There was extensive coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings and their aftermath in countries throughout the world, with many stations and papers sending journalists to Blacksburg to cover the massacre.
In the UK, an editorial in The Times asked, "Why .. do Americans continue to tolerate gun laws and a culture that seems to condemn thousands of innocents to death every year, when presumably, tougher restrictions, such as those in force in European countries, could at least reduce the number?"[REF]