Now here's something really messed up

[Dr Strangelove]

Erik Thompson owns an internet gun sales service. Last year Mr. Thompson sold a pair of weapons to a young Korean, named Seung Cho, who went on a killing spree at Virginia Tech. Tonight, only days after the anniversary memorial service for the slain, Mr. Thompson gave a speech at Virginia Tech advocating that students be permitted to carry concealed weapons on campus. To promote his message he'll be selling weapons at cost there for the next few days.

Wait, there's more. It turns out that Seung Cho was the second school shooter Mr. Thompson has had the privilege to arm.

I have no reference for this one, it aired on local news only minutes ago,

[snoopy369]

Fortunately GOOGLE comes to the rescue.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-02-16-gundealer-niu-vatech-shooters_N.htm

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold handgun accessories to the man who killed five students at Northern Illinois University.

Eric Thompson said his website, www.topglock.com, sold two empty 9 mm Glock magazines and a Glock holster to Steven Kazmierczak on Feb. 4, just 10 days before the 27-year-old opened fire in a classroom and killed five before committing suicide.

[SlowwHand]

The schools are insane.

[Lancer]

Cost eh? Where's this school again?

[Asher]

IIRC this guy also sold a gun to a V-tech student who killed himself 8 months after the massacre.

[Lancer]

It's the rope salesmen who want to shut the gun shops.

[Darius871]

guns for tots

[Ben Kenobi]

The solution then is to have campus sponsored gun shops, so we can be sure that they are properly regulated.

Brilliant thread Doc Strangelove!

[MarkG]

i'm sorry but this stuff really happens only in the USA

[Ben Kenobi]

True.

Civilized Euros buy their guns from abroad.

[Wittlich]

Originally posted by MarkG
I'm sorry but this stuff really happens only in the USA

Actually...No. About 6 or so months ago, the same thing occurred in a school in Germany ( if I recall correctly).

[onodera]

Right to bear arms does not work. This is fairly obvious.

Duty to bear arms is what America needs. If every VTech student was armed because he/she had to and was properly trained to shoot (a mandatory high school subject?), everything would be different.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Wittlich


Actually...No. About 6 or so months ago, the same thing occurred in a school in Germany ( if I recall correctly).

There was one in the city of Erfurt (where I was born ) but it happened in 2002.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by onodera
Right to bear arms does not work. This is fairly obvious.

Duty to bear arms is what America needs. If every VTech student was armed because he/she had to and was properly trained to shoot (a mandatory high school subject?), everything would be different.

Yeah, it would give the War on the Middle Class nonsense a whole new meaning

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Fortunately GOOGLE comes to the rescue.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — handgun accessories

sold two empty 9 mm Glock magazines and a Glock holster

Thanks for that clarification snoopy. Unfortunately, it wont alter the opinions of the knee-jerk reactionists.