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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.

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  • Monday, April 16, 2007 06:12 PM

    Mass Murder?

    For years, people have died from weapons purchased easily in Virgina and funneled into gun control towns like NYC - 90 percent of the guns used in crimes here come from out of state - and Bloomberg has sued gun dealers in Virginia and already settled with five - which includes court monitoring.

    You're gonna blame the university? That's a gun free zone. Like NYC, the guns came in from off campus - brought in illegally, probably purchased legally in Virginia - though I hear the guy was an exchange student - so he might've got them through a straw purchase - also easy in that state. We've paid the price for Virginia's irresponsibility for years - in New York, now they're paying big-time, down there...

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