Strazos
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No idea how there wasn't anything about this around here earlier, but anyway...
Choose whichever news outlet you like, the jist is that a a bunch of people are dead, 20+ more injured. Multiple gunmen, with one already dead (cause unknown).
Does this kind of crazy shit only happen in the US? I've never heard of anything like this outside of this country.
Oh, and it's bigger than Columbine.
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Sauced
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It's been almost 10 years since I graduated, but it's no less bothersome to see pictures of my old stomping ground in such a tragic light.
News reports on gunman's collection of Grand Theft Auto games in 3..2....
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Strazos
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It might be more ironic if he was a big CS fan.  |
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Oban
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Does this kind of crazy shit only happen in the US? I've never heard of anything like this outside of this country.
Quebec too, not really Canada but still outside the US. Montreal Polytech Massacre Concordia University Massacre and Dawson College Shooting |
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Dear lord, I just turned this on.
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Because no one knows how to throw gasoline on a bonfire like the American media.
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Strazos
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How wrong is it that I am truly not surprised by this sort of thing anymore? I cannot remember the last time something on the news surprised me.
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schild
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They don't seem to have released a list of the deceased yet.
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Paelos
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They don't seem to have released a list of the deceased yet.
I doubt they will until the final numbers on casualties are confirmed |
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Kristyn Heiser said she was in class about 9:30 a.m. when she and her classmates saw about six gun-wielding police officers run by a window.
"We were like, 'What's going on?' Because this definitely is a quaint town where stuff doesn't really happen. It's pretty boring here," said Heiser during a phone interview as she sat on her classroom floor. So. very. wrong. |
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I can't imagine how every single parent who has a child attending school must feel.
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schild
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They don't seem to have released a list of the deceased yet.
I doubt they will until the final numbers on casualties are confirmed Yea, well, they need to release a damned list. Like an hour ago. Damnit. |
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Sauced
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Up to "at least 29" according to ABC news. Fuck sake.
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You're thinking people are way too efficient.
Also - they probably have 20+ wounded in various hospitals and don't know who is dead or dying or going to make it or who is who.
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schild
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The probably know who is who, faculty, staff and support staff have school IDs.
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shiznitz
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What makes this especially fucked up is that he (one shooter confirmed) shot some people at a dorm and then TWO HOURS later shot everyone else on the other side of campus.
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HaemishM
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How does he get from one side of the campus to the other after all those shootings and get to do more shootings? And what kind of Terminator motherfucker was this guy? One gunman gets 31 casualites so far, plus another 20+ wounded? Either he had help or he had automatic weapons or he was a good goddamn shot.
I'd imagine the police, both campus and local, are going to catch some serious heat from this.
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A pro with body armor?
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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30+ Casualties? Fuck that's crazy.
In fact, that's terrorist crazy.
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I can't imagine how every single parent who has a child attending school must feel.
I live and work in Charlottesville, which is about two hours away from Blacksburg, and my mother still needed to call to make sure I was ok. The hell winds here are keeping the hospital copter from flying. Not a good day for split-second medical attention. |
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Seriously sad. I'm thinking of wearing a flack jacket to campus from now on as we were forced by the Utah legislature to allow concealed weapons on campus. Either that or start packing myself.
Those dumbfucks on Fox News had Jack Thompson on a little while ago spouting his crap. I hate the U.S. media with a passion.
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HaemishM
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Those dumbfucks on Fox News had Jack Thompson on a little while ago spouting his crap. I hate the U.S. media with a passion.
Didn't even wait until the bodies were cold, eh? |
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Didn't even wait until the bodies were cold, eh?
That's all Jack Thompson is good for. Making casualties look like nothing but a means for his own cause. I hate your media too. Quebec too, not really Canada but still outside the US.
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Those dumbfucks on Fox News had Jack Thompson on a little while ago spouting his crap. I hate the U.S. media with a passion.
Didn't even wait until the bodies were cold, eh? Jack is well aware that they despawn really fast.  That guy is a tool of the highest order. I hope that anyone any poster may know at Tech is ok. This is some seriously fucked up shit. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlockWe'll just say he had dual glocks. They said it was a 9mm so it was 15-19 or 33 round magazines. 2 x 19 shots. Reload. 76 shots in a minute or two, less if he's letting them breathe. Scary shit.
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It's been almost 10 years since I graduated, but it's no less bothersome to see pictures of my old stomping ground in such a tragic light.
We were there at the same time then; class of 1997 here. Seeing pictures of police carrying wounded past Hokie-stone buildings...just creepy. I had friends in West AJ, I spent time there. Yikes. |
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97 here also. Lived in Pritchard 93-94, hung out in West AJ quite a bit.
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As odd as this sounds, they're offering counselling to the students at my state university as a result of this. I'm over 1500 miles away and people here are freaking out. What the hell is wrong with people? Rather than inserting any political comments, I'll just say that this is a senseless tragedy and I feel for anyone that lost a loved one in the disaster.
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My university president sent out a blast email as well with a statement to contact University Counseling if you were "personally affected" by the event. I think it is SOP these days (which is a rather sad commentary).
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schild
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VA Tech is not a small school. When you clump U of R, UVA, and VA Tech into one, you generally know someone directly or within one degree, and if you're between 16 and 27 or so, that can really set shit off in your head.
But yea, it's SOP. We're a nation of people that prepares for the worst living under a government that assumes the best.
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This is the kind of crap that makes me want to carry a gun again.
Sad, I know.
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I hope anyone you know over there is ok Schild. Same goes for everyone else who may be involved.
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bhodi
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No lie.
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Also, Blacksburg is a hole. It's a total college town and is NOT indicative of DC or any other major city.
It's a concentrated youth community who's members are likely getting trashed and partying for the first time, ever.
That is not a situation that firearms would improve.
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