Hmmm....I know we've all been discussing the particulars of the weapons, the laws, and all the related legal questions the incident poses. Here is some info I found in two articles.

As a permanent legal resident of the United States, Cho was eligible to buy a handgun unless he had been convicted of any felony criminal charges, a federal immigration official said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Cho Seung-Hui bought his first gun, a Glock 9 mm handgun, on March 13 and his second weapon, a .22 caliber handgun, within the last week, law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com.

"This was no spur of the moment crime. He's been thinking about this since at least the time he bought the first gun," said former FBI agent Brad Garrett, an ABC News consultant.

Both guns were bought in Virginia, according to the officials.

Under Virginia law, state residents can only buy one handgun in any 30 day period, suggesting Cho bought his second weapon after April 13, or sometime over the weekend.

"He clearly spent some time figuring out how he was going to take care of business once classes began on Monday morning," said Garrett.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/...gun_bough.html

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"A theory that explains everything, explains nothing"

How do you shoot 33 people with only a 9mm and a .22? Niether one will stop you on a dime.

The .22 you would have to basically shoot them point blank in the head to kill them.

A 9mm is a serious firearm, but not by any means a bazooka. I can't understand how after the first few went down, that a least two or three guys didn't rush him. He would have gotten one of them, but not all three.

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I heard on the radio that he had the students in one classroom line up against a wall, with their backs to him, and then he started shooting them down.

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"A theory that explains everything, explains nothing"

I've never fired a gun, but it does seem strange from what people are saying about 9mms.
With regards to rushing him, I've been in some violent situations (not involving a gun), as I imagine you have on plenty of occasions. I found that, on some of those occasions, I was able to restrain the attacker with the help of others. On other occasions, I froze and paid for it.
As for stopping this happening again, I have no answers at all. There are too many people with guns, simply put.

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One might argue that there were too few people with guns at VaTech.

gotta go with the Chris Rock mentallity on this issue....make a bullet cost $5,000.

"I'd Shoot you....if I could afford it."

Regardless of the effect of right-to-carry laws on society in general, allowing guns in college dorms is just crazy.

Why? They allow them in malls, parks...lots of places. They're adults. How can my previous post be argued LOGICALLY?

One might argue that, but I also presume a cold-blooded killer would have the advantage over anyone but a professional trained in dealing with criminals. In addition, increase the prevalence of guns and there's no telling if there would be other crimes as well. I think the problem is that we're a gun-crazy society, and I don't think we want to promote the idea that problems can be solved with guns. Guns should be hard to get, and a foreigner should certainly not be able to get guns, since we probably can't do much of a background check.

From what I am hearing it was some type of semi-automatic clip. This is the problem. Why do we need guns that can fire this rapidly? I am sure we will hear why we need these clips from the NRA.
As far as rushing him, in the spur of the moment its not how someone is going to react unless they have had some type of training. When the three students were holding the door and not letting him in the room, is when they should have let him in.....halfway and slammed it big time. Again hindsight, and thinking with a clearhead.