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Of course, most media people might argue by using clichés like 'people have a right to know' and 'freedom of expression.' But we need to ask ourselves what good all this publicity about Seung-Hui Cho would do to our world. Many things about this young man have become matters for public consumption as if he is a person one should know about. But I am concerned and pained by all the attention you have given the killer. Your coverage of the slain students and staff and the grief and the shock of the community at Virginia Tech is commendable. I believe we need to concentrate on the real problem: violent television, movies and games, which poison the young minds of this nation, and the media whose over coverage of these incidents glorifies those who commit them. Would we be talking about Internet regulation instead? How about the common ingredients used to make explosives-should we regulate those also? I think not. Just think if this person had decided to use a man-made bomb that he had learned to make via the Internet. This very disturbed man likely received a lot of the information needed to buy his weapons from the Internet. How about the standard deer rifle with hollow points and a 6X scope from a high, protected balcony? Get my point? Liberal Democrats lead the way for the removal of all forms of self-protection from the people, but then they are quick to criticize the current administration for excessive power. But so are the semiautomatic shotgun at close range and the lever-action rifle at long range. Who then decides who will have guns and who won't: the government? How about which guns to regulate? I agree, the Glock is one of the more efficient guns for human protection and, sadly in this case, aggression. But let's say we do decide to regulate guns. In this age, when there are so many whose life's mission is to kill Americans, it probably isn't a good idea to outlaw guns from our population. In my opinion, more balance in an international edition is warranted.įirst, I want to express my grief for those students who were murdered, their families and all those affected by this horrendous act. If I recall correctly, that same week saw devastating carnage in Baghdad (a car bomb in a busy market) in spite of the increase in U.S. events, but I am also keen to know about events in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. What I do mind is your devoting 14 pages to it in your international edition. I did not mind your cover story about the Virginia Tech massacre entitled 'The Mind of a Killer'-it is major news indeed. How come not one among the well fed, strong and healthy students had the guts to try and somehow fight off that lunatic murderer? Did they learn at Virginia Tech that it is politically incorrect to defend yourself and your friends? Is it still an issue whether there should be gun control when cover lines like 'The Mind of a Killer' are becoming more frequent? Americans will not lose their rights if there is gun control they will gain peace of mind that they will not be gunned down in what should be one of the safest places in the world-the classroom of a prestigious university. leaders and legislators debate and fight over the gun-control issue in Congress, a gun-free zone, America's bright young people are being gunned down all around them. So what is the real threat to the mightiest power in the world? Many more Americans are killed with guns every year in the United States than were killed on 9/11.

If America wants to avoid having Americans die, Bush should prevent people from getting hold of guns instead of sending troops around the world in counterproductive actions. Bush, the United States went to Iraq to avoid the killing of U.S. troops on the ground who wonder what they are doing there.

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There is a massacre every day in Iraq, but no president flies in and mourns with the relatives there there is no TV coverage, and no one seems to care, except the U.S. But at the same time I read a small article about the latest death toll in Baghdad. It was with horror that I read about the massacre at Virginia Tech ('Making of a Massacre,' April 30). One noted, 'More Americans are killed by guns annually than died on 9/11.' Another asked, 'Who'd decide who can have guns and what guns?' A third protested, '14 pages for a U.S. Readers of our April 30 cover story on the Virginia Tech massacre debated gun control.

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