Shooting at VA Tech

[BobnCherry 10]

Because they have guns. Without guns, the crime would stop.

Yea then just the criminals would have guns

[slim 1,533]

Yea then just the criminals would have guns

They're the only ones with guns now.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

They're the only ones with guns now.

But Virginia is a gun owners Paradise where those sacred rights prevent crime...

[slim 1,533]

But Virginia is a gun owners Paradise where those sacred rights prevent crime...

All except for on campus. Where criminals are protected and given a safe zone to work in.

[kytwell 179]

All except for on campus. Where criminals are protected and given a safe zone to work in.

This particular case he shot a cop. Are the cops unarmed?

[slim 1,533]

This particular case he shot a cop. Are the cops unarmed?

I doubt it. And if you can't call the cops to protect you.... who are you gonna call?

[kytwell 179]

Slim, I get your point and agree with it. But this particular situation wouldn't have been prevented by having more guns on campus. It sounds like a blitz attack on a cop(a cop who was most likely armed too) and was not able to do anything to prevent his own death while assumed to be armed.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I think capital punishment should be reserved only for those who are a danger to society.

There you go, creative thinking! We can chuck all the wife beaters and murderers down there!

If you got rid of the wife beaters there wouldn't be much of a police force in this country seeing how cops love to beat their wives even though the rarely get prosecuted for it.

I wonder why cops like to beat women so much? I blame it on small ####### syndrome myself...that and they probably got punked for their lunch money at school

[CDAgirlMI 51]

I doubt it. And if you can't call the cops to protect you.... who are you gonna call?

Ghostbusters! ...sorry had to.

Too bad they didn't learn from the last shooting, that letting students with carry permits bring firearms to school could result in a different out-come when someone goes "postal".

[kytwell 179]

Ghostbusters! ...sorry had to.

Too bad they didn't learn from the last shooting, that letting students with carry permits bring firearms to school could result in a different out-come when someone goes "postal".

Have you read the reports? He killed a cop and then shot himself. It was a blitz/ambush style attack on a police officer in the line of duty. Cops are typically armed, so it's not like he took out a "soft" target.

[slim 1,533]

this particular situation wouldn't have been prevented by having more guns on campus. It sounds like a blitz attack on a cop(a cop who was most likely armed too) and was not able to do anything to prevent his own death while assumed to be armed.

True. However, the rest of the students were put in "safe rooms" and locked down indoors. Talk about fish in a barrel.

I've never understood why the first thing officials want to do when shooting starts is amass all the potential targets into one area. If students are packing, you just continue on with business as usual.

[kytwell 179]

The Virginia Tech police officer who was killed on campus during a traffic stop was identified as four-year member of the force who was married and had five children and stepchildren.

The Virginia Tech News website said Deriek W. Crouse, 39, of Christiansburg, was survived by his wife, five children and step-children, and his mother and brother. Funeral arrangements were pending.

The site said Crouse joined the campus Police Department on Oct. 27, 2007, and served in the patrol division. He had been a member of the force's Emergency Response Team since February, and in 2008 he received an award for his commitment to the department's efforts against driving under the influence.

He was an Army veteran who had worked at the New River Valley Jail and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.

The gunman thought to have killed Crouse was found dead on campus with a gunshot wound.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/08/9311385-officer-killed-in-virginia-tech-shooting-had-5-kids