Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Killers are weird

And patient. On the day before tax day (in fact a day that everyone assumed was tax day), the Virginia Tech killer went to a post office?

Also, he navigated through two loopholes in Virginia gun law; he waited at least 30 days after his 2nd gun purchase, just in case anyone might cross-check his name against gun purchases before he made his move -- Virginia law mandates destruction of gun purchase records provided to the authorities after 30 days. He also managed to purchase guns despite having been treated for mental illness. The strange structure of his first gun purchase -- apparently on the Internet for pickup at a pawn shop -- may have been a trial run to see whether he was on a barred list without having to visit too many people.

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