Tuesday, April 17, 2007

"Part of the American Landscape"



Washington Post reports overseas reaction to horrific Virginia Tech shootings:

In a special report on BBC 24 Monday evening, a commentator, Gavin Hewitt, said mass murder on school campuses had become "part of the American landscape." The network showed video footage of Columbine High School in Colorado and the Amish shooting in Pennsylvania, and noted that the powerful U.S. gun lobby had blocked gun restrictions that Europeans regard as simple common sense. "Even after today's horrific tragedy, laws are unlikely to change," Hewitt said.


More on how people abroad see the violence of America.

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