British newspapers are reporting that there is a growing amount of anger at the Virginia Tech administration for failing to get warnings out after the first shooting incident yesterday. The first of the emails the administration sent out was sent more than two hours after the first incident and actually after the second incident started. The media is paying attention and I do not think this issue is going to go away.
The first murders were two students – one male, one female – at a hall of residence at Virginia Tech, early yesterday morning.
Two hours later, an Asian man in his 20s and said to have been carrying an "ungodly" supply of ammunition, entered a teaching block, shooting 30 people as he moved from room to room. He then shot himself in the face.
The university said this morning that the gunman was a student at the university and a dormitory resident.
As America struggles to come to terms with the tragedy, questions are now being asked about why the killer was not detained between the two shootings, and whether the university authorities could have done more to warn students.
Email alerts were only sent out two hours after the first incident, as the second rampage was well under way.
"I think the university has blood on their hands because of their lack of action after the first incident," said Billy Bason, an 18-year-old student.
The wire services are also carrying stories questioning the administration response.
The administration of VT is definitely to be blamed for their idiotic response.
As to the anti-gun lobby, they’re always ready to blame any gun-related tragedy on the gun, rather than the PERSON. Last time I looked, when my car is parked it isn’t running over innocent people and when my gun is locked away, unloaded – it isn’t killing anyone.
But let’s put the blame where it belongs ultimately – on the SHOOTER and on our society which proves daily that it doesn’t not value human life – unless of course it’s a convicted killer’s. The unborn – not so much!
I predicted yesterday that somehow, some way, they would try to place blame on the President and sure enough – I was proven correct – and in these circumstances I hate being correct!
I cannot believe that with the insanity that was going on during such a random act of evil that anyone could have done anything different. I am sure in hindsight they will say we should have, we could have however it will not change the fact that one evil, twisted individual who was willing to kill himself in the end was the only one guilty of a crime. I know people will need to put some kind of sanity to insanity, however it will only make them feel better for awhile and then reality will set in.
It is unfathomable to me to think that the administration should take any blame in this at all for the way they responded yesterday. All the blame goes on the idiot who shot the people. The initial assumption was that this was a domestic incident involving a former girlfriend. No one could have predicted that this nut would go on a rampage. Further, what would the detractors have had the administration do? Lock down the campus? Good luck locking down a University of 26,000 students plus thousands of faculty and staff. Lay off the administration