shit, 20 reported dead at va tech shooting

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

msnbc witnesses. shooter dead, not sure if suicide or shot by police.

[eleny]

1. and 28 wounded

[Marnieworld]

2. Is it me? Or does it seem that this sort of thing is happening more often?

This kind of thing used to get major attention. Now it's same old same old. Very tragic sign of the way this country is headed.

[Mira]

7. I always get very nervous when April 20th approaches

Hitler's birthday - Columbine - Waco - Oklahoma City - and now Virginia Tech
So very sad, and yes, I do believe we are getting tougher and tougher when things like this happened. Gun violence sadly is a terrible everyday occurrence in this country.
Now it is 22 dead.

[blm]

16. April 19 - and there was an additional showdown on that day with White Supremacy movement

before Waco, but I can't recall the exact situation - I think it was a supremacist on the run who got caught and shot down that day.

[WI_DEM]

3. Somebody else who has to take it out on the world rather than just himself.

[maggiegault]

5. No one is truly safe anywhere in this country.

[WiseButAngrySara]

4. Truly tragic. Historic first for college campus in terms of numbers

dead and wounded. Any info about suspect's motives?

:wtf:!!!!

[seemunkee]

6. They're only saying 1 dead and 17 wounded

Online are they saying more on TV?

[maggiegault]

8. They Just Added A Banner With "20 Dead" on MSNBC.COM

[eleny]

9. yes

[BurtWorm]

11. Let's see... who to trust... TV news or anyone else?

:eyes:

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. CNN: at least 20 fatalities, multiple injured and

something about TWO shootings that I haven't quite figured out yet. 20 dead at dorm location (I think)

[rfranklin]

10. Another life member of the NRA at work....

If only those students had been packing guns.

[Oilwellian]

12. Norris Hall is the engineering building

A kid who's due to graduate in May and start working w/my husband as a mining engineer, goes to class in Norris Hall. We're praying he wasn't caught up in this.

[IChing]

19. Hope he is OK, I had students that had been transfered to Columbine

They were in a residential center for moderate to severe emotional problems
and some finally made in back to public schools,
Columbine was the public school that was 1/2 mile away in which they would go to.

I was teaching at a different school at the time of the shooting and my first fear was one of my students were involved or injured.

Luckily they were not and got out alive.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. ch 9 wusa tv in dc - 22 dead

[maxsolomon]

14. i'll wait for someone else to state the obvious

and for the predictable reactive, defensive feeding frenzy of flaming.

[soothsayer]

17. I'm still hoping it's 1 dead, 22 injured, but it's looking worse. would prefer

NO ONE dead, no one injured, of course. just sucks.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. if there ever was an argument for gun control

damn.
20
innocent
kids
dead.

damn.

[AspenRose]

20. It is getting close to finals time and graduation

Lots of kids under stress. Sad to see it manefest like this.