2007-04-18 18:26:31 · 5 answers · asked by LONG P 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They interviewed the owner of the gun shop. All of the necessary paperwork and background checks were completed.
Here's the thing. If your record is CLEAN, you will NOT have a problem buying a gun. That was the case here. He had a clean record, nothing that would have prevented him from buying a gun. He lost his mind after the fact.
I don't think a gun debate is in order in this situation. The guy had a clean hsitory, but he got sick. How is a gun law going to help that?
Here's the thing though. Gun laws and restrictions aren't the answer. Let's say he was denied because of a criminal background when he went to purchase the gun. Well, it would have been just as easy to walk down the street to Joe the street dealer and get a weapon. Gun laws keep honest people honest. Nothing more, nothing less.
2007-04-18 18:33:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Tech senior Cho Seung-Hui walked into a Roanoke gun shop five weeks ago, put down a credit card and walked out with a Glock 19 handgun and a box of ammunition. He paid $571.
The Glock was one of two guns found with Cho’s fingerprints after he fatally shot 32 people and then himself at the university in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.
Roanoke Firearms owner John Markell said his shop sold the Glock to Cho in March. The serial number had been scratched off, but federal agents traced it to the store using a receipt found in Cho’s backpack.
“It was a very unremarkable sale,” said Markell, who did not handle the sale personally. “He was a nice, clean-cut college kid. We won’t sell a gun if we have any idea at all that a purchase is suspicious.”
Markell said it’s not unusual for college students to make purchases at his shop as long as they are old enough.
Cho held a green card, meaning he was a legal, permanent resident, according to federal officials. That meant he was eligible to buy a handgun unless he had been convicted of a felony.
“To find out the gun came from my shop is just terrible,” Markell said.
2007-04-18 18:34:46 · answer #2 · answered by CB Run 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From a gun dealer in Roanoke,VA
2007-04-18 18:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by TedEx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dead - He shot himself in the end. But should have been the first and only one to off himself in the beginning.
2007-04-18 18:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any gun store. Any gun show. Any gang banger.
2007-04-18 18:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋