Originally posted by noboost
Here's what happens when you have a college shooting spree in Virginia, but the students have access to their firearms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting

I'm willing to be that a large part of the success in aprehending the gunman in the story linked was because one of the students who went to get his gun was a POLICE OFFICER, trained to deal with those exact type of situations, not little Timmy from down the street. Not to mention, Goss even secured the gun from the other student once the suspect had been aprehended and all was done.

http://johnrlott.tripod.com/postsbyday/9-11-03.html

Your average college kid simply does not have the experience or training to handle this unfortunate kind of situation and would probably just start shooting.

It's easy to get a handgun, all you really need is to be 21 and not be a felon or otherwise a danger to the community at large. What is not easy is knowing how to properly handle said firearm when the time comes.

Originally posted by kain_99gs

Originally posted by dsmmythYeah, kinda makes me unhappy since I'm half-asian and know that this will change people's viewpoints when they see me.

I should hope not. This has nothing to do with race at all and anyone who would look differently upon you for the actions of someone else is a retard and not in a position to judge you.

QFT

Curtis-- glad you're okay bro. Deeply sorry that you've had to be affected even moreso than the VT community at large because of the loss of your friends.