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1. cm
   

   Get your facts straight CNN. More than 2 were killed.

   April 9, 2011 at 10:24 am | Report abuse |
2. Ger Kappee
   

   http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/9495005/__Doden_bij_schietpartij_Alphen_aan_den_Rijn__.html?p=1,1

   latest news

   April 9, 2011 at 10:27 am | Report abuse |
3. Ger Kappee
   

   @cm

   I'm wathing live on NOS http://www.nos.nl al 6 dead on this moment...

   April 9, 2011 at 10:29 am | Report abuse |
4. gordig
   

   god given right tohave a-gun -i don,t think god would be handing out guns

   April 9, 2011 at 10:32 am | Report abuse |
   • cm
     

     Exactly!

     April 9, 2011 at 10:35 am | Report abuse |
   • Justen
     

     No, a God given right to DEFEND yourself. If you want strict gun control fine–All for it. But melt them ALL down–what the government has, what the people have, what police and military use, what criminals use–and let us all go back to carrying swords again. I am all for it believe me.

     The bottom line is–gun control does nothing to stop violent crime. It has done nothing to help Chicago, it has done nothing to help D.C, the UK or the Netherlands. Criminals can, do and will get their guns–PERIOD. So stripping them away from the people and turning them all into helpless sheep is ridiculous.

     April 9, 2011 at 10:42 am | Report abuse |
   • Guuds
     

     There is no way you can defend yourself against madness. All the guns in the world wont protect you from that

     April 9, 2011 at 11:27 am | Report abuse |
   • Martijn
     

     Gun control does not stop violent crime. Therefore we should allow people to carry guns.

     This is a fallacy.

     One takes just a small example in which gun control does not work in order to rebound all other cases in which gun control does work. Gun control helps to prevent small crimes being carried out with guns.

     April 9, 2011 at 12:34 pm | Report abuse |
5. steven NL
   

   well exactly its the same thing with drugs, the government makes it illegal, but the addicts will get it anyway. condolences to the family's and victims

   April 9, 2011 at 11:01 am | Report abuse |
6. Me
   

   on the pressconference they said – is a man from Aphen aan den Rijn

   April 9, 2011 at 11:03 am | Report abuse |
7. Joey
   

   If someone said, "there was a man in Holland who had blond hair and blue eyes," would any of us find that unusual?
   If someone said, "Charles Starkweather had blond hair and killed a lot of people with a gun," could we make any kind of connection?
   Perhaps it was just his being blond.
   Rosetta had a good idea: wait and learn more.

   April 9, 2011 at 11:19 am | Report abuse |
8. Expat
   

   Justen makes perfect sense. It is the meek who will be interred.

   April 9, 2011 at 11:20 am | Report abuse |
9. Joey
   

   Many times, Expat, that will be true.

   April 9, 2011 at 11:27 am | Report abuse |
10. L.A. Lawyer
    

    Thank you Justen for your posts re criminal shootings- tragedy is right! MM http://www.marymasilaw.com

    April 9, 2011 at 11:32 am | Report abuse |
11. Joey
    

    SandyBottom, I'm not sure that increased availability of guns would make the world safer.
    I do believe that increased availability and use of sodium thiopental would enhance our safety.

    April 9, 2011 at 11:35 am | Report abuse |
    • SandyBottom
      

      Ah Ok.. I see.. you want to give any idiot a gun AND drug them..

      Exellent!

      April 9, 2011 at 1:11 pm | Report abuse |
    • SandyBottom
      

      In case you refer to sodium thiopental as use for lethal injection, your statement is getting moe bizar and primitive
      just read over what you just wrote down!

      You promote people carrying guns and then say you'd like to see more people in the death row??

      that's sic

      April 9, 2011 at 1:26 pm | Report abuse |
    • Guus en Agma
      

      There 7 people including shooter killed

      April 9, 2011 at 1:45 pm | Report abuse |
12. minnie me
    

    Gosh , u guys need to read "the days most popular" for the 7th. The blogger is spilling her guts.

    April 9, 2011 at 11:53 am | Report abuse |
    • Joe Pistone
      

      http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

      April 9, 2011 at 4:35 pm | Report abuse |
13. John
    

    Six people were killed, the killer included!

    April 9, 2011 at 11:54 am | Report abuse |
14. Ger Kappee
    

    GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE DO..... :-((

    April 9, 2011 at 11:57 am | Report abuse |
15. Stevo
    

    Very sad story indeed....

    April 9, 2011 at 11:57 am | Report abuse |