Virginia Tech Killer Used Easy-To-Get Guns (CBS News) [View All]

[eppur_se_muova]

CBS News: Shooter Used Pistol, Handgun In State With No Registration, Gun-Waiting Period

Both are readily available in gun shops across the United States and particularly accessible in the commonwealth of Virginia, which recently earned a C-minus rating by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

“It’s much too easy to get guns in the state of Virginia,” said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center.

That’s in part because there's no gun registration, no mandatory waiting period to purchase weapons. The only major restriction: a limit of one gun purchase per month.

It remains unclear where the shooter purchased his pistols, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports.

But CBS News discovered there was a gun show just 25 miles from Blacksburg last weekend where 405 guns were sold.
***
more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/16/eveningnews/main2691645.shtml

VA Tech specifically banned firearms from dormitories.

ETA: From what I have read, the weapons used had their serial numbers filed off. I would doubt that such guns were obtained legally in any case. This makes the CBS headline a bit misleading, IMO.