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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (113)	4/22/1999 6:44:00 PM
From: DenverTechie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 368

Here's your answer on their arsenal. Please, I do not think this thread should be used as a platform for gun control vs. non-gun control. But when you see this list, you may be pursuaded to form an opinion one way or the other. "Jefferson County District Attorney Dave Thomas said the pair had a 9mm semiautomatic rifle, two shotguns with sawed-off stocks, at least one handgun and a massive store of homemade bombs when they began their attack about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Some of the bombs were packed with nails and were designed to spray a wide area when they went off." Source: MSNBC Latest development: "Sources told NBC News that a note had been received from the home of either Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, the two gunmen blamed for Tuesday's attack. The sources did not describe the contents of the note. CNN, quoting two unidentified sources, said the note read: “Don't blame anyone else for our actions. This is the way we want to go out.” Police would confirm only that a search warrant had been served on both Harris' and Klebold's homes Thursday." And more on the latest bombs found: "THE HIDDEN BOMBS consisted of small homemade explosive devices placed inside filled propane tanks like the kind found on backyard barbecues, authorities said. Each weighed at least 35 pounds." So no, this is not just about guns. These guys were there for all out war, it seems. “These subjects were not only on a killing rampage, but they were going to destroy the school. They were going to burn the school up,” Jefferson County Sheriff John Stone said. This cannot continue. The game of one upsmanship on school killings has got to be reigned in. The window of opportunity is now, I think. But we have to understand what is creating these conditions before we can even think of how to make it better. Think of it in engineering terms. In order to find a solution to a problem, I must know the root cause or causes first. Otherwise, all I am doing is fixing something by trial and error. And as every engineer knows, that takes the longest time and costs the most (in this case could cost lives, not dollars).