We had all been quietly sighing about the Virginia Tech shooting this morning; going about our business, shaking our heads, hoping for the best. Then, a horrified gasp, when the Blacksburg police spokesman spoke a dreaded number: "at least 20 fatalities." It's the deadliest shooting on a campus since 1966 at the University of Texas. We'll be covering this for sure... it's just dreadful, and of course several NPR reporters are on their way to Virginia. I'm handing off our coverage now to our new news blogger, Tom Regan...
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I have been a fan of TOTN for several years, this is my comment either by phone or blog. Regarding the massacre on Monday, there has bee nrenewed debate on whethe America's gun culture and acess to guns is a root cause. I personally feel it is not. What caused the massacre by Cho Seung-Hui was not guns, it was his distubed mental state. I live in London (expat) and here the big problem is knife crime among teens and gangs. So in America, if it were not guns, it would be knives. It's not about the guns! It's about the instability of the criminals, the social and/or economic circumstances that cuase people to become desperate and snap violently.
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