don't u think it's virginia colloge's fault as well??

Question

if u hadn't noticed there were 2 people killed at 7:00 in the morning but no one knew about it until the kid killed 30 people....so i think virginia university should have more security?

Answer 1

Concerning the massacre in VA, CAMPUS SECURITY WAS THE PROBLEM THERE, and CAMPUS SECURITY IS THE PROBLEM NATION WIDE! Proactive action and planning would, most of the time, prevent and/or greatly reduce Campus crime. Campus Crime Prevention Programs would keep students acutely aware of potentially dangerous situations and current scams. It would also develop CP attitudes and techniques that would become habitual. Administrators and Faculty could initiate programs within the classrooms to maintain a physical security level that would offer students protection during crisis situations. Covert CCTV cameras should be placed in both inside and outside public areas, entryways and hallways, and in each classroom. The system should be able to be monitored from both the school's Intranet and the standard Internet using existing secure and pass worded software. This would allow selected Faculty and Administrative personnel, and most importantly, Campus Police to routinely check the Campus and public/classroom areas within the facility's buildings 24/7 from their homes or any other computer with the correct software and connected to the Internet. (Most police departments now have computers in their vehicles that would have that monitoring capability) This is a common and proven technique at a reasonable cost. By utilizing this system and software, one can provide a substantial increase in both a psychological and physical deterrent for any criminal acts, and drastically reduce response time for any criminal act in progress.

We are fast approaching an era in our lives that will require high vigilance and quick response to terrorism. Proactive action, which may soon include armed police patrol of school hallways and other public areas and the concealed arming of selected faculty and staff. These actions may seem excessive to some, but they will prevent loss and destruction of our way of life in case of both man made and natural disaster situations.

Answer 2

The Admin has already said that they locked down AJ Hall, where the first shootings occured right after they assessed the situation. Cho had already left the campus to mail his manifesto at a local post office by the time they were able to lock the hall down and ascertain the gravity of the situation. it's like asking them to "forecast" that they knew this guy was crazy. How were they to know that he was going to continue his killing spree 2 full hours after killing the 1st two people. Most people get into a rage and keep killing until they're done, Cho took abreak then massacred people. I think that the school could've gotten A warning out sooner but I don't think tha twould've stopped the senseless killing, Cho was a very determined person. The other thing is that, he committed a horrendous act but unless you've lived thru a mental illness you cannot truly understand the pain, physical pain that he must've suffered daily. It does not excuse what he did but i don't think it's right to call him 'evil' and all of the other things that he has been called. He's dead, by his own tortured hand, let him rest in "whatever" and let his family heal without the agony of the torment from name calling.

Answer 3

Someone with that much past mental instability should not have been allowed to attend the school. Ecspecially because he had caused many problems there. The fact that the school did not kick him out is really sad. It was brought to their attention more then once. Had they kicked him out of the university maybe this would not have happened but whos to say it would not have kept him from coming back as a civilian (not a student) and doing the same thing. I do feel the school should have shut down after the first 2 deaths to protect the rest. The number at that point shouldnt have been the factor. The factor was a killing had occurred. I am from Va and a girl from my church was killed who was a great asset to the world and now her life is over. We have to blame the person who did this because he is the one who made the choice to kill.

Answer 4

this is how f-in retarded people are in this country. We have 30 plus families mourning the loses and all I hear on the media is who was at fault, who aired what, what kind of guns were used, the idiots path from room to room. Why not accept that one maniac loony tragically took 32 lives and now we have heart-ache in the homes of these families. Should we focus more on the victims at this moment or who did what and who fault blah blah blah. It's too late to take back what happened and it would be ridiculous to try to point fingers when the gun totting maniac would have taken out people regardless of security or not. In a perfect world we could have prevented the high jackers of november 11. But did we? Did we hold anyone in this government accountable? No. So this may not go anywhere either. Healing wise, it's a great idea to just focus on the victims for now and then later,months later figure out what went wrong.

Answer 5

Well... he thought this plan out. With enough thinking and plotting you can figure out the weak spots and hit there.
That's what he did.
Sure I think we need more security but it wont help everything. Soon there will be too much security and then everyone will start complaining how they cant do this or that. I think we should beef up security everywhere but that would mean they would have to pay more taxes to fund all of those that would be hired...and some people would not like that one bit. Nothing will ever be perfect because everyone is different and we all want different things.

Answer 6

Maybe, but not because of the diversionary shooting. Campus police said the guy was a danger to himself and others. He was referred to the state mental health system and they let him return to school without checking to see if he was really getting the help he needed.
I was shocked to learn that NONE of the classrooms had locks on the doors.
Unfortunately, we enjoy a feeling of security almost everywhere. Even when we read about individuals being murdered in the most heinous manner, we maintain a sort of "it can't happen to me" attitude. But, I suppose that is better than fearing everything.

Answer 7

Some people knew about the killings in the dorm room before hand, but the police didn't think it was anything major. It sucks that it happened, but pointing the finger at everyone and their brother, wont change what happened. All anyone can do is learn from this and be prepared for the next time something like this happens.

Answer 8

Come on, who in the neck thought two hours later that he would strike again when they thought at the time they had a person of interest, it caught everyone off guard, the university did the best they could, they just need to learn from this and gleen any new procedures in the future.

Answer 9

Sorry I do not see how you can pin this on the University. They were investigating the crime of earlier and were searching off campus were logically the murderer would have gone. Woulda Should Coulda. If there was that much security on campus or any campus for that matter there would be riots and protesting of the oppression of the law.

Answer 10

I believe this is the first time in history that anybody has murdered 2 people, gone away for a while, and then come back to murder many more. It was totally unexpected. It is hard to blame the college or police for not anticipating it.