Sterling Archer Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Again. Two dead already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 A police officer i heard? My tv has since cut out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Yeah. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-us-canada-16099552 Virginia Tech, site of America's worst school shooting four years ago, says a police officer and another person have been shot dead on campus. It said the gunfire began during a routine traffic stop on campus by a Virginia Tech police officer. The Blacksburg site is on lockdown with staff and students advised to stay indoors. Police have swarmed the campus looking for the suspect, a white male, who escaped on foot. Virginia Tech said on its website: "Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall. "During the traffic stop, the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting. "Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, a parking lot near Duck Pond Drive. At that parking lot, a second person was found. That person is also deceased." The suspect was said to be wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a grey hat with neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack. Harry White, 20, a physics undergraduate, told the Associated Press news agency in a phone interview that he had been getting some lunch on campus when he received the text message alert about the shooting. He said he initially did not take it too seriously, remembering that the campus had been placed on lockdown in August amid a report of a gunman, which turned out to be a false alarm. "I decided to just check to see how serious it was," he said. "I saw it was actually someone shooting someone, not something false, something that looks like a gun." The incident came on the same day as Virginia Tech appealed against a $55,000 (?35,200) fine imposed by the US Education Department for not reacting quickly enough to the April 2007 massacre. Thirty-two people died when a 23-year-old South Korean, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a gun rampage before turning the weapon on himself. The university, which has about 30,000 students, implemented a highly advanced security alert system after the tragedy. It was put to the test in 2008, when an exploding nail gun cartridge was mistaken for gunfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_jambo Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Again. Two dead already Your Gif made me laugh at your OP. I feel bad now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 I can see now how that would look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 If they wont change the gun laws then this shit will continue to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 If they wont change the gun laws then this shit will continue to happen. Shit like this would probably continue to happen even if the gun laws did change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edin1874 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 If they wont change the gun laws then this shit will continue to happen. 2 dead ? And how many died in the West coast this past weekend due to knives, machetes, hammers and the rest of it ? Whenever I look at BBC on Monday AM two knifed to death appears to be standard. Not that I think everyone carrying guns it great. However it is clearly not the only issue. Or even the main issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Shit like this would probably continue to happen even if the gun laws did change. They could make it a little harder to purchase firearms!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 They could make it a little harder to purchase firearms!! Aye, living in Texas, I'm pretty familiar with that. My point is that changing the law probably wouldn't have much effect for a long time, given the numbers of guns kicking about in the US. You do get the odd massacre in countries with more stringent gun control, in any case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Aye, living in Texas, I'm pretty familiar with that. My point is that changing the law probably wouldn't have much effect for a long time, given the numbers of guns kicking about in the US. You do get the odd massacre in countries with more stringent gun control, in any case... Would you or do you own a gun? Why do you think so many over there do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Would you or do you own a gun? Why do you think so many over there do? No, I don't. I don't want to get one either, and think its scary how easy it is to get one. That said, I can understand why many people do own guns. Pretty sure it could only take one incident for me to change my tune and get down to Wal Mart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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