Stump Lane

Here is my Virginia Tech post:
1. Considering that Cho Seung Hui had been on prescription drugs for depression at some point, and had been reported for stalking two women, and one of his professors was concerned enough about his emotional state to request additional security while he was in class and referred him for counseling and to the police… Your Montag has to wonder if the main problem that led to this particular tragedy is in how we deal with mental illness as a society.
2. Perhaps we could make it harder to purchase hand guns, though as with the other issues we like to talk about here at The Stump, (i.e. domestic spying, presidential power, torture,) we should be careful with regard to how much (if any) of the liberty we at one time took for granted should be relinquished.
3. If numbers 1 and 2 remain unchanged/don’t work, perhaps we will have learned something about emergency communication on college campuses, and prevent tragedies of similar scale.
4. If that doesn’t work, perhaps we are well served to consider in advance how we would want to respond personally in a similar situation.
5. And just as importantly, let’s not vilify Korean people or “quiet” people or depressed people… or gun people for that matter.

My thoughts are with the families and friends who lost loved ones in this seemingly senseless act. —