friggin' how.
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Apr 16, 2007
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  4. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    The only way I think it is interesting is that someone must have told someone after the first round of shootings that it was an Asian student. That does narrow the search for a shooter. Should have made it easier for them to find him.

    That is the only thing I find interesting about it.
     
    93Devil, Apr 16, 2007
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  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    That just means it was a .22 caliber weapon, which is a small caliber.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Apr 16, 2007
    #245
  6. boots

    boots New Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    I'll buy into your theory. Again, that's why the school should've been shut down until they were certain. Something went wrong in their communications process.
     
    boots, Apr 16, 2007
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  7. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    Wasn't asking you, just typing out loud so to speak. But I think you are correct with the scenario.

    My "why" question is how did they let the campus function without knowing 100 percent that the shooter was accounted for. I still cannot explain this to myself.
     
    93Devil, Apr 16, 2007
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  8. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    Great point. And by "Asian," don't they mean "American"? Because Americans are all different ethnicities.
     
    Lugnuts, Apr 16, 2007
    #248
  9. Pilot

    Pilot Well-Known Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    A .22 is a small rifle that shoots a small bullet. I'd be surprised if it was a .22. They have a hard time killing anything much bigger than a rabbit.

    It's possible though. I live in a rural area, boring ass state and everything and a kid was killed in my front yard by a .22 one night.
     
    Pilot, Apr 16, 2007
    #249
  10. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    This will out me to the 2-3 people here who don't already know but what the hell:

    Both my kids are there. One works there, one goes there.
    Both are OK. Yet they are not, so I am not.
    My son works one building over.
    My daughter had late classes and never left her house.

    Neither one of them is sure about their friends yet. They are sick, they are terrified. As am I. I know these kids. I know their parents. My kids are not injured but I feel no relief.

    This is truly awful. So please heed JD's advice, not just for me but for the people and families involved.
     
    Moderator1, Apr 16, 2007
    #250
  11. John

    John Well-Known Member

    John, Apr 16, 2007
    #251
  12. boots

    boots New Member

    Re: Another shooting at Va. Tech

    I hope there won't be a rush to judgment on the Asian community, if it was indeed an Asian American who did this horror.
     
    boots, Apr 16, 2007
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