Report: Va. Tech could have saved lives

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Source: AP

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech officials might have saved lives if they had notified faculty and students sooner about the first two shootings on campus, a panel concluded in its investigation of the April rampage that left 33 dead.

"Warning the students, faculty and staff might have made a difference. ... So the earlier and clearer the warning, the more chance an individual had of surviving," said the report, which was released late Wednesday night.

However, the report concluded that while swifter warnings might have helped students and faculty protect themselves or alert authorities of suspicious activity, a lockdown on April 16 of the 131 buildings on campus was not feasible.

It may not have prevented the determined gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, from carrying out the shootings, the report said. As a student, he had access to campus buildings and the ability to get the same messages as everyone else. He could have gained access to a dormitory or begun shooting people in the open.



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Contradictory report from the panel, if I read it well.

Indeed in later paragraphs the report is said to make a reference to prevention. Criticism is expressed against the "university's counseling center" with reference to Cho's mental health problems and failed assistance.

[Maryland Liberal]

1. How about this?

Start passing out guns to responsible people when a shooting has been discovered