V Tech

I was watching the news earlier on the Virginia Tech massacre.

"Recently elected Govenor Tim Kaine has announced that Blacksburg is in a state of Emergency after an alleged lone gunman allegedly killed two students, one male and one female, early this morning at 7 a.m., and later allegedly massacred Norris Hall, an academic building raising the death toll up to 33. Two hours after the first shooting the gunman was seen inside the second floor of Norris Hall allegedly searching for someone. At around 9:15 this morning the shooter began opening fire on students and faculty in classrooms, who attempted to barricade themselves inside their classrooms. The alleged murderer had apparently planned his move into Norris Hall after police reported he had chained entrances closed to prevent easy exit for potential escapees."

I don't think that the reporters questioning the chief of police for Virginia Tech should be focusing on the "what if's" of the situation. The emphasis of the story on CNN is that Virginia Tech failed to shut the school down after the first incident at 7am and that only an email was sent two hours later. Grilling the President and Chief of Police of V. Tech on these issues are a waste of time. Deciding after an incident to this degree that shutting down the school was the best idea should not be of importance. If the shooter of both these times is the same…who knows whether or not he would have gone somewhere else where students gather to act out.