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Aug. 24, 2007
An internal panel at Virginia Tech University released a set of recommendations to improve security on the campus after the April 16 massacre of 32 victims by student gunman Seung-Hui Cho, who also took his own life.
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July 2, 2007
The investigation into the Virginia Tech shootings revealed weaknesses in screening and handling of mental illness. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on deficiencies in the system and what is being done to address them.
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July 2, 2007
Psychologist David Shern is the president and CEO of Mental Health America, an advocacy group formerly known as the National Mental Health Association.
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July 2, 2007
Dr. Bela Sood is the medical director of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. She is also a member of the Virginia Tech review Panel.
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May 22, 2007
The gubernatorial panel investigating the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech University visited the buildings where 33 people died and sought access to private records on the gunman Seung-Hui Cho.
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April 25, 2007
As classes resumed at Virginia Tech, survivors of the April 16 shootings worked to get back to their normal routines, a difficult task for communities affected by tragedy such as Columbine High School in Colorado. The NewsHour reports on the struggle to adjust.
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April 20, 2007
Members of the Virginia Tech community in Blacksburg, Va., observed a day of mourning in remembrance of the 32 victims of Monday's shootings, while other vigils were held nationwide.
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April 20, 2007
Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho's ability to purchase two handguns despite a history of mental illness has raised questions about American gun control laws. Gun control and gun rights advocates discuss the regulations for background checks.
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April 18, 2007
In the wake of shootings that left 33 members of their community dead, Virginia Tech students went to Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace to memorialize friends and make sense of the carnage.
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April 18, 2007
Following revelations that professors at Virginia Tech had recognized gunman Seung-Hui Cho as troubled long before his rampage Monday, officials and experts consider the role of universities in handling such cases.
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April 18, 2007
Seung-Hui Cho, the student at Virginia Tech University who killed 32 people Monday, mailed a package to NBC News between his two shootings. The NewsHour reports on these developments, including earlier stalking accusations against the gunman.
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April 17, 2007
Several of the victims in Monday's mass shooting of 32 Virginia Tech faculty and students came from other countries. The NewsHour reports on the local and international reaction to the tragedy.
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April 17, 2007
The 23-year old Virginia Tech gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, has been described as a troubled loner. A clinical psychologist and a behavior analyst discuss the profiles of people who commit major crimes.
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April 17, 2007
Monday's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech University have sparked concern over security at many colleges and universities around the country. Three education officials discuss the challenges of keeping students safe at often sprawling campuses.
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April 17, 2007
A day after mass shootings left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., the students and faculty were working on dealing with the aftermath, even as more information about the shooter was becoming available.
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April 17, 2007
Police officials released the name of the Virginia Tech shooter, 23-year old student Cho Seung-Hui, who shot and killed 32 students Monday before killing himself in the worst mass shooting in American history.
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April 17, 2007
Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old South Korean student from the western suburbs of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the gunman in the April 16 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va.
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April 17, 2007
The Virginia Tech Police Department on Tuesday identified the gunman responsible for shooting 32 people on campus before taking his own life the previous day as a student at the university.
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April 16, 2007
At least 32 people were killed Monday during a shooting rampage in a residence hall and academic building at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Two reporters give the latest on the situation.
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Oct. 3, 2006
Three shootings at schools in the past week, including the attack on an Amish schoolhouse near Lancaster, Pa., that claimed the lives of five girls, have heightened concerns about school safety nationwide. A reporter covering the Amish shooting and a professor who heads a youth violence project discuss the school shootings.
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March 24, 2005
Following the teen shootings in Minnesota, Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television visits the Red Lake Indian Reservation to see how the community is coping. Then, two school safety analysts discuss detecting warning signs of teen violence.
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March 22, 2005
A high school student on an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota went on a shooting rampage Monday, killing nine people including five students, before turning the gun on himself in the worst U.S. school shooting since Columbine.
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Sept. 13, 2004
A 10-year-old law banning 19 types of semiautomatic weapons expired today. Jim Lehrer gets two perspectives in the debate over the need for the law from Seattle police Chief Gil Kerlikowske and Wayne LaPierre, CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association.
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Sept. 9, 2004
The federal assault-weapons ban, which outlaws 19 types of semiautomatic weapons, is set to expire Monday if Congress does not renew it. Margaret Warner gets two perspectives on whether Congress should renew the ban from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. and Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho.
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July 7, 2003
The video game industry went to court today to challenge a Washington law regulating violent video games. Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Television reports on the case against this new law.
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May 8, 2002
Ray Suarez discusses the debate over widening individuals' rights to own guns with Robert Cottrol, Jack Rakove, Saul Cornell, and Joyce Malcolm
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April 20, 2001
Betty Ann Bowser reports on efforts by schools across the country to prevent school violence.
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March 6, 2001
San Diego's District Attorney and two mental health experts discuss the circumstances surrounding a high school shooting that left two students dead.
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March 5, 2001
A school shooting in San Diego leaves two dead and dozens injured.
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March 2, 2000
Recent shootings have rekindled a hot debate about gun control. Gwen Ifill discusses the issue with two legislators.