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Apr 30, 2007 2:19 PM CDT

Virginia Closes Lethal Gun Loophole

Executive order would have barred V.T. shooter from buying weapon

(Newser) - Virginia governor Tim Kaine has issued an executive order closing the loophole that allowed Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui to purchase a gun, the AP reports. Effective immediately, Virginians diagnosed as dangerously mentally ill will be added to a national database that gun-store owners use for background checks. The order...

Shooting at Kansas City Shopping Center Leaves Three Dead

Apr 29, 2007 5:15 PM CDT

Shooting at Kansas City Shopping Center Leaves Three Dead

Suspect in woman's killing wounds cop, then opens fire in mall parking lot

(Newser) - A young man wielding a rifle opened fire in the parking lot of a Kansas City shopping center this afternoon, killing two people and wounding at least two others before he ran into the mall and was gunned down by police. Fifteen minutes before the mall shootings, the gunman also...

Virginia May Close Gun Loophole

Apr 25, 2007 6:04 AM CDT

Virginia May Close Gun Loophole

Governor's order would give more mental health info to dealers

(Newser) - Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine is considering closing the loophole that allowed Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung Hui to buy guns despite his dangerous and conspicuous mental illness. A judge ruled Cho mentally ill in 2005, but didn't commit him, so his records were not in the data base dealers consult.

Cho Guns Were Legal Despite Police Record

Apr 19, 2007 8:09 AM CDT

Cho Guns Were Legal Despite Police Record

Judge's ruling of "mental illness" no deterrent in Virginia

(Newser) - Killer Cho Seung-Hui's gun purchases were completely legal, despite his 2005 brushes with the police for stalking fellow students and threatening suicide. The judge who deemed him "an imminent danger to himself because of mental illness" ordered Cho to outpatient treatment; Virginia blocks gun sales only to those who...

Brits Find US Feckless On
Gun Control

Apr 18, 2007 11:23 AM CDT

Brits Find US Feckless On Gun Control

America "unable to defend its citizens from its armed maniacs"

(Newser) - The Guardian takes aim at U.S resistance to gun control, calling it an "enduring civic failure" that allows tragedies like the Virginia Tech shootings to occur. The paper describes a country held hostage by the NRA, failing its basic responsibilities by being "unable to defend its ordinary...

Most Dems Mum on Gun Control

Apr 18, 2007 9:14 AM CDT

Most Dems Mum on Gun Control

Murphy: Massacre could have been avoided if leaders stood up to gun lobby

(Newser) - Grief over the Virginia Tech massacre is re-energizing gun control advocates like Rep. Carolyn Murphy, whose husband was shot dead in 1996. "For too long, Congress has stood idle while gun violence continues to take its toll," she said yesterday. But most Dems have studiously avoided the hot-button...

Virginia Tech
Shooter Was
A Student

Apr 17, 2007 9:19 AM CDT

Virginia Tech Shooter Was A Student

Cho Seung-Hui was a senior; immigrated from South Korea as child

(Newser) - A Virginia Tech senior, Cho Seung-Hui, has been identified as the shooter in yesterday's massacre. Cho, from South Korea, lived in a campus dormitory; his motive, which some speculate grew from rage over a soured relationship, remains unclear.