I want to know what happened, but will the media please stop hounding these people and let the investigation be a thorough one? It's ridiculous to think the police have it all figured out already.
The University in no way is responsible for this, good grief. People can be disturbed or appear strange, but that does not mean they are going to go on a shooting rampage. If the school kicked him out, that could have set him off anyway and he went to a mall and killed random people.

If it wasn't for the media this would never happen.
Put the blame where it belongs.

So Brain what you are saying is that your great grandparents should have never came because unless you are Native American then you are of foreign decent aswell, where is your heart, stop being a race baiter thats last weeks news, this is a lifetime of hurt.

This is a horrible tragedy. I feel terrible to think what the families of the deceased, the victims who lived, and students and staff of Virginia Tech are going through. I think it is crazy that people in the United States can just walk into a store and purchase a firearm, with essentially no questions asked. The United States needs to adopt tougher gun laws like those in Canada where each and every person has to apply for a permit. Licensing requirements in Canada are designed to prevent those with a history of criminal behavior, mental illness or spousal abuse from legally owning a gun, through extensive background checks. I am not saying this would have prevented Monday's events, as it is likely he would have found a way to obtain firearms any way that he could as he was so determined to carry out these acts, although I still believe that restrictive gun laws would help, and that "the right to bear arms" must be looked at more critically in the context it was originally written.

This isn't "their" moment. The police said what they had to say, the official did and then left. If that angers journalists that these people didn't placate their need to get every gory detail and try and witch-hunt who's fault this was (instead of the obvious answer that it was the gunman's responsibility) then good. I'd rather have this happen then a dozen new stories on how could the University and police not have had a time machine to know this was going to happen. Hindsight is 20/20.

And, in response to the bigotry and ignorant racial statements being uttered in these comments, you are pathetic and disgusting people making something as awful as this into an excuse to spread racism and bigotry. You only help spread hate and ignorance and should be deeply ashamed at your lack of humanity. Disgusting.

A major solution in American for Gun Control~!!! I believe the Gun Laws in America are a big joke~!!! A guy that was in a mental hospital buying a gun, come on~!!! It is time for us to wake up and catch up with the times like the British and Italians. ASK YOUR SELF IF YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT OWNING A GUN~!!! It is simple as that~!!!

A GUN SHOULD BE LICENCED LIKE A VEHICULE WITH INSURANCE and then more responsibility and liablity will arise~!!! Getting and keeping your guns should be jumping hoops, tough to keep them and tough to get them~!!! If you want them then do the leg work and pay for it.

Take the pictures of him off! I do not want to see the face of evilness that the poor victims last saw. The media is doing exactly what this monster wanted. He wanted fame in this. Let's remember the victims, not the murderer.

There is no evil, there is only sickness and selfishness. Tragedies occur all over the world, they are to be mourned and reflected upon. This tragedy is a reflection of us, a part of humanity, a part of us. Until we accept this, we will not be able to repair it or stop it. Those who seek to cast blame on others, are uncomfortable with their own reflection.

Without a gun you can't shoot anyone. A lot can be said about what happened, why it happened, where it happened. We can point fingers at the school, students, faculty, police, state, officials, president, senators, rich, and so on. Bottom line is that if Cho did not have a gun he would not be able to kill so many people. It is not just Virgina's gun laws. It is gun laws in United States. Please do not tell me that we all need guns to protect ourselves. Because if no one had a gun there would not be this many shootings period, haven't we learned anything from Columbine. This is a tragedy. They should fingerprint every person that gets a gun, there should be at least 1 month wait or even 6 months, check everyones background, family history, give them mental health screening and so on. Just because you want to hunt some ducks or deer, you should still wait.

I hope that MSNBC releases the entirety of the contents of the package for all to review instead of fragmented excerpts. Perhaps we can learn something to prevent this type of tragedy from happening again.

It's about time to limit the rights of the media to capitalize on the sensitive topics. Please tell me what purpose does an earing of "murderer talking to the public" has? You, the corporate NBC, are sick people! Lawers, legislators, PLEASE defend the public!

This incident is just beyond anything I ever thought would happen on a university campus. My heart breaks for these beloved students and professors; may their families and friends find peace somehow. As this continues to unfold, and as the info sent to NBC is analyzed, I'd like to know how Cho was able to leave campus for the post office, and then return to campus, if the campus had been shut down and police were on the scene?!?!?! Tell me how that happened? I think alot more questions will have to be answered by law enforcement, cuz that...I just don't get.

I don't understand why the school wasn't evacuated after the first shootings?

If department stores can have sensors that detect bar codes to curtail shoplifting, why can't schools have metal detectors and 1 security guard stationed at all the entrances?

These big time colleges make tons of money, they can afford a few metal detectors, no?

I normally never view or respond to such blogs, however I am absolutley disgusted with NBC/MSNBC. How completely insensitive and tasteless to release pictures of this man, looking the same way that we can only imagine he did to his victims as they took their last breath. And to say "We're only showing this to you so that you can verify that he was in fact crazy." The fact that he is crazy is quite obvious. It is just disgusting to show this material when there are still families out there that haven't even made a positive ID on their loved ones! I understand the need for a "story," but showing this material and this video not even 72 hours after the incident is just completely tactless! NBC should really be ashamed of themselves.

My hopes and prayers are with all those suffering. Please support our beloved Hokies on Friday and wear your orange and marroon!

Brian where where the Columbine shooters from? Let's not forget what happened here. It doesn't matter where someone comes from, what matters is what they do once they are here. There are many, many examples of immigrants that have made this country better with their presence.

What would have been the right move? Lock the university down and he would have simply shot up the people locked in his dorm with him.

This was so tragic. The more I think about it, the angrier I become. After the first 2 murders, the police said they assumed the killer had left the scene and even the state. How could they assume that? If they didn't have the killer IN CUSTODY, there was still a KILLER ON THE LOOSE!!! all classes should have then been cancelled and kids should've been given the choice to stay or leave. When a serial killer was on the loose in Gainesville, FL in the fall of '89, we went home electively in bucketloads---it was terrifying!

Now so many brilliant lives lost---teachers and students full of promise and a future. For what?

Albert Mendoza from California. Thank you for spouting an idiotic statement from 3,000 miles away. You obviously know nothing about the Chantilly/Centreville and Blacksburg areas, yet think you are an expert on what white people from those areas have said to a disturbed individual for the last 15 years. As the saying goes, "Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"

I agree with Mandy. People are responsible for thier own actions. The police and University officials had no idea what he was going to do next. That would take a mind reader. Everyone is so interested in who to blame and pointing fingers because of outrage. Let the police do thier job and stop trying to blame University staff. You can have mock drills and practice all you want but until something as horrific as this happens NOONE knows how to really react. You can spend a lifetime of playing "what if's." Let's be there for the people that need us and unite as a country of EVERY RACE. Not use this as fuel to a fire and put blame on the innocent people that are just trying to make sense of this tragety. God Bless all those directly and indirectly involved.

There should be a waiting period before you can purchase a gun as well as a waiting period before the media can print a story, so they have ALL the facts not just half truths and hearsay.

Hey Brian Tatum: how sad that you could sit there in front of a computer and display such disrepect to people who are in the mist of incredable pain. I thought that people went to school to become respectful people. But by your email shows your lack of kindness and love.

This whole tragedy was allowed to happen because the world places fools in positions of power. Period.

Brian said: "When will the US wise up, and let American schools be for Americans?"

You mean like Klebold and Harris? Cho may have been born in S. Korea, but he was raised right here in the US.

I find it interesting that Immigration laws and foreign status of the shooter are at the focal point of some of the posters here. To the person who sees something wrong with a person having a green card and a credit card and being able to buy a gun. Having a green card allows you the same rights-exception being voting-as the rest of natural born citizens of US. People have a way of getting their hands on guns, legally…A lot of times, legally purchased weapons are the source of tragedy...this has absolutely nothing to do with having a green card...to Brian, who so eloquently put that no foreign students should be allowed in US schools...I will only assume that you have never had the opportunity and taken pleasure in being part of higher education and being able to study abroad-in the US or outside of...your comments are beyond ignorant and asinine...the point is…this is not Minority Report…no one has the ability to see what one will do in a future…not every single student/person who has issues with depression or is taken for evaluation at a mental institution is a killer or a mass murderer…If there were no shootings, if this incredible tragedy had not taken place, would we all be screaming to commit every single person with some mental health issues to a lock down facility…just the opposite…we would be shouting that we are violating their constitutional rights…focus on the Hokie nation and keep them in your thoughts…everyone needs to quit being an expert and that includes the ever knowing media…no one could have predicted this…not a single person…no matter how many experts will come forth and say that there were signs…apparently those signs were not looked at by those experts when they presented themselves…this is not the time to point fingers…this is the time to think of how we can improve…out of tragedy comes the opportunity to re-build and start a new…Hokie nation-my thoughts are with you and your community…

It does no good to either feel guilty for not doing enough or blame school officials. It's obvious this kid was troubled, but no one can ever predict how far a person like this will go. The school and police acted in a way as to not cause chaos and panick. So for those out there pointing the finger, whether a school shooting or a natural disaster, the actions of those in the spotlight are always going to be critizied.
Again, my prayers and heart are with everyone affected by this, for no one should ever have to bury their child.
God Bless.