VT: Cho had receipt for Glock in his backpack

[Nikki Stone1]

"A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the information had not been announced, said Cho was carrying a backpack that contained receipts for a March purchase of a Glock 9 mm pistol."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting

[KoKo]

1. Press Conference with Police/Investigators say they can't rule out an accomplice

because the gun that killed the student and RA was not the same that killed the classroom students, but they don't have evidence that there was an accomplice either. I guess they have to check the forensic info to know and there were reports he had two guns so maybe they need to get the bullets to know if they were the same guns or not.

Forensics Head said that it may take days to identify all the bodies because of the chaos of the crime scene and to reconstruct how it happened.

[godai]

5. No, they said one of the guns was used at both locations

I feel that the University is trying to cover their negligent actions in the 2 hour delay in informing the students of the 1st killings. Yesterday they made a big deal of trying not to link the 2 killings, I think, to try to rationalize their unfortunate delay. Two murders on campus and they wait 2 hours to inform students, who, in the meantime, went to classes, where some awaited death.

[formercia]

2. If he was a Korean Citizen

he wasn't eligible to purchase that weapon. Either he lied on his purchase application or some gun shop is in big trouble.

[soothsayer]

3. I think he's a naturalized S. Korean native (but it's an ever-changing story)

[malaise]

4. He was a naturalized American

just one less lunatic on the planet.

[davepc]

7. If he had a green card he was within the law.

[NightWatcher]

6. Just for info. A glock 9mm (G17) has a standard capacity of 19 rnds

per magazine. A 33 round magazine is also available, which protrudes from the base of the gun. So he could have had as many as 99 rounds with as little as the magazine in the gun and only two additional mags in his pocket.

[Nikki Stone1]

8. Thanks for the info.

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[mitchleary]

9. and why in the f

does that metter? if had 3 mags or 10. Get off of it.

[achtung_circus]

10. It matters.

It's an indication of the industrial killing capacity of handguns, a development in firearms intended strictly to kill other people.

A 33 round clip? I wasn't aware of that.

[Squatch]

12. It's called a MAGAZINE

Only a few weapons use "clips" and the Glock is not one of them

[achtung_circus]

13. Okay, then.

[mitchleary]

14. You ever held/used a handgun with a 33 round magazine?

It would be much more cumbersome than a standard mag. Not very easy to carry 8+ inch long mags. Not mention, those do not come with the gun and you have to go out of your way to get one.

Please answer with some facts or something else besides "It matters". I would hope you are smarter than that.

[Squatch]

11. Then I wonder why the SN's were removed?