The shooting in Virginia how did it make you feel?

Question

Did Anybody in here have friends or family members from Virginia Tech?

Answer 1

No one personally I am saddened for the families and angry that something in this young man drove him to commit such a heinous act.. He was begging for attention and got none until he did this. he was a nobody.

People need to realize we are nobodies, with stories.
here is my take, try to make an acquantance each day. introduce yourself. Make a connection. in a society ran with the internet email, cell phones we've lost what it means to be human and thus dehumanize people.

IF we sacrifice freedom for security based on government security we have neither security or freedom

If guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have them.


we have strong gun laws, and people with intent will find a way to perpetrate. Guns are tools as are fire, knives, pitchforks, ammonium nitrate, jet fuel, gasoline, the problem is NOT the object. The problem is the perpetrator.

I believe many people have become willing to usurp their personal liberty for security they will clamor for a police state before long.

I believe that tragedies such as this ought to give us a reason to pause and look at the causes as to why angry people do atrocious and horrific acts.

I believe the media is culpable. I believe that parents are culpable, I believe liberals are culpable, I believe by removing any semblance of conflict from schools we not given kids healthy outlets for conflict and aggression.
When I was a kid, I carried my 22 rifle and 20 gauge shotgun in the truck of my car so I could go hunting after school, I never once thought when I was getting picked on by a bully to go get the gun and kill him.. I thought differently because I respected myself and those around me. If it came to blows with the bully it would be with fists in the parking lot. a bloody nose generally stopped it.

Guns are not the problem. Ignorance of anything is dangerous and society has become ignorant of firearms. Both of my children have certified in hunter safety and firearm training. They not only know HOW to use firearms but HOW NOT to use them. This is the problem with schools today, we no longer accept firearms as a norm so they've become abnormal AND people clamor for control. This is wrong.

The media is wrong in reporting facts. This not the worse, not even close.

http://www.columbine-angels.com/violence...

Answer 2

My heart breaks for all involved: the victims, themselves - the families - the loved ones - all who are connected to these victims of this senseless violence. It is a horrible thought: how one derranged individual can cause SO much suffering through his vicious, brutal, actions.
But is anything really going to change? As long as the NRA defends the right of every nut job out there - to buy automatic weapons to kill people ... I fear this situation will be repeated again and again (we already have a long history of this kind of thing). Why does this seem to be an "American" brand of violence? Other civilized countries don't seem to have such a common occurence of the number of incidents that we have in this country.
I think people have a right to their arms - but - do hunters and the like really need an AK or other automatic weapons to go hunting for deer, etc.? I don't think there is much of a "sport" there. Any "nut job" out there has easy access to a gun - even an automatic weapon that can kill large numbers of people. I know, I know - the constitution gives us all the right to bear arms - but I somehow don't think that the founding fathers could have imagined what we face in current times! Do people really need easy access to these automatic weapons that can kill so many so easily? I fear that the "genie" is already out of the bottle, on that one, though.
Just think - you could be in the cross-hairs of some psycho nut job the next time you step out your door!
Those poor college students - got up - got dressed - started their day - as usual - never knowing that it was going to be their last day on earth! My heart aches for the loss of so many innocent young lives! I pray for them all!

May God bless you and keep you safe!

(some of the above comments were very good - I agree with you "Slim Whitman!" you make some good points!)

Answer 3

There are horrors going on everyday around the world, mass murders everyday, but we are immune. I feel sad everyday for all of it, this was but a drop in the bucket of the brutality in the world.

We keep our heads in the sand, and act shocked when it happens so close to home. We really have no idea how lucky we truly are to be living in a country where this type of thing is not happening daily as it is so many places around the world.

Answer 4

I don't know any one from Virginia Tech.
It makes me feel sorry for the people that got injured or the people that have died.

Answer 5

It's a sad day when you have to turn on your TV to find that more citizens of the United States have been murdered! Even though I don't think this murderer's race had anything to do with it, I do think it's time we closed our borders to college students. Let them go to college in their own countries. They have colleges in South Korea, India and other countries. It's just another way terrorists manage to get into the country. And, believe you me, on the VT campus yesterday, that man was definitely a terrorist!

Answer 6

I feel very sad for the victims and their families and friends. What a waste.

Answer 7

This guy killed 33 people because he was mentally unstable and we are outraged, bush does it for pure greed and self serving war mongering and we barely blink.

The people in Iraq go through this EVERYDAY on a much bigger scale courtesy of the United States of America!!

Answer 8

Sad for everyone involved, and concerned that it could be used to motivate someone else to do something stupid in response.

Answer 9

Sadden and heartbroken because I live not to far away from VT and it hurts to see your community so hurt.


God Bless

Answer 10

I feel for everyone, including the shooter because he obviously needed help which he didn't get.