Preventing school shootings

[Sijray21]

In the tragedy that just happened in Blacksburg, both pistols had the serial numbers filed off. Signs they were black market fire arms.

i don't think that's this case - reports said the guns were bought by him (one last fall and one last friday). in the reports of the search warrant of his room they found a dremel case and a dremel. i think it can safely be assumed that he removed the serial numbers with the dremel.

EDIT: i agree with Kaan about the prohibition of guns causing a black market, etc.

i honestly believe that this guy didn't have much a criminal record and just simply went psycho. more emphasis should've been to provide a kind converstation and some willingness to get-to-know this individual and provide him some help that he may not have seeked. persistance would be key in a severe situation such as this one. it's pretty obvious that this individual had issues tracing back years and some help was provided, but often the help is dismissed and stereotypically not many people will be willing to lend out a helping hand to a person of this characteristic (unfortunate, but true). I personally know an individual in HS that said if it weren't for a few of his friends sophomore year he probably would've committed suicide. I think he just needed some friends to help him.

i think the gun-control policy is fine personally and it's still the person behind the gun that can yield the most dangerous results. Although i've never even fired a gun, i do plan on owning one later and i still want to go to the range. All with the proper education and safety knowledge that i can obtain of course.