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> > > > Smoke and Mirrors Wrote:
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> > > > > The Nov. 26 petition for rehearing now
> > argues
> > > > that
> > > > > “the university had a statutorily
> > mandated
> > > > duty
> > > > > to ensure the protection and safety of
> > > > students”
> > > > > and takes the Supreme Court to task for
> its
> > > > > decision, stating that “the court’s
> > > > blind-eye
> > > > > approach to these mandated and assumed
> > duties
> > > > is
> > > > > the equivalent of observing that there is
> > no
> > > > > common-law duty for a motorist to obey
> the
> > > > speed
> > > > > limit.”
> > > > >
> > > > > The petition further states that “After
> > the
> > > > > shootings at Norris Hall, the
> > administration
> > > > > issued false or misleading public
> > statements
> > > > > attempting to explain, justify or excuse
> > its
> > > > > failure to warn the campus of the first
> two
> > > > > shootings. All such statements were
> entered
> > > > into
> > > > > evidence as guilty knowledge that it
> should
> > > > have
> > > > > warned.”
> > > > >
> > > > > Hall says his client has a constitutional
> > > right
> > > > to
> > > > > a jury trial, and that the Supreme Court
> > > denied
> > > > > his client that right.
> > > >
> > > > He might be an ambulance chaser, but its
> hard
> > > to
> > > > argue against his petition. I completely
> > agree
> > > > with the reasons for the petition. VA Tech
> > > still
> > > > hasn't learned it's lesson. They had this
> > > > shooting, a beheading, and some other crap
> > over
> > > > the past year or two. They really need to
> get
> > > > their act together.
> > >
> > > In no way is Virginia Tech negligent. They
> had
> > a
> > > double homicide on campus that morning in
> which
> > > they thought it was an upset boyfriend
> > situation.
> > > They didn't think there was an ongoing threat
> > > against anyone on campus. The only person
> > > responsible is the shooter. Unfortunately,
> we
> > > live in a society where if someone is hell
> bent
> > on
> > > mass carnage it's quite easy. And, of
> course,
> > we
> > > need to find others to blame as some sort of
> > > coping mechanism.
> > >
> > > Do college campuses need an armed guard in
> > every
> > > building now?
> > >
> >
> > For VA Tech, I think the answer is yes and I
> offer
> > these incidents up as proof. I'd say the shool
> has
> > a serious security problem...
> >
> > Virginia Tech massacre
> >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacr
>
> > e
> >
> > On April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech massacre
> > occurred on campus. 32 people were shot dead
> > before the gunman Seung-Hui Cho killed himself,
> > making it the deadliest shooting incident by a
> > single gunman in U.S. history.
> >
> > Shots Fired At VATech
> >
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/75
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> > 9313.html
> >
> > 2 Va Tech Students Found Dead In Woods
> >
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/232
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> > 943.html
> >
> > VA Tech -Alert Man with Gun
> >
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/641
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> > 524.html
> >
> > Former Virginia Tech Grad Student Who
> Decapitated
> > Classmate Gets Life In Prison
> >
>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/19/former-vi
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> > rginia-tech-grad_n_543350.html
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> Legal Beagle, your anything but....
>
> Two students getting killed in a National Park is
> "proof" that Virginia Tech is negligent for the
> mass murder in 2007? Pretty good logic.
>
> Do you hold Sandy Hook, Columbine, Aurora Colorado
> movie theaters, etc. negligent for their mass
> shootings? Where was the security?
>
> I'm afraid you need to accept that evil people can
> do evil things and that other parties aren't
> necessarily negligent as a result.
Sure, I accept that there are evil people that do evil things. The difference here is I essentially have a contract with VA Tech. I have a handbook from them that tells me that they provide security, that I am paying for as part of my kid's tuition
A movie theatre isn't required to provide those things. Sandy Hook was a private school, and is a different case as they didn't really have security in place. VA Tech is an institution, where you are paying for services. And your right, it's a publicly funded school at that.