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This report is kind of stating the obvious, isn't it? Do we need to hire people to "investigate" into whether evacuating people from New Orleans prior to Katrina would have saved lives?
Hope they didn't spend too much money on that report.
Rather off topic, but... Would have been better to donate that money to THIS place. |
Ex-Virginia Tech Student Speaks Out Against Texas GOP Bill to Legalize Firearms on Campus
Texas Republicans are using the recent anniversaries of both the Columbine High School and the Virgina Tech massacres to push a bill that would allow college students to carry firearms on campus. We speak to John Woods, a former Virginia Tech student who lost his girlfriend in the massacre. He's now helping lead the fight against the bill. Ref. Source 2
Virginia Tech reports gunman on campus
Virginia Tech authorities are reporting a gunman on campus and telling students and staff to remain indoors and secure doors. In 2007, a gunman killed 32 and himself and injured 25 others. Ref. USAToday
The lockdown at Virginia Tech has been lifted hours after after two people, including a police officer, were killed on campus.
The Virginia Tech police officer was shot and killed just after noon after making a routine traffic stop, school officials say.
Witnesses said the shooter fled on foot toward a parking lot. A body was later found at that lot. Virginia Tech reported on its website that a weapon was found near the body. Ref. CNN
Virginia Tech must have some kind of curse on it to have all these terrible things happening on its campus so often. Students must have been so scared when they found out about the shooting.
Teen homicide suspects have criminal histories(open carry shooting)(VA)
US Gun Related News
The 16-year-old accused of killing two people in less than seven hours last week in Richmond has several felony convictions, including one for a violent crime. Toby Smith Jr. is accused of stealing Blaine Tyler's gun inside a gas station last week and fatally shooting him after Tyler chased Smith inside the store. The Richmond teenager also is accused of fatally shooting Pierre Walter "Pete" Cosby hours later in an attempted robbery in the Oak Grove neighborhood in South Richmond. Smith, who was arrested Monday and charged in last week's two killings, was convicted in 2010 of malicious wounding, grand...
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