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EEllis wrote: I don't get why cops with automatic capabilities are OK down the street but not at the college.

It is the overt militarization of departments that is the issue. That and the trend of every little political government agency having their own enforcement arm up to and including SWAT.

In the case of the UT shooter, Whitman barricaded himself in the tower. The police were indeed outgunned. They responded by asking for help and citizens responded with their hunting rifles. This was a prime example of the need for armed citizens and the importance of the Second Amendment.

In the case of the Va Tech shooter armed students and professors makes more sense than militarized cops who show up after the fact.