Virginia Tech Shootings

[DieselPower]

My thought's and prayers go out to all the victims and family's. This is one of those times when you are left just standing shaking your head wondering what's wrong with society these day's. RIP

 

[TrippleT]

What has politics got to do with guns? The bill of rights grants us both, freedom of speech, and the right to keep and bear arms. Granted this is a tractor forum and other incidentals sometimes come along with it. It is a stark reminder that we live in a world filled with deranged people. You can't quit living or going places because of fear of some mental case. If any on here have lost loved ones your in my prayers, as are those who did lose so much on this day.
Frankly, I wish those who would do such horrible things would start with themselves.

 

[bones1]

I have a daughter at VT.She is fine,thank GOD but a member of her ROTC was killed.I think the college did all they could to warn such a large campus.Still shaking my head ,can't believe it.

 

[Kendall69]

..Still shaking my head ,can't believe it.

Just when you think you have seen all that Man can do to harm his fellow Man, you get another cockroach to crawl out of the woodwork, and up the anti.

When the Columbine happened, and other major tragedies, I was glued to the TV - this time, I'm just desensitized, yep that's the best way to explain it.

These bad guys have just made me numb, and I just can't see or feel the heinousness of this massacre - it just becomes " another massacre" and that my friends is the real tragedy!

Though I will pray for the dead and wounded, I just have no feeling left.

 

[thingy]

Yep tripple,its a different world than it was when I was going to school,,looks to me like any big institution,[hospital,collage,high school,middle school,even grade schools],need some one in them with a gun at all times now,don't believe collage students should be packing,,but a few of the teachers need to be,,,they should of course be somebody who knows what they are doing and trained and of course paid for this,,but in about any big institution there are several who would fit the bill,,same with hospitals,,a crazed idiot could do the same or worse in most hospitals today. And our enemies watch american tv too,they blow themselfs up for less right now,,,thingy

 

[hudlow]

Something I thought of while watching coverage of the shootings yesterday that you folks with kids may want to relate to them that could save their lives.

If they are ever a witness to some thing similar tell them not to go running towards the incident trying to get a photo or video with their cell phones.

Any cop (God Bless 'em) is under enough stress without having to determine if the person running around with the shiny object in their hand is a cell phone or a gun. Personally I don't think a policeman could be held responsible for shooting someone pointing a cell phone at them in a situation like that.

Maybe I'm just overreacting but a few seconds of video for a few minutes of fame is just not worth the danger.

hud

 

[jpm]

speaking of a few minutes of fame,this (jerk)stops and mails a video to nbc and all the news media plays it, very sad indeed.just should have handed it to police
then burnt it

 

[MadDogDriver]

speaking of a few minutes of fame,this (jerk)stops and mails a video to nbc and all the news media plays it, very sad indeed.just should have handed it to police
then burnt it

AMEN

 

[hudlow]

I saw a FBI profiler on TV last night telling MSNBC that running the video over and over again will only bring about a copycat situation of some kind.


The profiler said he would not be surprised if a similar situation didn't happen in the next couple of weeks.

hud

 

[MrsTractor]

I saw a FBI profiler on TV last night telling MSNBC that running the video over and over again will only bring about a copycat situation of some kind.

This Cho guy was being a copy cat himself, after watching GMA on ABC this morning, they said that he was doing the same actions & video images as Eric & Dylan from the Colombine shootings 8 years ago when he was video taping himself. I just don't understand what he was trying to prove with his unnecessary killings. All I can ask is where were the parents of these killers in their lives as they were growing up??