What do you think the Va. Tech Shooter's motive was?

Question

I do not think it was a girlfriend issue. My Dad's friend was maried and he was one of the nicest people I ever met. One day, he came home from work and caught his wife having sex with another man. He immediately pulled out a gun and killed his wife, her secret lover and himself... If it were a girlfriend issue, it would of been spontaneous.

I think this was planned and I think the shooter or shooters were just psychopaths or terrorists.

Answer 1

he was probably just nuckinfuts!

Answer 2

I think you should read what really was going on at Columbine:

http://www.slate.com/id/2099203/

And then you should read Robert Hare's book, 'Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us.'

Knowing that x percent of these people exist among us, we can either target them or we can turn on each other out of suspicious fear. I very much prefer making them the target.

Most of these people, by the way, are subcriminal--they just make life hell for other people in relationships, families, organizations and the workplace. Don't ever underestimate the pain and damage they cause. It's much, much greater than the shootings that grab the headlines.

Answer 3

Obviously, he was not in his right mind. He must have just snapped. Another guy might have gone out and gotten drunk, and/or picked up another woman. Then there are those who would feel badly for a while, then go on.

As for being in one's right mind as a requisite for premeditation, think of some of the awful crimes and bombings here in the States that were planned by some pretty sick individuals.

Answer 4

In response to Cherylyoung's response. This guy wasn't from Shanghai (China)--this guy was Korean. But of course all Orientals look alike. And of course most Orientals study, study, study...and sleep just for leisure. No wonder this guy was so pissed off...Bleeding heart Liberals like you.

Not at all condoning his actions. A Horrible and senseless crime that I hope we can all heal from.

Oh and Cheryl, all Orientals are good at using computers too.

Answer 5

He had to have been Disturbed in the first place to do that sort of thing.All the women in this world,and he goes nuts over one.Who in their right mind would go out and shoot a bunch of people because of love problems.in that facebook picture,he have a lot of guns.He looks like he is Gun Happy to me?

Answer 6

I think, at this point, the motive is insignificant. I can't think of one "good" reason to mindlessly open fire in a classroom. So, motive or no motive, at the end of the day 32 people are still deceased. It matters not why.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

You are right. The rampage was planned. He was heavily armed with two handguns a 9mm and a 22 and plenty of ammo plus a vest.
What caused his meltdown? It was likely a combination of:
o-- cultural shock (he was a foreign student from Shanghai)
o-- romantic bollux (was she his "girlfriend" how long had they been involved) and
o-- poor grades (an Oriental student usually focuses on studying, studying, studying and for leisure activity sleeping).

It is a horrible, horrible tragedy but in time, it will fade from public view. Only those who have suffered a personal loss will be faced with the struggle to overcome their grief and restructure their life.

Security guards can only provide a "sense" of security. They cannot provide virtual security. The objective of the security guard is to take control of the situation, keep people calm, stop panic.

After the reports have been filed, the investigations have been completed and the recommendations made, people will calm down and feel secure, then complacent.

Because of my personal experience, I favor allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons if they have had training and have not had a felony conviction. Most of the people in the self-help group Parents of Murdered Children have strong feelings about this issue as well as Citizens against Homicide. (Members of both national groups have suffered the loss of a loved one to homicide) Compassionate Friends is also a self-help group however it is for parents who have lost a child to any cause homicide, accidental death or disease.
http://www.pomc.com
http://www.pomc.org
http://www.murdervictims.com/CAH.html
http://www.compassionatefriends.org

People in these organizations spend a lot of time writing letters to parole boards, and getting legislation passed like Michigan's "truth in sentencing" and sentencing guidelines" (despite the fiscal impact).

It would be very nice if all the murderers, rapists, child molestors and other gun-toting sickos could be locked up...... or maybe even hanged, drawn and quartered for some.

The justice system and law enforcement can only do so much. The reason I favor responsible citizens being educated in safe gun use is for protection. They will not be the ones using the guns to commit a crime or kill an innocent.

On April 20, 999 at the Columbine High School shooting 22 students were killed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

So far 33 have been confirmed dead at the shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — (located in the western end of the state near the borders of West Virginia and Tennessee). It has been called the worst mass shooting in modern American history. The shootings began in the Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory at 7:15 a.m. Eyewitnesses described the gunman as an Asian male about 6 feet tall. He apparently shot himself in the head after the killings; part of his face was missing when his body was found.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3045574&page=1

He was said to have quarrelled in a dormitory with his girlfriend, whom he believed had been seeing another man. A student adviser was called to sort out the row. But the killer produced a gun and shot dead both his girlfriend and the adviser.

The second shooting was at Norris Hall. Two hours later he rampaged through an engineering building on the other side of the campus in the town of Blacksburg, killing indiscriminately.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=448955&in_page_id=1811&ct=5

The gunman has been identified as a Chinese man who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa. The 24-year-old man arrived in San Francisco on United Airlines on Aug. 7 on a visa issued in Shanghai
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/343354,vatech041607.articleprint

The shooter wore bluejeans, a blue jacket and a vest holding ammunition, witnesses said. He carried a 9mm semiautomatic and a .22-caliber handgun, both with the serial numbers obliterated, federal law enforcement officials said. Witnesses described the shooter as a young man of Asian descent -- a silent killer who was calm and showed no expression as he pursued and shot his victims. He killed himself as police closed in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/16/AR2007041600533_pf.html

He had ammunition strapped across his chest as he calmly walked from room to room refilling his two 9mm handguns as he shot students.

He locked the doors of several classrooms to stop anyone escaping. Some terrified students jumped for their lives from fourthfloor windows, while others used desks to barricade doors.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=448955&in_page_id=1811&ct=5

The number of dead is almost twice as high as the previous record for a mass shooting on an American college campus. That took place at the University of Texas at Austin on Aug. 1, 1966, when a gunman named Charles Whitman opened fire from the 28th floor of a campus tower. Whitman killed 16 and injured 31.

Answer 9

I think he went looking for his girlfriend. Killed 2 at the dorm.
Then went to the building where he thought she was in class and killed everyone he saw. It was premeditated murder as he took 2 weapons with him.

Answer 10

The rumored guy to have done it:

http://www.facebook.com/p/Wayne_Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis_Chiang/6202368

http://wanusmaximus.livejournal.com/

The guy does fit the description of the rumors. Nothing confirmed though. Read through his journal and check out the facebook. Proper strange stuff in the mix. Could be bullshit so take it with a grain of salt.

Answer 11

There was mentioned that the Campus police had thought it was a domestic violence case; there was also the mention of the guy bring angry at his girlfriend dating someone else. It wax also mentioned that his girlfriend was one of the 2 dead at the dorm.