By Goutam Ghosh
A Korean student Cho Seung-Hui, who sprayed bullets in classrooms (he began much earlier at the dormitory) on April 16 morning snuffing out 32 lives at Virginia Tech University before turning the gun on himself, was stated to be a loner. MSN news states that he greeted his victims with a polite good morning before opening fire. The incident immediately grabbed headlines all over the world and left ripples in its wake. An animated discussion on the issue at a college almost a 17-hour flight to the east from Virginia.
Rudra: The campus police failed. They knew about the 911 emergency call after which two students were shot but there was no alert.
Rina (wringing her hands): Can't blame them. The campus security people never expected the killer to be on campus.
Faiza: The university administration failed.
Amir: Such killings have been going from time to time, but the US has done nothing to control the sale and possession of firearms. The gun laws of Virginia say clearly that children should not have access to handguns, and if an adult were to transfer possession of a firearm to a child, the adult would be held guilty.
