tragedy at Virginia Tech.

Truly horrible.

The tale of a survivor can be found here.

Here is the text of the president's televised remarks.

Naturally, the editorial at the New York Times labels more gun control as the solution:

Our hearts and the hearts of all Americans go out to the victims and their families. Sympathy was not enough at the time of Columbine, and eight years later it is not enough. What is needed, urgently, is stronger controls over the lethal weapons that cause such wasteful carnage and such unbearable loss.

Does the editor really think that nothing like this would ever happen if the U.S. had the strictest gun control policies that could be imagined? As long as human hearts are depraved, terrible events like this will continue to occur.

Check out 21 ways to minister to those who are suffering.

Update: Here are some of the faces of the slain. A simple, yet powerful, presentation.

Why did this tragedy occur and what do we do now? Doug Masson has some answers - not his, mind you, but other people's explanations.