Why did he shoot?

So why did he shoot? Reports suggest that he was apoplectic when he discovered that his girl friend was cheating on him. But few questions baffles me

1. How did he manage to get a gun, being a foreign student? If he got it from his friend then how on earth he entered the university premises without getting detected? Or is it allowed to keep guns in dormitories?

2. Why wasn’t he stopped after the first shootout?

3. Where was Jack Bauer when all this was happening on US soil?

Cho Seung-Hui, the killer, was a shy guy who never looked to make friendships with others. He was an introvert who had something in his mind greatly disturbing him. Often people don’t realise this that the more introvert the guy is, the more chances are that he is overwhelmed with prejudices and grudges. Being shy, he never gets to speak his heart out. He keeps burning in the fire of vengeance which never would quench itself. He would try to vent out his anger in the form of his writing, basically an indirect way to express his feelings to others in hope that he could be empathized with. The resentment grows each day and often it translates to suicide or more violent ways like killing of others.

Speaking one’s heart out is very important as it help clear prejudices. One could become highly biased against someone just because of communication gap. He never tries to clear the misconceptions and the other too neglects it. His prejudices help him create the victimized mentality in which everyone tries to bully him, everyone is an evil and the only respite is death! Mixing with people could help do away with such nefarious feelings as socializing makes someone a human!

Cho had past problems

Autumn 2005 - Dr. Lucinda Roy, chairwoman of the Virginia Tech English department, told Virginia Tech police of her concerns about Cho’s disturbing and angry writing assignments.

November 27, 2005 - Cho contacted a female student through telephone calls and in person. There was no direct threat made, but she notified the Virginia Tech police about what she termed his “annoying” communication, declining to press charges. Officers spoke with Cho about it and he was referred to the university disciplinary system.

December 12, 2005 - Cho sent instant messages to a second female student who complained to the campus police. There also was no direct threat.

December 12, 2005 - Later the same day, an acquaintance of Cho contacted the campus police, concerned that Cho might be suicidal. Officers met with Cho again and talked with him at length, and asked him to speak to a counselor.

That was on personal front, but what the US culture in general? I have never been to US and nor intend to as it now seems a remote possibility after PWC hiked my basic salary. This also means that I would never get to feel the student culture I have seen so much in movies and serials. I would love to do study in a US university but not now as something else in life is important right now . I have a feel that the culture has been corrupted to the extreme with frivolous concepts like girl friend-boy friend, appearing and pretending what you are not just to impress others, drugs, bullying the not so good looking, etc etc… But concepts like these characterizes youth. We had so many killing because of love and lust even in India. So what makes US students take the extreme step of killing others? Virginia tech shooting is not the first time it has happened in US, such incidents keep showing its ugly face every now and then. I don’t want to assume things here as I am unequipped to present my views. I welcome any explanation of this peculiar behavior.