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Monday, April 16, 2007 12:00 AM

University officials waited two hours to warn campus, students say

With at least 33 dead and 29 wounded, some ask why the campus wasn't shut down after an early-morning killing.
By Joe Eaton

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  • Tuesday, April 17, 2007 06:33 AM

    If the students were armed most still would have been killed.

    If the students were armed, this would happen every week. I live at UVA, and I shudder to think of 20 year old men experiencing alcohol poisoning and testosterone poisoning at the same time as being well armed.

    And why can't we have a debate in this country about what kinds of arms are protected by the Constitution? Because a person can arm himself without doing so with an assault rifle or automatic weapon. Every person who looks at this tragic situation and can only wonder what it means for his relationship with his high tech weaponry ought to be ashamed of himself.

    —Anonymous

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