Posted on 04/17/2007 12:33:08 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Seung-Hui Cho bought his first gun, a 9mm handgun, on March 13 at a Roanoke, Va. gun store, the owner tells ABC News.
John Markell, the owner of Roanoke Firearms, said today that he had been interviewed by three agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms about Cho's purchase of a Glock 9 mm handgun.
"I feel terrible about this," Markell told ABC News at his store today, which is part gun shop, part pawn shop on the outskirts of Roanoke.
Markell said Cho's gun and a box of 50 bullets cost $571. He said Cho paid by check and left the store with the gun.
Markell said Cho was "a clean-cut college kid," and the transaction was entirely legal under Virginia law. "He was as cordial as could be, and there was nothing unusual in his manner that suggested any thing wrong," Markell said.
Markell said he was not present when Cho bought the gun, but that he had produced a state driver's license and an immigration card.
Law enforcement officials tell ABC News Cho bought his second weapon, a .22 caliber handgun, also in Virginia, within the last week.
"This was no spur of the moment crime. He's been thinking about this since at least the time he bought the first gun," said former FBI agent Brad Garrett, an ABC News consultant.
Under Virginia law, state residents can only buy one handgun in any 30-day period, suggesting Cho bought his second weapon after April 13 or sometime over the weekend.
"He clearly spent some time figuring out how he was going to take care of business once classes began on Monday morning," said Garrett.
The date of the first gun purchase will likely serve as the time of "some triggering mechanism that was very important" to Cho said Garrett, an expert on profiling murderers.
yeah a visitor who’s been here since he was 12 and graduated HS in Va.
From WTOP
... He had last renewed his green card on Oct. 27, 2003...
He may have legally purchased it, but to me it seems wrong. 100% NRA Life member here too.
LLS
Are you saying it should be stricter? 90 days? 120 days? Once a year? I am not disagreeing with you if that is the case.
I think it is more likely that you are being sarcastic and saying since it didn’t work here there should be no restrictions whatsoever. Why is it that it is always all or nothing for some conservatives. Everything is not black or white.
global warming... is it not possible/likely humans have some impact (even minimal) so it may be a good idea to control it before it gets out of control?
smoking... just because that one person you know smoked 3 packs a day lived to be 95 does not mean that smoking is not bad for you.
seat belts... even though there may have been one person in a million that was killed because they wore a seatbelt does not make it wise to never wear one.
How about making steps in the right direction. Improve your odds a little bit.
Are you on the correct forum?
Just asking.
To answer just a few things here, when you permit the government to dole out the articles that are your RIGHT to own, are you not giving up that right?
Global warming is an insidious attempt to slam the average guy with a global tax.
The one worlders are messing their pants trying to get that one.
Your post shows the same “logic” exhibited by most nanny state “Liberals” -
no cost benefit analysis.
If this “logic” were applied to other things, no one would be allowed to own an automobile or a swimming pool.
This kid was darn good instantly or all his deceased victims were within 10 ft. of the barrels. Something still doesn't smell right about this horrendous tragedy. Even good shooting takes a good bit of practice and from the cell phone recording....the shots were coming quick. Record of only one box of fifty 9's being bought?
No. It takes no skill whatsoever to walk around shooting people laying on the floor, standing on the otherside of a door, and otherwise standing in line as ordered from a distance of about 3ft.
In a West Point class room Cho would have never stood a chance. Today every 18 year old need some type of military training because you never know when the next SicChoPunk could pop up again.
See #69. The distance was ~3ft and no one challenged the perp.
Absolutely right. There is a difference in shooting and killing. This guy either practiced ALOT, or had some sort of formal training (and Im not talking video games).
yeah a visitor whos been here since he was 12 and graduated HS in Va. Wonder why he never became a citizen?
Where in NH is that?
I live in Southern NH. I think it may be time for some pre-next-ban purchases...
and Teddy Kennedy...why is that bloated, drunken murderer still driving?
"I feel terrible about this," Markell told ABC News at his store today, which is part gun shop, part pawn shop on the outskirts of Roanoke.
Poor guy. He's got nothing to feel guilty about, but I'm sure it'll always be on his mind.
You’d think the ‘chaining of doors from the inside’ would tip them off that it was premeditated, but the msm is all about the guns.
I’ve purchased two hand guns at Skips. A Ruger .45 and a S&W .40, both with a free box of ammo.
Come on up.
Yes very well planned. Even had the chains he used to bar the doors.
It suggests to me that VT is trying to figure out how they're going to manage all the bad PR and lawsuits when the public discovers that the university knew that Cho was a known problem and they did nothing about it. For starters, I read that Cho had set fire to his dorm room twice.
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