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(回答先: 【あくまで「仮説」】もしバ工大事件が謀略だとしたら、これから目を逸らさせる目的か？【司法長官議会聴聞】 投稿者 傍観者Ａ 日時 2007 年 4 月 20 日 10:53:44)
これも私の単なる推測だが、大統領選との絡みはないだろうか。
大統領選に向けて派手なキャンペーンを繰り返している民主党に比べ、陰に隠れている感じの共和党。キャンペーン費用獲得に向けて、全米ライフル協会から共和党への献金は、約15,00万ドルと巨額であり、共和党最大の献金団体であるとか。
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/guns/
Nearly $15 million, or 85 percent of the total, has gone to Republicans. The National Rifle Association is by far the gun rights lobby's biggest donor, having contributed more than $14 million over the past 15 years. Gun control advocates, meanwhile, contribute far less money than their rivals -- a total of nearly $1.7 million since 1989, of which 94 percent went to Democrats. The leading contributor among gun control advocates is the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, formerly known as Handgun Control, which has given $1.5 million over the past 15 years.
そしてバージニア工科大学のある地区から選出されたRick Boucher下院議員（民主党）は、ライフル協会から約6万ドルの政治献金を受けており、ライフル協会からA+のランク付けをされた議員でもある。
彼はこの事件が起きる２ヶ月前に、フロリダ州選出のCliff Stearns議員（共和党）と共に、携帯用小銃の規制撤廃を全州に推進するとの法案を提出していたばかりだったというのも、何かおかしな話だ。
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/congressman_fro.html
Congressman From Virginia Tech's District Pushed Concealed Weapon Expansion
April 17, 2007 1:27 PM
Justin Rood Reports:
Two months before the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history took place at Virginia Tech, the congressman for the university's district introduced a bill to expand the use of concealed weapons permits nationwide.
Rep. Rick Boucher, the Democratic congressman representing Blacksburg, Va., has received an A+ rating from the NRA as well as $60,000 in campaign contributions from the group during his time in Congress, according to the campaign finance Web site OpenSecrets.org. The NRA has endorsed his concealed weapons bill, which he co-sponsored with Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.
The two lawmakers introduced The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act on Feb. 6. If enacted, it would allow concealed weapons carriers licensed by their home state to carry their weapons in other states which also grant such licenses.
Virginia allows citizens to carry concealed weapons with a permit, but universities and schools such as Virginia Tech do not allow concealed weapons on campus. Boucher's bill would not allow concealed weapons on school campuses.
Neither Boucher nor the NRA immediately responded to requests for comment on the legislation.
In a statement released yesterday, Boucher said he was "deeply saddened" by the shootings. "My thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families and friends of those who were harmed in this horrific and senseless act."
The NRA yesterday also released a brief statement to say it "joins the entire country in expressing our deepest condolences to the families of Virginia Tech University and everyone else affected by this horrible tragedy."
"We will not have further comment until the facts are known," the group's statement concluded.
Rep. Stearns, who has sponsored similar bills every years since 1995, said in a emailed statement that while he saw "no apparent connections" between the Virginia Tech shootings and his bill, "it has been noted that an armed murderer was stopped in 2002 by armed students" at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia.
The details of that incident have been debated. Some reports at the time noted the shooter's gun was empty, and one participant said the shooter had put down his gun before he knew the students were armed.
In Congress since 1989, Boucher has voted against bills supported by gun control advocates 90 percent of the time, a 2006 study by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence found. He twice voted for bills that would bar Americans from suing gun manufacturers when their products are misused.
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