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Video: Virginia Tech Victim: "It's not about Gun Control... it's about mutual respect", says Joe SamahaOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, May 8
By rss@youtube.com (BradyCampaign) Author: BradyCampaign Keywords: Gun Control Laws Mike Castle Carolyn McCarthy Virginia Tech Massacre Elita Habtu Victims Events Legislation VT GSL Added: May 8, 2009
Video: Nightly News-This day in Nightly history:Virginia ...
Original at AOL Video
• Mon, Apr 27
April 16, 2007: NBC's Brian Williams reports from Blacksburg, Virginia on the day of the Virginia Tech massacre. (Nightly News) video.aol.com
Video: Penn Security Practice Drill Mirrors Va. Tech Mass...
Original at AOL Video
• Mon, Apr 13
University of Pennsylvania officials practiced a drill on a March 11th if the event such as the Virginia Tech Massacre was to occur. So when ... video.aol.com
Video: CBS Evening News-Shooter Seen As Unstable
Original at AOL Video
• Sat, Mar 28
Two years prior to the massacre at Virginia Tech, the shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, checked himself into a mental institution. Sharyn Alfonsi has the ... video.aol.com
Video: BBC News - Virginia Tech Shooting reportOriginal at truveo.com
• Sun, Mar 22
The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting comprising two separate attacks about two hours apart on April 16, 2007, on the Virginia Tech ... www.truveo.com
Video: In Loving Memory [A Tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre]Original at YouTube
• Sat, Feb 28
By rss@youtube.com (TheZachh) Author: TheZachh Keywords: virginia tech massacre death loved ones lost life guns shoot shot shooting gun fire school college slide show pictures memory memories tribute Added: February 28, 2009
Video: Virginia Tech Massacre Part 6Original at YouTube
• Thu, Feb 26
By rss@youtube.com (resellniche) Author: resellniche Keywords: virginia tech university massacre cho seung hui documentary Added: February 26, 2009
Video: Saints Row 2: Virginia Tech Style Campus MassacreOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 24
By rss@youtube.com (jesuscharitytime) In this video the character editor of Saints Row 2 re-creates Cho Seung-Hui the South Korean man who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University on April 16, 2007 with2 Glock Handguns (pistols). This video shows a character that looks just like him down to the very clothes he was wearing du...
Police: Va. student’s rifle jammed after 2 shots
Original at MSNBC
• Wed, Dec 9
People who were in the building at the time of the shooting described the panic that ensued when shots were heard and said they thought of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Cesar Ochoa, 18, said he was in an adjacent classroom. He and several other ...
Guns and campus: cu's stance in zombie game right on
Original at Boulder Daily Camera
• Wed, Dec 9
But what's equally important here: After Columbine, after Virginia Tech, after the Ft. Hood massacre, public safety and the changing responses to it have ... and more »
Student, 20, opens fire in Va. class; no injuries
Original at google.com
• Tue, Dec 8
The report of an "active shooting" on the campus came in at 2:40 pm It quickly prompted fears of another mass shooting like the massacre at Virginia Tech ... NOVA College Shooting Suspect ArrestedMyFox Washington DC Student charged with attempted murder at NVCCInside NoVA
New report sheds light on Virginia Tech massacre
Original at Fairfaxtimes.com
• Tue, Dec 8
Information released in a new report concerning the Virginia Tech massacre may become a factor in a lawsuit filed by the ...
Gun control: Thanksgiving Day massacre in Jupiter points up holes in system
Original at Palm Beach Post
• Sat, Dec 5
• 2 related articles
The problem was underscored in 2007 when Cho killed dozens at Virginia Tech. Cho had been ordered by a Virginia judge to seek counseling and should have ... and more »
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Three lessons shaping society after Virginia Tech massacre
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Sat, Dec 5
Tim Kaine said Friday that the Virginia Tech rampage that killed 32 people plus the shooter two years ago was “by its nature inexplicable. ... Report on Virginia Tech Shooting Finds Notification DelaysNew York Times Virginia Tech: 2 staffers warned families firstNewsday (subscription)
Clem's Chronicles: Jobs Report/Amanda Knox/Afghanistan Offensive
Original at ABC News
• Fri, Dec 4
thanks to Ed Bailey for this entry) VIRGINIA TECH REPORT-An updated report out today on the Virginia Tech massacre. The biggest change is an updated ...
Colorado State University bans guns on campus
Original at MSNBC
• Fri, Dec 4
The question took on greater prominence after a gunman at Virginia Tech killed 32 people and wounded 23 before killing himself in 2007. Since the Virginia Tech massacre, proposals to repeal campus gun bans have been considered in many states ...
Opinion: New Yorkers protest against gun violence
Original at Xinhua
• Thu, Apr 16
New York Times China The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16, 2007, that took place on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, ...
Opinion: Virginia Tech's Norris Hall Reopens Nearly Two Years After Massacre
Original at MyStateline.com
• Mon, Apr 13
Blacksburg, VA) -- Nearly two years after a Virginia Tech student went on a rampage killing 32 people then himself, Norris Hall, where 30 of those killings took place, is open again. The building has undergone one-million dollars in renovations, ...
Podcast: A look at mental health in Virginia
Original at Right Now with Coy Barefoot
• Wed, Aug 29
By Coy Barefoot Victoria Cochran is the Chair of the State Board of Mental Health. Cochran joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about Virginia’s attitude towards the mentally ill in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre. Victoria Cochran is the Chair of the State Board of Me...
V-Tech Rampage Flash Based Video Game Released
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, May 14
By Matt Paprocki Already drawing comparisons to Super Columbine Massacre RPG, an online, fan made Virginia Tech shooting game has appeared on Newgrounds.com as reported by Gamepolitics.com. Created by a user with the name PiGPEN, the game has players taking control of the shooter Seung-Hui Cho as he begi...
Rush to Judgement Perpetuates Virginia Tech Tragedy
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, May 1
By John Bambenek The Virginia Tech massacre has already ensnared students. A high school student was arrested last Thursday for disorderly conduct. He had written a violent-sounding essay. If this is the new standard, perhaps we should arrest Quentin Tarantino and the entire cast of "Grindhouse." Anothe...
James Zogby: Lessons We Shoud Learn
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Apr 27
By James Zogby The massacre of 32 members of the Virginia Tech community and the Imus affair have, each in a different way, laid bare deeply disturbing problems that plague contemporary American culture. The massacre of 32 members of the Virginia Tech community and the Imus affair have, each in a differ...
Podcast: CRN: Republican Shaun Kenney and Democrat Mark Bergman discuss state politics
Original at cvillepodcast.com
• Tue, Apr 24
By Coy Barefoot Shaun Kenney is with the Virginia Republican Party and Mark Bergman is with the Virginia Democratic Party. They join Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss state politics in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre last week. Kenney says it’s important to avoid using t...
Who's Really Culpable In The VT Massacre Blame Game?
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Apr 22
By Mark Edward Manning Who do I blame for the Virginia Tech gun massacre? The psychiatrist who let Seung-Hui Cho get away. Cho was taken into custody on December 13, 2005 after having harassed two women. Neither young woman pressed charges, but Cho underwent a psychiatric evaluation that had declared him mental...
Virginia Tech and What the Blogosphere is Doing
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Fri, Apr 20
By Aaron Brazell On April 30th 2007, the Blogosphere will hold a One-Day Blog Silence in honor of the victims at Virginia Tech. More then 30 died at the US college massacre. In silence may we salute the lives lost at Virginia Tech and use our day to seek the Comforter, recommitting ourselves to being lights in t...
If Only Virginia Were More Like New York
Original at Hit and Run
• Fri, Apr 20
By jsullum@reason.com (Jacob Sullum) It's hard to have a fruitful discussion of whether gun laws should be changed in light of the Virginia Tech massacre without knowing what they currently require. But if you're hoping to bone up on the subject, do not rely on The New York Times, which yesterday reported:
Podcast: Is Obama a gasbag?
Original at Althouse
• Fri, Apr 20
By Ann Althouse I'm reading this commentary from Charles Krauthammer, about the things Barack Obama said on the day of the Virginia Tech massacre: I]t is simply dismaying that a serious presidential candidate should use it as the ideological frame for his set-piece issues.
Who's the Korean Tipper Gore?
Original at Hit and Run
• Wed, Apr 18
By dweigel@reason.com (David Weigel) Australia, 1996, Port Arthur massacre. Martin Bryant, using two semi-automatic weapons, a CAR-15 and an L1A1 SLR, killed 35 United States, 2007. Virginia Tech student Cho Seung-hui, a South Korean, killed at least 33, including himself
Moronic Reporting On Virginia Tech Massacre From Megyn KellyOriginal at News Hounds
• Tue, Apr 17
By Ellen Sean Hannity asked whether people had commented to her about signs of trouble from the shooter. Here’s what Kelly “discovered.” “I spoke with the chief of the campus police and he said, as far as he knew, there was no history of uh, of this student being designated a problem student, as far as h...
Virginia Tech Shootings and Hindsight Bias
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Tue, Apr 17
By James Joyner Megan McArdle, guesting at Andrew Sullivan’s place, argues that the initial reaction to yesterday’s Virginia Tech massacre may be clouded by hindsight bias. [E]ven if all mass-murderers did write scary prose, or make sweeping apocalyptic statements, or otherwise give some signal of...
If Only the Killer Had Better Firearms Training
Original at Hit and Run
• Tue, Apr 17
By jsullum@reason.com (Jacob Sullum) The following information appears in a New York Times story about the Virginia Tech massacre (it's in my copy, but apparently not online), right before Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, complains that "Virginia's gun laws are some of the weakest s...
VA Tech massacre: 33+ dead, largest shooting in US history
Original at Boing Boing
• Mon, Apr 16
By Xeni Jardin At least 33 people were killed today, including a gunman, and at least 27 were injured, at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA. It was the deadliest mass civilian shooting in US history (NYT reg-free link). Much of the attack took place inside the school's science and engineering bu...