V. Tech under lockdown.

[DGTess]

From the VT website. "At 9:09 a.m. three juveniles attending a camp at the university reported seeing a white male, 6 feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holding what may have been a handgun. They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort."

What may have been a weapon.

So how do they see something that is covered and tell that it's a gun from a distance? This sounds like a false alarm for a nonevent.

And it is not illegal to carry a weapon on VT campus, as long as you don't carry into a building. Students may face discipline, but only under campus regulations, not under law.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DGTess

From the VT website. "At 9:09 a.m. three juveniles attending a camp at the university reported seeing a white male, 6 feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holding what may have been a handgun. They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort."

What may have been a weapon.

So how do they see something that is covered and tell that it's a gun from a distance? This sounds like a false alarm for a nonevent.

And it is not illegal to carry a weapon on VT campus, as long as you don't carry into a building. Students may face discipline, but only under campus regulations, not under law.

Yeah, because there's not been any reason why someone would have been sensitive to the idea of a gun on Virginia Tech's campus. I just can't possibly imagine why someone might be a little jumpy about it.