http://dir.salon.com/topics/virginia_tech_shootings/?source=rss&aim=virginia_tech_shootings en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tt/best/2007/04/20/best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/best/2007/04/20/best/index.html?source=rss Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, share their thoughts on the Virginia Tech massacre. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/04/19/nra_comic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/04/19/nra_comic/index.html?source=rss The National Rifle Association uses a comic book to explain the party line on mass shootings like the one at Virginia Tech. By Jeff Yang Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/19/cho_shooting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/19/cho_shooting/index.html?source=rss Cho and other Asian shooters were portrayed as "smart but quiet" and "fundamentally foreign." What do these stereotypes reveal, and what do they obscure? Compiled by Jonathan Vanian Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/18/worldpress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/18/worldpress/index.html?source=rss International reactions to the mass slayings range from shock and sympathy to bewilderment about America's gun culture. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/04/18/affidavits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/04/18/affidavits/index.html?source=rss On Monday, police questioned the boyfriend of a victim and, as an affidavit shows, applied for a search warrant for his residence. By Walter Shapiro Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/18/second_amendment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/18/second_amendment/index.html?source=rss The best way to reduce the odds of another blood bath like the one at Virginia Tech is to amend the Constitution and abolish the right to bear arms. Joan Walsh Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2007/04/18/bush_virginia_tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2007/04/18/bush_virginia_tech/index.html?source=rss It's great that Bush rushed to Virginia Tech after 33 people were killed, but it's fair to question his slow-motion response to the mass deaths in New Orleans -- and Iraq. Lynn Harris Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/18/va_tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/18/va_tech/index.html?source=rss Some question decision not to lock down, or at least alert, campus after so-called lovers dispute. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/18/dems_and_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/18/dems_and_guns/index.html?source=rss Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech is a reminder that the party that once championed gun control has been running away from it since the 2000 election. By Joe Eaton Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/17/koreans_fleeing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/17/koreans_fleeing/index.html?source=rss With the Virginia Tech shooter's identity revealed, some Koreans, fearing a backlash, are fleeing the campus. By Joe Eaton Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/17/shooter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/17/shooter/index.html?source=rss A high school classmate remembers Cho Seung-hui as "supersmart" and "a really, really quiet guy," while a dorm mate says few even knew Cho lived there. Andrew Leonard Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/17/vtech_korea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/17/vtech_korea/index.html?source=rss The Internet explodes: Just what does the nationality of Cho Seung-hui signify? Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/17/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/17/tuesday/index.html?source=rss How the trivial world of sports matters, even in the wake of a tragedy like the Virginia Tech massacre. By Joe Eaton Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/04/17/cho/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/04/17/cho/index.html?source=rss Affidavit reveals name of alleged killer. By Joe Eaton Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/16/virginia_tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/16/virginia_tech/index.html?source=rss With at least 33 dead and 29 wounded, some ask why the campus wasn't shut down after an early-morning killing.