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...agents' insistence, Markell went back through his books but found no record that his store was the source of the smaller Walther P-22 handgun that Cho also used in the shootings. The agents concluded the Walther (which sells for about $300), came from some other vendor...
...turned out, the Glock 19 was perfect for Cho's deadly purpose. The gun is just 6.85 inches long and 5 inches wide, according to a Glock website, and thus easily concealed. A vest with several pockets can hold a number of compact 15-round magazines that fit a Glock 19. Cho surely knew that in cold weather a mass murderer could carry an arsenal on his back and in his pockets, and there would be no way to detect him, short of metal detectors at every entrance to every classroom building and dorm...
...Most Koreans don't regard Cho Seung-Hui as a "typical Korean" since he spent the bulk of his life immersed in American culture. Still, a collective sense of regret and guilt was palpable today due to the strong tendency of Koreans to perceive the tragedy in terms of Korean nationalism, in which the group trumps the individual. "It's a notion of collective responsibility," says Mike Breen, the author of The Koreans. When a Korean does something wonderful, the country rejoices, but when one of its own goes off the rails, like Cho Seung-Hui, there's a collective...
...Common Ground on Gun Control? Witness: The Dormitory Murders How Much of Cho to Show? Viewpoint: Va. Tech's President Should Resign Echoes of Columbine Inside a Mass Murderer's Mind What Can Schools Do? The Gun Lobby's Counterattack Where Cho Bought His Deadly Weapon Behind the Killings, a Troubled Mind South Korea's Collective Guilt Inside Cho Seung Hui's Dorm When a School Learns to Mourn How to Make Campuses Safer Fatal Shootings at Colleges and Schools Photos
...Some Koreans even raised the prospect Cho's rampage could possibly inflict damage on U.S-Korea relations, including the recently signed tentative free trade agreement between the two countries...