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A school shooting with two seperate attacks that took place on HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /April_16 " \o "April 16 " April 16 , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /2007 " \o "2007 " 2007 inside the campus of the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Virginia_Polytechnic_Institute_and_State_U niversity " \o "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Blacksburg 2C_Virginia " \o "Blacksburg Virginia " Blacksburg , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Virginia " \o "Virginia " Virginia HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org

/wiki /United_States " \o "United States " United States is known as the Virginia Tech Massacre HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Seung-Hui_Cho " \o "Seung-Hui Cho " Seung-Hui Cho , a South Korean student was behind the brutal killings of thirty two people . This was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of United States . There were two shootings one at West Ambler Johnston Hall and the other at Norris Hall two hourse later . The shooter Cho was using a small-bore .22 caliber HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Semi-automatic_pistol " \o "Semi-automatic pistol " semiautomatic handgun , and a HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /9_mm_caliber " \o "9 mm caliber " 9mm semiautomatic HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Glock " \o "Glock " Glock handgun ' that he had purchased over a period of time

The incident reignited the gun control debate all over the United States . Some argue that guns have become too accesible and any mentally unsound individual like Cho could purchase them without any difficulty These are usually proponents of of HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Gun_politics " \o "Gun politics " gun control legislation . The people who oppose them are proponents of gun rights . They believe Virginia Tech had a gun-free "safe zone " and it ensured that no student would be carrying any arms . Cho 's rampage could not have been stopped . If proper communication had taken place between various goverment entities Cho could not have acquired two HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Semi-automatic_self-loading_pistol " \o "Semi-automatic self-loading pistol " semi-automatic pistols . In this way , the Second Amendment , which gives right to the people to keep and bear arms , would not have been compromised in any way

Cho , in 2005 had been declared a danger to himself and was sent for HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Psychotherapy " \o "Psychotherapy " psychiatric treatment . The Federal Law of the country disallowed those adjudicated as a mental defective ' from purchasing guns . The incident could 've been reverted if the right authorities were involved . The gaps between Virginia State Law and the Federal Law made it possible for Cho to purchase the guns . It was the State 's fault for not reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System about Cho 's HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Legal_status " \o "Legal status " legal status

The debate between the two sides continues . Both sides are finding it increasingly difficult to compromise on this issue

References

Virginia Tech massacre (2007 , April 27 . In Wikipedia , The Free Encyclopedia . Retrieved 18 :14 , April 28 , 2007 , from HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /w /index .php ?title Virginia_Tech_massacre oldid 9 " \o "http /en .wikipedia .org /w /index .php ?title Virginia_Tech_massacre oldid 9 http /en .wikipedia .org /w /index .php ?title Virginia_Tech_massacre oldid 1Virginia Tech

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