One has to wonder how many of the recent shootings we’ve seen on the news were inspired by the Virginia Tech madman.
Janet Coleman said she saw "a young man with a sawed-off shotgun" in the parking lot being chased by police.
"I could just see a blunt-sized gun bigger than, like a regular .44," she said, adding that she gained her expertise in weapons from watching "a lot of crime TV."
Inside, clothing store manager Lissa Young said "several rounds of gunfire" were followed by two customers who ran into the store and said shots had been fired.
She said she immediately locked the doors and ordered the customers to the back of the store, where they waited until police gave them the all-clear.
I also wonder how we get a story where "a young man with a sawed-off shotgun" is described as having a gun bigger than a regular .44. A shotgun and a .44 pistol are not remotely similar. Is this just poor reporting or is the woman "expert" just ill informed?
Either way, it sounds like police stopped this incident fairly effectively.
Time for another round of breathless punditry by people who know nothing about weapons or psychology telling us how we should fix all the broken pieces of our society, and the broken minds of our youths.