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As the nation mourns the deaths of 33 individuals at Virgina Tech University on Tuesday, political debate is heating up over the the United States' lack of gun laws. While some big players are keeping silent, others are speaking out.

An young Australian man created an online game titled "V-Tech Rampage" that simulated the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16th. Despite public outrage, he refuses to take it down from his website.

On the day that saw the deadliest school shooting in American history, Rochester Community School District shuttered four schools.

An opinion piece about the possible motives behind school shootings.

When visiting my parents this weekend we heard the horrific news of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. As the news coverage continued throughout the day the debate began at our house...should the school have done more to prevent the shootings?

It is not possible to keep students secure in a school setting, simply put. We can learn from the tragedy at Virginia Tech, but could we have prevented it? I seriously doubt it.

Ted Nugent and Tom Plate get to the heart of the gun control debate taking shape across the United States in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre.

Will the latest school massacre at Virginia Tech cause a movement for more gun control? Or will people think hard about the implications of law abiding people being denied access to guns?

This is how myth-takes and myth-information get spread.

The deadliest campus shooting in US History happened on Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. 21 people were killed by the crazed gunman whom was also killed.

In the wake of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, some people would point to guns as part of the problem. However, the gun lobby is taking this opportunity to suggest that even more people take up arms. Would Virginia Tech really be safer with more guns?

This week's Virginia Tech shootings brings back haunting memories of a local school shooting.

Debates over Virginia Tech's handling of the information and the age-old debate over the right to bear arms are just the beginning in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings.

Coming as another blow to the students who were victimized in this horrible event, the shooter has now been identified as one of their own. He is said to be an Asian male and a student of Virginia Tech University.

This article shares the most recent information available on the shooting that took place on campus of Virginia Tech University today, Monday - - April 16, 2007.

More information regarding the town of Blacksburg, the campus of Virginia Tech, and the locations in which the shootings of April 16 took place.

The following investigates the link between the Virginia School shooting and how it may have helped get Sanjaya booted from American Idol

In the latest still developing coverage of this incident, at least 32 people were fatally shot, including the gunman and at least 29 others have been wounded. The shootings occurred in two separate locations at the Virginia Tech University.

A lone gunman has murdered at least 22 people at Virginia Tech this morning in two separate shootings.

Miserably, school violence has become routine across the nation.

The Virginia Tech Massacre helped renew the debate on how to handle or not, madmen/women on campus. This article looks at how it was done at one campus in 2002 and how the debate is being stifled at another campus near Boston.

A Massachusetts Professor is fired after leading discussion of Virgina Tech massacre.

A commentary on the Virginia Tech massacre, one year later.

Many believe that the Virginia Tech massacre is the most deadly school incident in US history; however, that isn't the case.

Virginia Tech has gone through several horrors in its years, and even more occured beginning around 7am on April 16, as a gunman kills and injures dozens.

This article compares the shooting at Virginia Tech to the fictional shooting in Jodi Picoult's book, Nineteen Minutes. What made Seung-Hui snap? What made him take his frustration out on other students?

Tragedies such as the school shooting at Virginia Tech affect all of us, but ultimately we must mourn and move on.

Schools across the country are receiving threat while campuses search for ways to improve security.

Shots ring out in Va. Tech campus; 32 dead

School shootings seem to beget more school shootings. Just a coincidence, or could the media be perpetuating such incidents by elevating the killers to celebrity status?

Most people don't want to think about the Virginia Tech and Columbine tragedies. We need to remember the school disaster young people of Virginia Tech, Columbine, and Bath, and Our Lady of The Angels and far too many others.

Today, the deadliest school shooting took place. A student caught some of this heinous act on video. Learn more about this inside.

The attitude toward the massacre here in south Jersey is a mixture of sorrow, awe, and disgust with how security measures were (or, were not) implemented.

Why a suicidal manic becomes a mass-murdering maniac.

Universities work on safety measures in preparation for such an emergency.

Campus police, along with the FBI, State Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department are working together to solve the mystery behind why this atrocity has happened.

The University Has Recently Recieved Bomb Threats and This is the Second Shooting of the Year.

An article addressing the new low the Westboro Baptist Church has sunk to.

Read this updated account of the two shootings at Virginia Tech today, including eye-witness accounts.

Blacksburg, VA.- Two shootings happened at the opposite ends of Virginia Tech University campus, leaving one gunman dead and at least twenty casualties.

This research is about school violence ways of prevention why it happens what scientists blame for these occurrences and what the public thinks. The paper will also go through ways that schools protect the people inside them.

Virginia Tech has been hit with a tragedy of historic proportion.

With the tragedy of Virginia Tech so close, it's no wonder my experience at CSU, Fullerton came back to raise the hairs on my arms all over again.

The fatal school shooting that took place today has been added to the growing list of fatal school shootings that have taken place over the past 40 years. Here is a look at the past.

The whole story as we know it so far.

The lessons aren't easy, and they aren't new, either.

The number of possible deaths keep climbing. First 21 deaths, then 30, and estimates as high as 32.

There was an assault that was worse then the one at Virginia Tech...

People are still not quite over Columbine, and that happened eight years ago, the war is still going on and we know it. In this latest shooting, more people were hurt and killed than at any other school incident. Virginia Tech is ...

Finland has one of the highest rates in gun possession, but one of the lowest firearm murder rates. As Finland examines gun control, the United States government may want to look more closely at what causes violent shootings.

School shooting on Virginia Tech's Campus leaves 30 people dead.

Police arrested a D. C. Everest School District employee Tuesday over concerns of potential violence

The United States is now the most violent country in the industrialized world when it comes to school shootings and mass shootings. 2007 has been particularly bad for shootings in the USA and the year hasn't ended yet. Read more for why....

Rambling about the Virginia Tech shootings.

Many people do not realize that school shootings not only affect the students who attend that school, but they also affect students across America.

Workplace and school shootings are becoming very common. Are we learning anything from them?

There have been U.S. 27 school shootings in the last 10 years. This is enough to scare someone into finding out the truth behind all of the tragedies.

What can we do to help prevent violence and shootings in our highschools and colleges?

Forgiveness is a discipline most are familiar with but few practice. The Amish community has demonstrated God's forgiveness in the wake of the October 2nd shootings at one of their schoolhouses.

Ideas to help you ease you're child's fears as news of the Virginia Shootings intensifies.

The MSN message board regarding the Virginia Tech shootings is chock-full of people insisting that Christ and prayer be brought back into the public school system. Somehow, this would prevent children from growing up to go on shooting sprees.

What ways could these killings have been avoided? Possibly nothing could have, but paying attention seems to be the common factor.

What's with this fascination Americans have with owning guns? To people from other countries, where buying a gun is a big deal and requires a plethora of permissions, this is truly baffling.

In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, gun rights advocates have come up with a solution to end the violence: more people need guns.

Colleges and high schools forced to close because of threats and references to Virginia Tech Massacre.

Cho Seung-hui, the shooter at Virginia Tech who killed 30 students had over 200 rounds of ammunition left. Authorities believe he would have killed more.

Within minutes, another e-mail flashed across my screen-this one much more serious: Keep your doors locked, stay away from all windows, gunman on the loose on the Virginia Tech campus.

Two gunshot victims were found in a dormitory, a male and a female. The Virginia Tech Police along with Blacksburg police after questioning some eyewitnesses, secured the building and began to establish a safety perimeter

Anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson promptly finds Bill Gates, the CEO of Microsoft, liable for what happened at Virginia Tech. Learn more inside.

Because of the recent horrific Virginia Tech massacre, it might help us to learn a little about personality disorders. These problems can include personal discomforts, unhappiness, rage, and/or depressed feelings.

On Monday, April 16 2007 the news out of Blacksburg, VA rocked the nation, exposing mass hysteria and the nation's profound inability to cope with social crises.

Oppressive gun control does little to take guns out of the hands of those who truly desire to do damage. It does deprive the average citizen of the right to protect him/herself and family.

Why Americans need to stop being afraid.

A view of some aftershocks of the Virgina Tech Massacre and any other horrific tradegy.

An editorial regarding the way the media has handled the Virginia Tech shooting.

I heard about the Virginia Tech event and was appauled at what happened. What if there was no response and the body count went up 10 fold?

A short comparison of the two gunmen.

Several VT students gave the typical post-trauma statement of "I knew it would happen, but I never thought it would happen to me!" How is that even rational? It happens everyday to everybody. There is no exception to that rule if you're a member of society.

The Virginia Tech tragedy has special resonance for me. I thought I was having a flashback.

Commentary on the backlash and dialogue that followed the Nation's worst massacre in terms of racial ramifications, the korean communities fears of retaliations, and why we are ignoring the real problem.

Sleepy Blacksburg, Virginia and its pride, Virginia Tech, will long be the unfortunate symbols for the dire need for gun control in the U.S.

This is a dialectic approach to the endemic problem of violence in America.

This is a first hand account of the horrendous situation that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech Campus Monday April 16, 2007.

Today Virginia Tech University has experienced the "deadliest campus shooting in United States history"

Being a Hokie is different since the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, 2007. Here is one alumna's story...

Virginia Tech has just been awarded a $960,685 grant to assist them in their recovery efforts in the aftermath of the on campus shooting that occurred back in April of 2007 in which 32 people were killed and 27 injured.

School shootings are occurring all over the United States. There have been several in the past ten days, one fatal.

America expressed sorrow for the Massacre that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech (VT) and VT says thank you.

Students and administrators at Chicago's Northwestern University expressed sadness about the shootings, but recognize some things can't be prevented.

The Virginia Tech community needs us now. Their world has been deeply interrupted by very misdirected, vengeful, troubled and sad young man.

A personal reflection on the happenings at Virginia Tech recently.

Review of the book Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings.

American Idol judge Simon Cowell is brash, rude, and mean to Idol contestants. This attitude blew up in his face during the latest American Idol show. His eye rolling was misinterpreted as disrespecting the victims of the Virgina Tech Massacre.

Bill O'Reilly recently criticized Nas, who he called a gangster rapper, and the administration of Virginia Tech for allowing Nas to perform at the Virginia Tech memorial concert for the tragic school shooting.