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Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:54 am
by RPB
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
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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
Re: Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:13 am
by RPB
balancing_raven Julie Gavran
RT @mohawkjohn: Going on KRLD in Dallas to talk about alleged gunman at Virginia Tech.
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:24 am
by RPB
. Update to VT Alerts
Police continue to investigate campus. There have been no other sightings. We ask people to remain secured indoors.
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:38 am
by Medic624
RPB wrote:. 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...
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:27 pm
by RPB
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:17 pm
by RPB
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)
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:24 pm
by RPB
VT news conference streaming live on newsplex.com now: http://bit.ly/n2hndp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:26 pm
by RPB
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;
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:50 pm
by RPB
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;
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:11 pm
by RPB
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;
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:13 am
by RPB
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)
http://boston.com/community/blogs/crime ... false.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:11 am
by 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
Re: Another Virginia Tech gunman report Syatem fail
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:42 pm
by Bullwhip
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.
