The university I work at is less than 20 miles away from Tech and is their "sister" school. I politely disagree with your opinion. When the first 2 bodies were found, Emily's roommate told the police that Emily's boyfriend and she had a fight the night prior and he "had guns" They were trying to locate the boyfriend at the time when the 2nd shooting happened. At 8am more than half the university was either in transit to campus or on campus and if classes had been released the entire drillfield would've been full with students with an easy vantage point to take out as many students as possible. I believe had classes been released instead of lockdown, more people would've died.

I lost 2 friends in the massacre and still feel hurt and upset by it but after talking to police on the scene, EMTs and 2 FBI agents, I have to agree that within the limits set by the state of VA, nothing more could've been done. If a student displays mental health problems in a class it is almost impossible to have them removed from your class. I have personal experience with this one. I have to believe that the University did nothing wrong, but the state laws need to be changed.

We are all entitled to our opinions but again, I'll have to disagree with you on this one.