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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Somewhat off-topic, but my DS is a first year at UVA. With the news about the shooter’s multiple guns in his room and what the University knew about him before Sunday, my DS is feeling enraged at the University administration. He wants to mourn these students but not feel that about his college. [/quote]

I'm not sure how the university would know he had guns in his room. They were informed by someone not affiliated with the school that he purchased a gun and directly asked the roommate as well as the shooter, who both denied the presence of a gun. The person who told them he bought a gun had also not seen a gun. They can't just randomly search someone's housing on a comment that someone bought a gun. Not sure what your DS thinks the school could have done differently. He was notified just weeks ago that he was going to be disciplined, which who knows, may have pushed him over the edge. [/quote]

+1 agree, being enraged at the university is a red flag and this young man should seek a professional to talk to.  Being enraged at the shooter is appropriate but the university is misplaced.  Quite honestly those kinds of unchecked emotions are what can lead to behavior like we all witnessed and with several of my kids at UVA it makes me uncomfortable.[/quote]

I 100% completely disagree.  I would be enraged at my school if I thought they didn't take threats seriously.  I would be enraged if they wanted to tip-toe around someone because they felt it might invoke 'race allegations'.  I would be enraged if they left it up to students to police threats like these.  I would be enraged if I felt the University were lying and doing a cover-up and not being transparent.

This kid has a right to feel very angry at the university, the shooter and the circumstances.[/quote]

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