Virginia Tech Students Felt that the Could have Stopped the Attack if the School Wasn't a Gun Free Zone

SHOW: GOOD MORNING AMERICA 7:11 AM EST

April 18, 2007 Wednesday

LENGTH: 526 words

HEADLINE: MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH;
HOW SHOOTER GOT THE GUNS

ANCHORS: DIANE SAWYER, ROBIN ROBERTS

REPORTERS: ROBIN ROBERTS (NEW YORK, NY USA), BRIAN ROSS (NEW YORK, NY USA)

BODY: . . .

(Voiceover) Students who are members of the Virginia Tech gun club say they could have stopped the shooter if they were allowed to have their guns.

GREG ( VIRGINIA TECH GUN CLUB MEMBER)

It would have been comforting if I did have a concealed carry permit and I did have a, a kind of weapon on me that I, I would not have felt that I was justtotally just a helpless victim at the mercy of this lunatic.

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LOAD-DATE: April 18, 2007