Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail

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http://www.wwaytv3.com/2011/08/02/uncw- ... tem-failed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
also
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/2 ... r-shooting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- It took more than two hours for students and staff at UNCW to find out about a shooting near campus Friday.

Today Virginia Tech
http://www.police.vt.edu/VTPD_v2.1/alert.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Virginia Tech 3:50 a.m., a resident of Pritchard Hall awoke to find an unidentified male in her room,

Just now:

roanoketimes The Roanoke Times
RT @vtnews: VT Alert: Person with a gun reported near Dietrick. Stay Inside. Secure doors. Emergency personnel responding. Call 911 for...

http://www.wric.com/story/15208871/pers ... ech-campus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Virginia Tech Alert: Person with gun spotted on campus
http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/aug/04/1 ... r-1217732/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Many others
All over the news up there
Sirens, Emails etc activated

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balancing_raven Julie Gavran
RT @mohawkjohn: Going on KRLD in Dallas to talk about alleged gunman at Virginia Tech.

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. Update to VT Alerts

Police continue to investigate campus. There have been no other sightings. We ask people to remain secured indoors.

[Medic624]

. Update to VT Alerts

Police continue to investigate campus. There have been no other sightings. We ask people to remain secured indoors.

Ya SEE...RIGHT THERE PEOPLE!!! If we had stricter gun laws this would NEVER happen again! Or at least that's the spin that's gonna come out of this... Just watch... Hopefully it was a misunderstanding and turns out to be nothing but as we know... Never let a crisis go unexploited in the name of gun control...

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This just out:
hours later


Message 2 VaTech man - "If you believe that you are this person and that your activity was mistaken, please contact VT Police at 231-6411"

All classes have been canceled for the remainder of the day. (remain indoors)

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5 hours later ...

VT UPdate, police presence will remain heavy on campus; Police still waiting for Suspect to call with his whereabouts so they can go home; please contact VT Police 231-6411 alert lifted; classes canceled; 5 PM football practice delayed 1 hour.

The university will hold a press briefing at 3:15 p.m. (Virginia Time) in front of Burruss Hall (to announce how well the system works probably)

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VT news conference streaming live on newsplex.com now: http://bit.ly/n2hndp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Flinchum: #VaTech police will continue to search buildings and patrol campus heavily throughout the evening. bit.ly/n8hQJ4

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/295100" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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In 2009, a woman was decapitated while having coffee with a fellow student in a campus cafe. Police said at the time that officers detained the suspect within minutes of being called. The school said it sent some 30,000 notifications by voicemail, email and text message, though they were not sent as emergency alerts because the suspect was already in custody.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/ ... 01196.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Gun on Virginia Tech Campus Illegal? Maybe Not
Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 | Updated 3:44 PM EDT

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local ... 78218.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Virginia attorney general's office told Williams that "a public university generally cannot prohibit open or concealed carry of a firearm on campus grounds," even though a university can ban openly carried guns in campus buildings or at specified events.

But the state attorney general has determined that public universities cannot bar gun owners with valid concealed carry permits from bringing firearms into campus buildings.





The Brady Campaign responded to Thursday's incident with a different take, obviously. http://www.bradycampaign.org/media/press/view/1424/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Brady center article and comments


Campus crime, Guns and gun laws
The lesson from VA Tech's false alarm
Posted by James Alan Fox, Crime and Punishment August 4, 2011 05:00 P
Comments (17)
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Moreover, the University had been criticized and recently fined -- unfairly so -- for failing to respond sufficiently to the double homicide on the early morning of April 16, 2007, that turned out to be but the first wave of far a far worse rampage to come later that morning.

Since I'm older and more mature and drink less than the author, I take offense to:

college students, even if duly licensed to carry, are relatively immature, and besides the fact that the flow of alcohol

[rosebud99]

maybe im slow or just dont understand, but why are they using the term "gunman"? To me when i hear the word gunman it means that someone with a firearm has already committed an act. The 3 boys said they thought they saw what may have been a handgun. It seems like they trough this word gunman in to cause a panic or fear. maybe im off base.. any thoughts if im seen this wrong

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I like what I saw somewwhere else.

"Why hasn't there been another mass murder at Virginia Tech? Because nobody has tried."

NOthing to stop it, not there or on any other campus.