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Thoughts on VT
18 years ago
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I think that what this horrifying event shows is that the system's broken. The kid's teacher went to the police for help and they didn't do anything. The kid went in to buy a handgun and nobody asked him why he wanted it. The background check took 1 minute. That's not long enough to find out anything more than name, place and date of birth, and criminal history. At any of those points, the chain could've been broken and this could've been prevented. But it wasn't. Because people have an ingrained selfishness and want to avoid trouble as much as they possibly can.
Oh look, avoiding little troubles just makes bigger ones.
Also, WTF Governor Kaine? Nobody's turning this into a political hobbyhorse except you and Jack Thompson. Even I, with my anti-firearm views, am not using this as an example for why we should have tighter gun control. I'm just using it as an example for why we should actually use the gun control policies we have, not just follow them nominally so it's all legal on paper.
Oh look, avoiding little troubles just makes bigger ones.
Also, WTF Governor Kaine? Nobody's turning this into a political hobbyhorse except you and Jack Thompson. Even I, with my anti-firearm views, am not using this as an example for why we should have tighter gun control. I'm just using it as an example for why we should actually use the gun control policies we have, not just follow them nominally so it's all legal on paper.
I see it as a example of "Not my buisness" and then it coming back to bite you.
The thing that bothers me most is the shooting that occurred earlier in the day. The school had two students murdered in broad daylight, and they decided to be "discreet" about it? It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. My old high school once shut down for a few days just because a serial gunman was allegedly in the area. What could possibly possess someone to try and "avoid a scene" by downplaying the fact that there was a killer within school grounds? Is an evacuation really THAT inconvenient, compared to putting people's lives at risk?
Instead, they got 29 people needlessly killed, and some of the best minds of our generation will never get to make their contributions to the world.
I really want to go ask them what they were thinking. My friend Nina, who goes to VT, didn't hear about the first shooting until well after the second one. And she's friends with most of the RAs, who should've been notified in the first place!