--- In [email protected], "Springfield_Slim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > It is reported that VT killer Cho had once stalked a campus girl > and > > that he was arrested but that she refused to press charges. > > > > Had she pressed charges, do you think that could have had some > effect > > on him? Could it have led to him being evaluated and put in a > better > > position that he had been in to get help? > > > > As such, do you feel that the girl who refused to press charges > > contributed to the horrible events at VT? > > > > It is my understanding of Federal law that if she *had* > pressed charges for stalking, it would have resulted in a > "red flag" on his record, and he would not have been able > to legally purchase a firearm.
He *should* have been on the federal list of those not allowed to purchase firearms even without the woman pressing charges. She did report him to the campus police, and there was a ruling by a local magistrate that he was a danger to himself, which should have been reported to federal authorities. But state law in Virginia is worded differently than the federal law, and this ruling didn't get him on the federal list. There's an article going into all the details in the Times today: http://tinyurl.com/25wfrr
