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Vendaval -> "Va. gov. looking at guy-buyer loophole" (4/24/2007 11:01:08 AM)
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"Va. gov. looking at gun-buyer loophole"
By VICKI SMITH, Associated Press Writer
44 minutes ago
"BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia's governor said Tuesday he may be able to close the loophole that allowed Seung-Hui Cho to buy the guns he used to kill 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus.
In 2005, a court had ordered psychiatric counseling for Cho after determining he presented a danger to himself. But because he was never committed to a mental hospital, that order never appeared in the background check database that gun dealers are required to check before selling a firearm.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said in a radio interview Tuesday that an executive order might be able to tighten that reporting requirement.
"Based on what we know now, ... it's pretty clear: He should not have been able to obtain a weapon," said retired Virginia State Police Superintendent W. Gerald Massengill, who Kaine appointed to head a review commission."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting;_ylt=AngaEuZVnu.mv_zFZH3a.mBH2ocA
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