then here are reasoned, researched, experienced perspectives and discussion. I am listening live on NPR now, only about ten minutes left in the hour. The whole show should be available in real audio by this evening. One of the men had studied records back to 1948 (older than I am at least) and found mass shooters don't have criminal records but do tend to have a record of past mental health problems. That, and they almost always give warning signs leading up to the end slaughter (which they don't expect or desire to survive themselves.)

Nobody including guests, the host or any callers has mentioned movie violence or rap music (or the president) so far -- they are talking about how misguided the media commentary has been, how unrealistic and unthoughtful.

Tuesday Ap 17
10:00 Virginia Tech Shootings

Diane and her guests talk about the latest information on the deadly shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: the university police and administration's handling of the two attacks, what is known about the shooter, and questions from the community and on campuses around the country.
Guests

Fox Butterfield, author and former New York Times reporter (38 years)

Susan Riseling, chief of police for the University of Wisconsin at Madison and vice president at large of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

Clint Van Zandt, former FBI profiler and author of "Facing Down Evil"

Beverly Amsler, Morning Edition host for NPR member station WVTF in Roanoke, Va. WVTF is a licensee of Virginia Tech University, serving southwestern Virginia, including Blacksburg, Va.