Shooter Identified
CNN:
The gunman who killed 30 people at Virginia Tech’s Norris Hall before turning the gun on himself was student Cho Seung-Hui, university police Chief Wendell Flinchum said Tuesday.
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Cho, a 23-year-old South Korean and resident alien, lived at the university’s Harper Hall, Flinchum said. He was an English major, the chief said.
Cho was a loner and authorities are having a hard time finding information about him, said Harry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations.
Read elsewhere they found receipts for his guns (purchased in March) in his bags.
Can resident aliens lawfully buy guns? I’m asking. I really don’t know.
Update: I guess they can.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Depends on the state. In Washington, he’d have to get an alien firearms permit first.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:37 am
What Ben says.
In Mass, no way ever.
In NH, no problem.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
in MI, i could buy long guns, but IIRC not handguns. i haven’t purchased either, because i personally feel it would be impolite to my host country; besides, my citizenship isn’t that much farther off, anyway.
i do have access to some scatterguns, but they’re not in my name.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
In Washington they can not only buy them, they can also get a CPL without much more paper work and “hoop jumping” than a Washington citizen.