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Eric Thompson, owner of the online firearms store TGSCOM that sold one of the guns used by Seung-Hui Cho in the Virginia Tech massacre, and two of the guns used by Steven Kazmierczak in the Northern Illinois University shootings, recently spoke at Virginia Tech in support of concealed carry on campus. Thompson was invited to speak by the student organization Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, and focused the bulk of his speech on ways to prevent campus violence, including strengthening laws that regulate mental illness and offering student discounts on firearms. One student, wearing a shirt that read “Guns Kill,” attended Thompson’s speech but drew little attention. May students, however, have expressed staunch opposition to concealed carry on campus.

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Read more about Thompson’s efforts to combat violence on campus at TSGCOM’s website