What would you do about Virginia Tech?

[Acein8ter]

Not too much you can do when someone go's postal... Too easy to obtain firearms and produce other explosives in this country...

[craigthedeac]

Is this thread really necessary?

I feel that it trivializes a very serious, horrific event.

Out of respect for the incident and the fact that we only have incomplete information, perhaps it can wait.

[Grasshopp3r]

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I think that it is obvious that these types of shootings could be limited if guns were banned or more tightly controlled in the U.S. This kind of stuff doesn't happen in England or Europe, and I'm sure there are plenty of crazy people there.

And yes obviously people can still build truck bombs, or fly airplanes into buildings, personally though I would say I would feel safer if guns were outlawed or restricted more.

However, this is not going to happen. These school or workplace shootings happen pretty rarely, so to be honest I don't spend much time thinking about them. I think gun use in normal run of the mill crime use is more distressing.

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How soon you forget the horror of Breslan? Did that happen in a place that tightly controlled firearms?

[tehox]

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I think that it is obvious that these types of shootings could be limited if guns were banned or more tightly controlled in the U.S. This kind of stuff doesn't happen in England or Europe, and I'm sure there are plenty of crazy people there.

And yes obviously people can still build truck bombs, or fly airplanes into buildings, personally though I would say I would feel safer if guns were outlawed or restricted more.

However, this is not going to happen. These school or workplace shootings happen pretty rarely, so to be honest I don't spend much time thinking about them. I think gun use in normal run of the mill crime use is more distressing.

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How soon you forget the horror of Breslan? Did that happen in a place that tightly controlled firearms?

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[Grasshopp3r]

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I think that it is obvious that these types of shootings could be limited if guns were banned or more tightly controlled in the U.S. This kind of stuff doesn't happen in England or Europe, and I'm sure there are plenty of crazy people there.

And yes obviously people can still build truck bombs, or fly airplanes into buildings, personally though I would say I would feel safer if guns were outlawed or restricted more.

However, this is not going to happen. These school or workplace shootings happen pretty rarely, so to be honest I don't spend much time thinking about them. I think gun use in normal run of the mill crime use is more distressing.

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How soon you forget the horror of Breslan? Did that happen in a place that tightly controlled firearms?

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Breslan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breslan_Massacre

[BCPVP]

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How would this story be changed if a gun-toting responsible student put an end to the gunman's life?

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Bingo. And it's not like it's never happened before.

[Metric]

Then again, Europe does seem to pair "genocidal maniacs" with "helpless civilians" somewhat more regularly than the United States.

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I think that it is obvious that these types of shootings could be limited if guns were banned or more tightly controlled in the U.S. This kind of stuff doesn't happen in England or Europe, and I'm sure there are plenty of crazy people there.

And yes obviously people can still build truck bombs, or fly airplanes into buildings, personally though I would say I would feel safer if guns were outlawed or restricted more.

However, this is not going to happen. These school or workplace shootings happen pretty rarely, so to be honest I don't spend much time thinking about them. I think gun use in normal run of the mill crime use is more distressing.

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How soon you forget the horror of Breslan? Did that happen in a place that tightly controlled firearms?

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Breslan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breslan_Massacre

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Yes I know what happened at Breslan. I'm confused about how that is related to what I wrote.

[2/325Falcon]

Before this turns into a ZOMG AMERICANS ARE CRAZY thread - Montreal last year.

[bkholdem]

Arrest him and put him on trial for murder?