On April 7, less than a year after it was formed, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus passed the 25,000-members mark and made note of the fact that approximately one out of every 755 college students in the United States is now a member of the organization.
SCCC reached this milestone only days ahead of the [...]
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Tags: · anniversary of virginia tech shooting, arms, bear arms, blacksburg, Cho Heung-Sui, concealed carry, concealed carry on campus, concerned citizens, faculty, firearms, gun owners, Gun Rights, Guns, parents, Right to Bear Arms, sccc, Second Amendment, students for concealed carry on campus, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Shooting
December 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Associated Press published it’s Top 10 stories of 2007 today, so I decided to highlight Bob McCarty Writes posts related to those topics:
1. VIRGINIA TECH KILLINGS
2. MORTGAGE CRISIS
3. IRAQ WAR
4. OIL PRICES
5. CHINESE EXPORTS
6. GLOBAL WARMING
7. BRIDGE COLLAPSE
8. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
9. IMMIGRATION DEBATE
10. IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
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Tags: · 2007, Bob McCarty, Bob McCarty Writes, BobMcCarty.com, Bridge Collapse, China, chinese exports, Gas Prices, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Iran, iran's nuclear program, iraq, Iraq War, mortgage, mortgage crisis, oil prices, President, Presidential Campaign, top stories, Virginia Tech
As a public relations practitioner during most of the past 20 years, I’ve been “knee deep” in my share of crises, many of which involved losses of life and property. Upon learning of Virginia Tech University’s release yesterday of a report about the April 16 tragedy, I was eager to compare their findings [...]
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Tags: · Cho Seung-Hui, Crisis PR, Crisis Public Relations, pr, Public Relations, public relations nightmare, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Shootings
April 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Moments ago, Associated Press published an article about Cho Heung-Sui, citing individuals who say their former classmate-turned shooter was picked on, pushed around and laughed at over his shyness and the strange way he walked.
Note to People of the World: The fact that you’ve been ridiculed by someone does not justify any act(s) of heinous [...]
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Tags: · Cho, Cho Heung-Sui, Crimes Against Humanity, Shooter Laughed At, Shooter Ridiculed by Classmates, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Campus, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginia Tech Shootings
I mentioned in a post here yesterday that I would be a guest on the morning drive show, Allman in the Morning, on 97.1 FM Talk, the Fox News Radio outlet in St. Louis. The topic of the 7:10 a.m. interview was the handling of the crisis at Virginia Tech Monday, April 17. [...]
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Tags: · Allman in the Morning, Audio Link, Crisis at Virginia Tech, Fox News Radio, Fox News Radio in St. Louis, Jamie Allman, KFTK Radio, radio appearance, Talk Radio, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Shooting