Victim In Memory - VA TECH, USA

16, April 2007 - VIRGINIA TECH. SHOTTING

Is all over?? I think most ppl knew abt this issue. It shocked me, it was a big news in my place. This shooting is a tragedy, and already the fingers have started pointing by society. Here is everything you need to know about the shooting at Virginia Tech in a matter of three sentences. A Virginia Tech Senior from South Korea is responsible, his name is Cho Seung-Hui, he is 23 years old, and he was known as a loner. He possessed two weapons (handguns) which he scraped the serial numbers off of and used to kill at least 30 people (I’ve read 32 exactly). There were two separate attacks, the first was in a dorm at 7:15 AM where he killed two people, and the second was in Norish Hall two hours later where he rampaged through four different classrooms and a stairwell, committing suicide in one of the classrooms after killing around 30.

What I don't understand is why it is legal to manufacture and sell and carry all sorts of firearms which have no purpose other than to kill people. Most are designed to kill many people all at once. If these are not meant to kill but are only meant to be toys, maybe only non-lethal bullets should be sold. But what does it mean to sell lethal bullets?

I think we should avoid this tragic situation. Checking carefully the weapons is the shortest way to prevent this terrible killing. One can't kill a lot of people with a small knife. Education plays an important role in this case.In my country, some young people hold a motocycle race and kill a lot of guiltless people. All of us condemn them and their family. Their parents should have responsible to their children.Society, family should have a plan to educate them. And a good example of the people around them about the love and sympathy could change the bad behaviour. Divorce should give children in the miserable life.

The Americans are a highly individualistic bunch, so they don't like to tell others what to do with their own lives, even though the individuals in question may not know what is best for themselves. Americans don't like to tell others to eat healthy if they are overweighed, nor do they like to tell others what lives they should live (there're always bossy people of course). And the laws reflect that.

A similar incident happened two/three years ago. A mentally deranged music major killed the professor he was living with. Same issue, same problem.

The question is: At what point should we step in and tell others what to do with their lives?

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