ROANOKE, Va. - John Markell sat in a blue minivan in the parking lot of his ramshackle gun shop yesterday, agonizing over the Glock 19 he sold to the Virginia Tech killer only a few weeks ago.
Markell, 58, was not there the day Cho Seung-hui bought the 9-mm. handgun from a clerk - but he cashed his check.
"I don't feel I'm responsible, but I just feel terrible he used one of our guns," Markell told the Daily News in a barely audible whisper.
The longtime sportsman in dark aviator sunglasses and a black Glock-logo baseball hat appeared so distraught that bystanders told him they were sorry.
Despite his regret, Markell presides over an impressive arsenal.
Through a glass door with a picture of Osama Bin Laden under a red bull's-eye, lay one large display case with 20 military-style M-4 assault rifles. Hundreds of handguns and a Kalashnikov were laid out in glass cases.
For $3,875, anyone with a clean record, cash and three IDs can buy a .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifle from Markell.
The Glock 19 - an Austrian police firearm made in Georgia - was just like the one Markell picked up from the floorboard of his minivan during an interview. He pulled the slide back and demonstrated how simple it is to load the 15-round magazine..."
Since this is from the NY Daily News we expect some editorializing. .50 caliber Barrett's. M-4 assault rifles. And you can just hear the breathlessness coming from the HUNDREDS of handguns. A good writer, on the other hand, asks questions such as why a GLOCK? Did Mr. Markell know of anyplace the Korean mass murderer might have taken the gun for target practice? And along with the other, oh, say thousand other relevant queries, where in all hells did the idea come from that the G-19 was a "police firearm"? Because they are sold to nearly as many cops as civilians? Hell, lets be thankful they don't seem to know that the GLOCK was born as a MILITARY SIDEARM a decade before GLOCK began getting law enforcement contracts.
If ever there were a reason to scrutinize immigrants more closely...
Let's not forget that the little monster tried eradicating the serial numbers, but left the receipt in the very backpack he carried while cowing the eloi into kneeling so he could execute them. That means he at first had the idea to flee if the fleeing was good. Also might want to check into the premise that he committed suicide.
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