Another Virginia College Shooting, 5 Years Earlier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting
In January, 2002, at Appalachian School of Law, located about 120 miles from Virginia Tech in the same general part of the Commonwealth, a disgruntled, flunked-out law student came back to campus and started to murder students and faculty.
In 2002, however, two students (one of them an off-duty police officer, the other an average Joe), were able to draw their own guns on the killer, who dropped his gun at their request and whom they subdued until police arrived without firing a shot.
In 2002, there were two staff members and one student killed (three others wounded), and the murderer was convicted and sentenced to multiple life sentences. You never heard about it in the news, because it was stopped before it got that far.
In 2007, thirty-three people were murdered and their killer was never stopped until he took his own life.
The only real difference was the presence of armed citizens in 2002.
In January, 2002, at Appalachian School of Law, located about 120 miles from Virginia Tech in the same general part of the Commonwealth, a disgruntled, flunked-out law student came back to campus and started to murder students and faculty.
In 2002, however, two students (one of them an off-duty police officer, the other an average Joe), were able to draw their own guns on the killer, who dropped his gun at their request and whom they subdued until police arrived without firing a shot.
In 2002, there were two staff members and one student killed (three others wounded), and the murderer was convicted and sentenced to multiple life sentences. You never heard about it in the news, because it was stopped before it got that far.
In 2007, thirty-three people were murdered and their killer was never stopped until he took his own life.
The only real difference was the presence of armed citizens in 2002.
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Yep, I remember it well.... 0 -
That off duty officer was from here in North Carolina.
There were many media reports on this shooting. What was funny was, nobody mentioned that the shooter was stopped by an armed citizen.
The media will almost never report it when a gun is used to stop a crime.0 -
Cho Seung-Hui's evil actions
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Our hearts and prayers truly go out to all of those affected by Cho Seung-Hui's evil actions. But not even senseless, brutal murder
justifies taking away the God-given rights of the law-abiding.
It is also worthwhile to note that Virginia Tech is -- because of
deliberate policies set by its administration -- a victim disarmament
zone, where even those with a state-issued concealed carry permit are
denied their right of self-defense.
In fact, pro-gun forces just last year tried to get the Virginia
legislature to address the problem. The bill to allow permit holders
to carry on state-supported college campuses died, due in no small
part to rabid opposition from Virginia Tech itself.
VT spokesman Larry Hincker put it this way after it became obvious
that the bill would not pass: "I'm sure the university community is
appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help
parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."
The unfortunate irony continues when one recalls that not long ago,
two students at nearby Appalachian School of Law managed to stop a
gunman at that institution. Happily, they were able to dash
off-campus to retrieve their guns from their vehicles.0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
That off duty officer was from here in North Carolina.
There were many media reports on this shooting. What was funny was, nobody mentioned that the shooter was stopped by an armed citizen.
The media will almost never report it when a gun is used to stop a crime.
Exactly. For two reasons:
1. The media caters to the sheep that believe everything they say; even if the media wanted to be pro-gun, the people who actually believe what they say wouldn't buy it.
2. It wasn't news, because there was no massacre. There was no massacre because armed citizens stopped it when it was a triple homicide, and triple homicides aren't news the way massacres are.
Just make sure you are armed with this information when you educate people on how yesterday's tragedy could have at least been made less likely, if not less deadly.0 -
Funny how many people forgot about this one.
But it was only a small number killed Not worthy of repeating over and over and over again on the news and Larry King could not make much hay out of that one. Some idiot running for office could not use it for a platform. It just was not tragic enough for politicians and media to buy votes or sell stories.[V]
Let's see. How does it got again?? "When guns are outlawed only ......"0
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