Shooting on VA Tech campus

Two 9 millimeter handguns ... was he using one in each hand, I wonder?

Doubt it... very very hard to aim 2 guns.

Shooting a handgun accurately is hard enough when you just have one... let alone two at the same time. He wouldn't be able to hit shit from more than 10 feet away IMO.

Two 9 millimeter handguns ... was he using one in each hand, I wonder?

Maybe he would have had to be pretty close to the victims though. More likely he was using one at a time and then reloading both at the same time.

My god, this is really fucked up :(

Maybe he would have had to be pretty close to the victims though. More likely he was using one at a time and then reloading both at the same time.

That would not make sense. Unless he so terrified everyone that no one made a run at him while reloading. He probably fired one empty and covered with the other while reloading.

Repeat the process and you have total control over the situation.

Just got home, was about to make a "are you okay link" thread but I refrained.

Or....... crazy people that like to kill people are the real problem.

Well I'm from country where it is almost impossible to buy a pistol, my dad once had one but police took it away and never gave it back. That was the last time I saw one outside the army.

And I don't see stuff like this happening much in Europe, because people will notice if someone is walking towards a school with a hunting rifle, basically the only firearm a civilian can get here, and even then it is not easy.

I'm just wondering if he really was influenced by mass-media entertainment / gaming. Dual 9mms are standard in a lot of FPS games (Max Payne, GTA, etc.)

That does make sense, though, that using both simultaneously would have likely resulted in a lower total number of casualties.

Wow. I've got no idea what to think. My best wishes and condolences go out to the families of the ones that were lost today.

The backlash this creates will be huge. Remember the school reform that occurred after Columbine.

fuck man i just learned about how many died. my cousin goes there. i hope she is ok. fuck

My cousin goes there, no word if hes ok yet :(

Not to be flippant, but with the efficiency he killed these people... I doubt it.

It was reported that for the most part he lined people up and shot them execution style. And or kids hit the floor and he just shot them while they were laying there looking for cover. That conflicts with the one classroom where he just opened fire on people at random where the kids blocked the door after he left then tried to come back. In all honestly I'm sure all three things happened.


It's somewhere in the thread where they reported he had two 9's.

I just got word that a friend of mine from high school was walking into Norris as it started happening. She was told to run by a kid that came running out covered in blood. :(

I'm just wondering if he really was influenced by mass-media entertainment / gaming. Dual 9mms are standard in a lot of FPS games (Max Payne, GTA, etc.)

That does make sense, though, that using both simultaneously would have likely resulted in a lower total number of casualties.

I don't know, Jack Thompson. Why don't you tell me more?

That would not make sense. Unless he so terrified everyone that no one made a run at him while reloading. He probably fired one empty and covered with the other while reloading.

Repeat the process and you have total control over the situation.

Well engineering classes in a specialty building are not very large I'm guessing there max 20 kids per class. Not that hard to control.

I don't understand how the police had 2 hours to get the guy and never did.

That would not make sense. Unless he so terrified everyone that no one made a run at him while reloading. He probably fired one empty and covered with the other while reloading.

Repeat the process and you have total control over the situation.

maybe so, I was thinking that he'd reload inbetween rooms, either way it once again shows that this was planned out. I wish there was more news, but the president should be on in 14 minutes.

I just got word that a friend of mine from high school was walking into Norris as it started happening. She was told to run by a kid that came running out covered in blood. :(

Holy shit :shock:

I don't understand how the police had 2 hours to get the guy and never did.

Have you ever been to a major state college? They are huge housing thousands of people designed to be confusing to deter large protests and riots.

Quit blaming the police and VT for this. Its not something that could have been prevented.

I don't understand how the police had 2 hours to get the guy and never did.

It's a huge campus. But how did they not lock the school down and immediately end classes?