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Is this the America we want to be to the rest of the World?

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:26:43 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo
clipper's remarks: I have lived abroad for a very long time, and consider myself a global citizen, not just tied to one country. And having been born in the U.S.A. it makes me sad to see that people, my friends in other countries think that Americans are a violent lot. Can Americans not see why? Gun crime has spiraled out of control and it only takes living outside of the country to gain perspective. We should not be living in fear of each other. We should not have to have metal detectors in our schools. We should not have to accept that our society has changed this way. This boy should have been helped as all of them should have been helped BEFORE we get to this point. We need to look out for each other each day of our lives.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The incident is the latest in a series of mass shootings in the US, which have reignited the debate in the US about gun ownership.

The Supreme Court will consider Americans' right to bear arms early next year for the first time in nearly 70 years.

US MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2007

Oct: Asa H Coon, 14, shoots four people, injuring them, at his school in Cleveland, Ohio, before killing himself.

April: Cho Seung-hui , 23, shoots 32 people dead on campus of Virginia Tech university, Virginia, then kills himself.

Feb: Sulejman Talovic, 18, shoots dead five people and injures four at a mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by police.

Tags: violence, guns, crime

Support Virginia Tech

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:56:38 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo

Clip Source: clutter.com

WE ARE VIRGINIA TECH

Please send an email message to:

WeAreVirginiaTech@comcast.net

for information about how to get a free Hokie

ribbon to show your support for Virginia Tech.

Maroon and Orange forever!

Tags: virginia tech, shooting

U.S. Rules Made Killer Ineligible to Purchase Gun

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:35:52 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON, April 20 — Under federal law, the Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho should have been prohibited from buying a gun after a Virginia court declared him to be a danger to himself in late 2005 and sent him for psychiatric treatment, a state official and several legal experts said Friday.

Mr. Cho’s ability to buy two guns despite his history has brought new attention to the adequacy of background checks that scrutinize potential gun buyers. And since federal gun laws depend on states for enforcement, the failure of Virginia to flag Mr. Cho highlights the often incomplete information provided by states to federal authorities.

After two female Virginia Tech students complained about Mr. Cho’s behavior in 2005, he was sent to a psychiatric unit for evaluation and then ordered to undergo outpatient treatment, which would not qualify as an involuntary commitment under Virginia law, Mr. Bonnie said.

U.S. Rules Made Killer Ineligible to Purchase Gun

Tags: virginia tech

"Guns don't kill people," ...absurd!!!

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:33:52 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo
clipper's remarks: When NRA and other groups stand up for their rights to bear arms * READ THIS PAGE ask yourself if it is really the answer to an improved society.

This is what happens to people when we become lax in our duties to protect one another in ways other than arming ourselves.

We can best protect ourselves and our future leaders by listening to each other, taking action when we see some one is troubled (cho was a troubled dude that everybody IGNORED from his fellow students to his supervisors, teachers and establishment.

When people don't enforce flimsy gun laws we get this....
When we care MORE about owning an item of metal designed to send bullets into another's body with such force as to DESTROY them, we get this....

Sadness, loss of so much potential...
Christians, who seem to be in the forfront of gun advocacy, ask yourselves, Did Jesus own a Glock?

(*which when you read your history books, you will learn this is an antiquated stupid right not relevant to our modern

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Ross Alameddine
'Intelligent, funny, easygoing'

Ryan Clark
'The Spirit of Tech'

Julia Pryde
'The nicest person you ever met'

Matt Gwaltney
'Best guy to take home to your parents'

Erin Peterson
Basketball team 'big sister'

Henry Lee
'An extremely bubbly guy'

Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
Helped open French school

Liviu Librescu
Holocaust survivor

Daniel Perez Cueva
'Beautiful smile'

Rachael Hill
A volleyball player who loved shoes

Jeremy Herbstritt
'Studious kid' who loved to chat

Austin Cloyd
'A warm young lady'

Jamie Bishop
German teacher, Fulbright Scholar

Brian Bluhm
Faith in God

Ross Alameddine
'Intelligent, funny, easygoing'

Jarrett Lane
'Caring heart,' 'full of spirit'

Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan
Pursuing his dream

Juan Ramon Ortiz
'An extraordinary son'

G.V. Loganathan
Supportive adviser had 'elegant style'

Daniel O'Neil
'Destined to be extremely successful'

Lauren McCain
Mastered Latin, was learning German

Minal Panchal
Wanted to be an architect like her father

Michael Pohle
'Just a great kid'

Tags: virginia tech, violence, guns

Cho Family Statement.... living victims of this tragedy.

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:18:24 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo
clipper's remarks: Lest one forget, that this sadness is over and done with, the family is left behind to live with what this guy has done. He didn't even care enough about his family to think of what his abhorrent actions would do to them.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

BLACKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- The family of Virginia Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho feels "hopeless, helpless and lost" and is "deeply sorry" for his "unspeakable actions," according to a written statement released Friday by his sister.

"We are humbled by this darkness," Sun-Kyung Cho said in the family's first comments since her brother shot and killed 32 people and then killed himself. "He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare."

Sun-Kyung Cho said her family has been praying for the victims and their families, listing by name in her statement all 32 people who died. (Honoring the victims)

Tags: virginia tech, guns, crime

"Guns don't kill people," ...absurd!!!

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:46:50 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

"Guns don't kill people," goes the gun lobby's absurd mantra. Far fewer guns in America would logically result in far fewer deaths from people pulling the trigger. The probability of the Virginia Tech gun massacre happening would have been greatly reduced if guns weren't so easily available to ordinary citizens.

So let's just disregard all the hoopla about the race of the student responsible for the slayings. These students were not killed by a Korean, they were killed by a 9 mm handgun and a .22-caliber handgun.

The correct target of our concern needs to be guns. America has more than it can possibly handle. How many can our society handle? My opinion is: as close to zero as possible.

This occurred in Beverly Hills, a low-crime area dotted with upscale boutiques, restaurants and businesses -- a city best known perhaps for its glamour and celebrity sightings.

A near-death experience does focus the mind. We need to get rid of our guns.

Tags: virginia tech, guns, crime

ARM EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD......

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:33:00 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo
clipper's remarks: Some people just don't get it. Mr. Phillip Van Cleave, thinks if the students had been packing heat then things would have been better? HOw can packing firearms make us safe? I do not understand how someone can think that more firearms is the answer.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

No one can say for sure if allowing students and faculty members to carry arms would have prevented the rampage on Monday, said Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. “But they wouldn’t die like sheep, at least, but more like a wolf with some fangs, able to fight back.”

But Blaine Rummel, a board member of Virginians for Public Safety, an anti-gun group, disputed the notion that arming more people would reduce violence. “Virginia is second in the nation in the ease of getting handguns,” Mr. Rummel said. “If easy availability was a solution, Virginia Tech wouldn’t be in mourning today.”

Tags: stupidity, violence, gun crime

In the USA... It takes a minute for a license to kill.

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:24:39 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Cho paid $571 for a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol just over a month ago, the owner of Roanoke Firearms told CNN Tuesday. He also used a .22-caliber Walther pistol in the attack, police said. (Interactive: The weapons used in the shootings)

John Markell said Cho was very low-key when he purchased the Glock and 50 rounds of ammunition with a credit card in an "unremarkable" purchase. (Watch how quickly these guns can be fired, reloaded )

State police conducted an instant background check that probably took about a minute, the store owner said.

Markell said he was shocked when three agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms arrived at his store Monday with the receipt for the weapon.

Tags: virginia tech, guns, violence

Ban People — They Kill

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:23:45 GMT

clipped by: ivan5735

Clip Source: www.prisonplanet.com

The tragic murders of Virginia Tech students, apparently by an insane person, will prompt new attempts to ban private ownership of guns. Once guns are banned, crime will explode. Households and vulnerable members of society will lose the ability to defend, which will invite more intrusions and attacks. Knife crimes will rise as they have in Great Britain.

Gun prohibition will create a new industry for criminals—gun running and black market sales. Police will conduct stings by posing as black market gun dealers and entrap innocent citizens driven by fear and threat to secure means of personal protection.

A large industry of family businesses dedicated to meeting the needs of shooters, who would never shoot at anything but a paper or clay target, will be wiped out. Gun clubs will close their doors. Collectors of valuable Winchesters and Colts, beautiful pieces of Americana, will have to give them up or be at risk of prison sentences.

Tags: kill, guns, knives