Another good reason why this world don't need gun's. Don't even try to justify why we need it. Since the first time it was created, it brought us more harm, war, accidents than the good reason it was invented in the first place.
People say it's for protection. By harming other people? And now they have even made it more high tech than ever. Some with noise reduction, some with on target pointers and some can even shoot from far range that you become undetected by others! For protection? I don't think so...it has only one reason, to kill. Be it animals, be it humans, be it an object that contains humans or animals.
It's time we realise that peace will never be in our life time as long as gun's are still around. Us humans will always find the right justification to keep it available.
See the latest tragedy...of course besides all the wars happening in the world as we speak.
MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH
Shooter showed 'big warning signs,' students say
POSTED: 5:41 a.m. EDT, April 18, 2007
Story Highlights
Shooter showed 'big warning signs,' students say
POSTED: 5:41 a.m. EDT, April 18, 2007
Story Highlights
• Former roommates say Cho Seung-Hui stalked women, spoke of
suicide
• Thousands gather on campus for candlelight vigil
• Former English department chair pulled Cho Seung-Hui out of class
• Police say one of the guns recovered was used in both shooting incidents
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- Cho Seung-Hui exhibited warning signs long before his deadly shooting spree on the Virginia Tech campus, fellow students and professors said.
As disturbing details emerged about the resident alien from South Korea, students gathered by the thousands in the heart of their campus Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil.
Meanwhile, one professor recalled being so concerned about Cho's anger that she took him out of another instructor's creative writing class and taught him one-on-one.
The former chairwoman of Virginia Tech's English department, Lucinda Roy, said the anger Cho expressed in the fall 2005 course was palpable if not explicit.
And two of Cho's former roommates also described his behavior as unusual, saying that he had spoken of suicide and had stalked three women. (Watch Cho's roommates describe his "crazy" behavior )
Authorities confirmed that Cho had been investigated last year for stalking a woman in person and by e-mail.
Roy, meanwhile, said the writings by Cho, an English major, were disturbing enough that she went to police and other university officials to seek help. (Watch the professor tell how her student frightened her )
Roy, meanwhile, said the writings by Cho, an English major, were disturbing enough that she went to police and other university officials to seek help. (Watch the professor tell how her student frightened her )
"The threats seemed to be underneath the surface," she said. "They were not explicit, and that was the difficulty the police had."
His instructor and fellow students also found his behavior in class "inappropriate," Roy said.
"He was taking photographs of students without their permission, especially under the desk," she said.
But without a clear threat nothing could be done, and Roy made the decision to instruct him apart from other students.
Police say Cho killed at least 30 people and wounded 17 others before killing himself Monday morning in Norris Hall, an engineering classroom building, Monday.
According to a search warrant, police found a note in Norris Hall containing a bomb threat directed at engineering buildings on the campus.
His instructor and fellow students also found his behavior in class "inappropriate," Roy said.
"He was taking photographs of students without their permission, especially under the desk," she said.
But without a clear threat nothing could be done, and Roy made the decision to instruct him apart from other students.
Police say Cho killed at least 30 people and wounded 17 others before killing himself Monday morning in Norris Hall, an engineering classroom building, Monday.
According to a search warrant, police found a note in Norris Hall containing a bomb threat directed at engineering buildings on the campus.
Two other bomb threats received in recent weeks were also being investigated. (Watch how the note threatens engineering buildings)
It's also believed the 23-year-old student killed two other people earlier that day in a dormitory on campus.
Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said ballistics tests show that one of the two guns recovered at Norris Hall was used at the dorm.
It's also believed the 23-year-old student killed two other people earlier that day in a dormitory on campus.
Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said ballistics tests show that one of the two guns recovered at Norris Hall was used at the dorm.
'Something out of a nightmare'
Ian MacFarlane, who said he had class with Cho, called two plays Cho wrote "very graphic" and "extremely disturbing."
MacFarlane provided a copy of the writings to AOL, where he is an employee. (Read MacFarlane's blog and the two plays)
"It was like something out of a nightmare," MacFarlane wrote in a blog.
"We students were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter."
Cho's roommates, who asked to be identified only as Andy and John, said they suspected Cho was responsible when they first heard a description of the gunman.
In retrospect, Cho had exhibited "big warning signs," Andy said. But he was so quiet, the roommate said, "he was just like a shadow."
Cho spoke of suicide after police investigated his involvement with a female student, Andy said.
"I told the cops that. And they took him away to the counseling center for a night or two," the roommate said.
Cho paid $571 by credit card for a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol and 50 rounds of ammunition just over a month ago, the owner of Roanoke Firearms told CNN Tuesday. (Watch dealer recount selling weapon to Cho )
He also used a .22-caliber Walther pistol in the attack, police said. The serial numbers had been filed off of the weapons. (Interactive: The weapons used in the shootings)
"I told the cops that. And they took him away to the counseling center for a night or two," the roommate said.
Cho paid $571 by credit card for a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol and 50 rounds of ammunition just over a month ago, the owner of Roanoke Firearms told CNN Tuesday. (Watch dealer recount selling weapon to Cho )
He also used a .22-caliber Walther pistol in the attack, police said. The serial numbers had been filed off of the weapons. (Interactive: The weapons used in the shootings)
Cho did not leave a suicide note, according to Col. Steve Flaherty, superintendent of the Virginia State Police.
However, a government official told CNN that a note had been found indicating Cho showed anger against "rich kids." The official also said Cho had a history of mental illness but gave no details. (Classmates called Cho "question mark kid")
Authorities are still investigating whether Cho had any accomplices in planning or executing Monday's rampage, Flaherty said.
Cho, who moved to the United States at age 8, lived at the university's Harper Hall, Flinchum said.
"He was a loner, and we're having difficulty finding information about him," said Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations.
Acts of heroism
Details, however, were emerging about the victims and acts of heroism during the shooting spree.
Liviu Librescu, a 76-year-old engineering professor and Holocaust survivor, was killed while he barricaded his door and allowed his students to climb out of a second-story window, students said.
In another classroom, Zach Petkewicz and other students held a table against the door to keep Cho out. Petkewicz said Cho fired shots into the door but struck no one. (Read more of Petkewicz's account)
Student Kevin Sterne, an Eagle Scout, used a cord to tie a tourniquet around his leg after he was shot twice in the thigh. Doctors said he is in stable condition, one of 14 survivors still hospitalized.
At least two of those killed -- Erin Peterson and Reema Samaha -- attended Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia, where Cho had graduated in 2003. (Read more about the lives that were taken)
Students and victims' relatives gathered on Tech's drill field, holding candles aloft against the chilly night. Though the vigil was primarily solemn, students broke out in chants -- "Hokies, Hokies, Hokies" -- in a show unity and determination.
Liviu Librescu, a 76-year-old engineering professor and Holocaust survivor, was killed while he barricaded his door and allowed his students to climb out of a second-story window, students said.
In another classroom, Zach Petkewicz and other students held a table against the door to keep Cho out. Petkewicz said Cho fired shots into the door but struck no one. (Read more of Petkewicz's account)
Student Kevin Sterne, an Eagle Scout, used a cord to tie a tourniquet around his leg after he was shot twice in the thigh. Doctors said he is in stable condition, one of 14 survivors still hospitalized.
At least two of those killed -- Erin Peterson and Reema Samaha -- attended Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia, where Cho had graduated in 2003. (Read more about the lives that were taken)
Students and victims' relatives gathered on Tech's drill field, holding candles aloft against the chilly night. Though the vigil was primarily solemn, students broke out in chants -- "Hokies, Hokies, Hokies" -- in a show unity and determination.
University response questioned
Tuesday, after an emotional convocation service on campus attended by President Bush, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine announced that at the university's request, he was appointing an independent panel to review Monday's tragedy.
However, Kaine said he wasn't interested in arguments about gun control.
"People who want to take this within 24 hours of the event and make it their political hobby horse to ride, I've got nothing but loathing for them," Kaine said.
As questions continued to arise about how police reacted to the first shooting at the dorm, university President Charles Steger defended the response, saying police believed it to be "a domestic fight, perhaps a murder-suicide" contained to one dorm room.
No comments:
Post a Comment