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Toby Harnden

Toby Harnden

in Washington DC

Toby Harnden has been The Daily Telegraph's US Editor since 2006. He lives in Washington DC with his wife Cheryl, daughter Tessa and dog Finn. Toby was previously Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph. He first joined The Daily Telegraph in 1994 and has been its Ireland Correspondent, Washington Bureau Chief and Middle East Correspondent. He is the author of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (1999). An archive of his work is at www.tobyharnden.com. Story ideas and news tips are welcomed and Toby can be contacted at toby.harnden@telegraph.co.uk. His Facebook profile is here.

Gun control and the Virginia massacre

Posted by Toby Harnden on 17 Apr 2007  at 07:39 
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I've just arrived in Roanoke, near Blacksburg, Virginia, to cover the horrific campus shootings yesterday that left 32 dead, plus the murderer, making it the worst mass shooting in American history. An almost unimaginable carnage.

Gun crime
Mourners outside Virginia Tech yesterday

Already, before even basic details about what happened have been established, both sides of the gun control debate are using the tragedy to advance their respective causes. Would banning guns in Virginia have made a difference? Would allowing guns on campus have given students some protection?

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Posted by Toby Harnden on 17 Apr 2007 at 07:39