I started hearing about the Virginia Tech shooting at work today, almost immediately after it happened. A friend attended the school a few days later, and he was shell-shocked for most of the afternoon.
As it turns out, the campus is actually in a sleepy little town where “nothing interesting ever happened.” So far, there’s no word as to the identity of the shooter or his motive. What we do know is that he killed three people, then left and returned a few hours later to finish his rampage. Somebody want to tell me why they didn’t shut down campus after the first round or killings?
In any case, political shrapnel is already flying. If you’ve read around this site, you know my opinions on gun control (I find it to be morally wrong, dangerous, and unconstitutional). The response from most folks on my side of the fence is to point out that guns are banned from university campuses, which resulted in a crowd of disarmed victims, while the gunman chose to ignore the law and hunt at will. Continued...