Lockdown at Va Tech - Possible gun man spotted

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Some kids say they thought they saw a guy with a gun at Va Tech campus.

Place is shut down.

Hope it's nothing but it's proving to be a good test of the alert system.

Haven't found anything yet.
 
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That's not good. I have a couple of friends at Va Tech. Hope nothing happens.
 
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech was locked down Thursday when three children attending a summer camp said they saw a man holding what looked like a gun, an unsettling report on the campus where a 2007 massacre left 33 people dead.

The university issued an alert on its website at 9:37 a.m. Thursday telling students and employees to stay inside and lock their doors.

The children said they saw the man walking fast toward the volleyball courts, carrying what might have been a handgun covered by some type of cloth. Police swarmed the area but said they could not find a gunman matching their description. The university said on its website that no one else has reported a person with a gun or anything suspicious.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech was locked down Thursday when three children attending a summer camp said they saw a man holding what looked like a gun, an unsettling report on the campus where a 2007 massacre left 33 people dead.

The university issued an alert on its website at 9:37 a.m. Thursday telling students and employees to stay inside and lock their doors.

The children said they saw the man walking fast toward the volleyball courts, carrying what might have been a handgun covered by some type of cloth. Police swarmed the area but said they could not find a gunman matching their description. The university said on its website that no one else has reported a person with a gun or anything suspicious.
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This is one of those things where I'm torn between the idea of how bad it could be if this were true vs what makes a reasonable threshold to locking down an entire campus.
 
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If those children had their own guns with them, like they obviously should have, then they could have just shot the guy who might have a gun covered by a cloth and all would be right with the world --

Signed,
gsvol, nbakerkid,
 
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lawgator1 said:
If those children had their own guns with them, like they obviously should have, then they could have just shot the guy who might have a gun covered by a cloth and all would be right with the world --

Signed,
gsvol, nbakerkid,
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Or they would have probly been well-trained with firemarms and known when and when not to use them and only used them if the situation fully warranted it.

Try again.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
Or they would have probly been well-trained with firemarms and known when and when not to use them and only used them if the situation fully warranted it.

Try again.
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or the fact that they were underage would be ignored by our resident undecided voter
 
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lawgator1 said:
If those children had their own guns with them, like they obviously should have, then they could have just shot the guy who might have a gun covered by a cloth and all would be right with the world --

Signed,
gsvol, nbakerkid,
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Way too soon.
 
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utvolpj said:
or the fact that they were underage would be ignored by our resident undecided voter
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This was the first I saw of it and didn't even realize it was actual children who reported it. I just saw bham's post, saw the word kids, and went straight to college kids.

Guess I should read threads closer.
 
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Either way (real or mistake), it is a good test of the alert and response system.

In a press conf. the cops said the kids' report was credible and thus they went forward with the response.
 
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Google "Appalachian Law School shooting" and see what happens when students are permitted to have weapons on campus.
 
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dobre_shunka said:
Google "Appalachian Law School shooting" and see what happens when students are permitted to have weapons on campus.
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To be fair, both of the armed individuals that incapacitated the shooter were LEOs.
 
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DC Vol said:
To be fair, both of the armed individuals that incapacitated the shooter were LEOs.
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Had they been Capricorn's or Sagittarius's then it would have resulted in lots of deaths.
 
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Seems like everything worked out just fine. Milking this for political theater when it's clearly a bull.
 
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DC Vol said:
To be fair, both of the armed individuals that incapacitated the shooter were LEOs.
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Leo.jpg
 
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