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Mail Call: Think Gun Control.(Letter to the editor)
Readers of our April 30 cover story on the Virginia Tech massacre debated gun control. One noted, "More Americans are killed by guns annually than died on 9/11." Another asked, "Who'd decide who can have guns and what guns?" A third protested, "14 pages for a U.S. event?"
The Massacre in Virginia
It was with horror that I read about the massacre at Virginia Tech ("Making of a Massacre," April 30). But at the same time I read a small article about the latest death toll in Baghdad. There is a massacre every day in Iraq, but no president flies in and mourns with the relatives there; there is no TV coverage, and no one seems to care, except the U.S. troops ...
- Gun control laws scrutinized in wake of Virginia Tech shootings.
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) April 30, 2007 700+ words
...defining debate over gun control in Virginia is...the killings at Virginia Tech. Lobbyists on...their positions on gun control. Larry Pratt...law that allows Virginia Tech and other public...Capitol. The Virginia Tech tragedy " was a major failure of ...
- VIRGINIA TECH KILLINGS: SHOOTINGS GIVE MORE REASON FOR GUN CONTROL.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) April 19, 2007 700+ words
...words out of the White House about the Virginia Tech massacre was a defense of guns...Questions have to go deeper than gun control," it may be true that everything else ("lack of gun control") is treating the symptoms and not...
- Calls for gun control after the Virginia Tech massacre were muted.(The...
- Magazine article from: National Review May 28, 2007 700+ words
Calls for gun control after the Virginia Tech massacre were muted. Democratic politicians have seen the...free." Liberals in Congress have tried to revive their gun-control projects, such as a ban on "assault weapons." But the...
- Beyond the gun-control debate: this reflection on the Virginia Tech massacre...
- Magazine article from: The New American Williamsen, Kart May 28, 2007 700+ words
The toll of the Virginia Tech shooting was 33 human beings...questions about whether lax gun-control laws were to blame for this...strongly implied that new gun-control laws are the answer. "But...countries held up to prove that gun-control measures work are Japan...
- News analysis: Gun-control debate has spotlight - for now.(Virginia Tech...
- Magazine article from: PR Week (US) April 30, 2007 700+ words
...horror stemming from the Virginia Tech massacre that left...conversation about gun control, propelled by activists...On the converse, Virginia Tech and other Virginia...Those who already favor gun control argue that if Cho had...
- Political duels follow gunfire: Is more gun control or less the answer to...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Newport News, VA) April 30, 2007 700+ words
...than a week after the mass killing at Virginia Tech -- was no different. But talk at the shop since the Virginia Tech shootings has focused on ways to prevent...similar tragedies, whether with more gun control or less. The debate has evoked strong...
- Making our schools safe: the Virginia Tech shooting rampage highlights the...
- Magazine article from: The New American McGrath, Roger D. May 28, 2007 700+ words
At about the same time Cho Seung-Hui was shooting to death 32 unarmed students on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, a different scenario was unfolding near Waynesburg, Kentucky. Venus Ramey had had equipment stolen...
- Gun-control group says Cho exposed loophole.
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) May 11, 2007 700+ words
...pistols he used to kill 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech last month, a prominent gun-control advocate told lawmakers Thursday. Paul Helmke...hearing that if one of Cho's targets at Virginia Tech "had a right to carry a weapon... they...