Virginia Tech Tragedy Report Misses Point

I Agree with the Lt Colonel ,If several of the students and professors of VT who were legally authorized to carry a weapon had been allowed to do so on campus,I am sure the death and injury count would have been far less.Many college campus police depts are not allowed to carry weapons . Not to mention the ccw holder.

I agree with the government committee's report as well as the Colonel's comments, and I think the report should have included a practical plan for ensuring police have the equipment and availability to do what they need in order to protect the public from those who commit these crimes. There are many countless reasons, and some reasons we will never know because we are well and rational, that someone might do something like this. Depending on the mental illness one might have, one could be more likely to do something like this, although with most mental illnesses the chance is extremely slim, especially if the person has had some interaction with mental health treatment (assuming the practitioner has the wherewithall to hospitalize those who are a threat to themselves or others, which is apparently not what the treatment facility that evaluated the shooter did when they found he was a threat to himself). So seeing as mental illness could make it more likely for someone to do this (although this is not the average case), I see it as constructive to include some information on the mental health side of it in the report, although I think the bulk should include a practical plan targeting all possible causes (untreated mental illness, not enough weapons/police, etc.) for prevention and protection such as the one proposed.