Virginia Tech shooting reaction

On the Dallas Morning News' editorial blog - Dallas Morning Views - some Jack Bauer wannabe wrote that, in essence, the students at Virginia Tech were too pussified to challenge this murderer when he was using classmates and professors for cheap carnival target practice. This idiot suggested that it was cowardise and a lack of any balls that no one stopped him, and ran for the cover of desks to keep from getting blasted.
Right, like this person is going to charge a man discharging a weapon in full view of friends and colleagues and pretend it's a water pistol. What bullshit! But this is the introspective time for such cow droppings.
Guess what? Those young people did exactly what 100% of us would have done - dive for cover. A few in one classroom tried to barricade the door when the man returned. And that action might have saved more lives.
This sheer nonsense about allowing students to "pack heat" to stop such isolated cases muddles any sensible discussion. Guns DO kill people although that's not the real problem in almost every case (it would still be nice to make it a teensy bit harder to get one - like a return to a 7-day waiting cooling-of period and/or certification of some kind of pre-purchase training before actually getting your hands on one).
The rage from within that drives some people to resort to such action IS the problem. Rage make people want to kill people.
And frankly I don't have a quick, convenient answer.
No one does.
All you can do is shed a tear and hope it doesn't happen to you or someone you love. That is SO fucking sad about the state of our nation and our society.