ChevyFazer
Redneck MacGyver
For once no one is actually arguing lol. I think we have been able to have a good debate over gun policies and what could help in a situation like this.
Ok. 3 out of 5 people in the theatre are packing. They are law abiding citizens, but without proper and extensive training on how to use them to shoot ACTUAL PEOPLE if the situation arises, that's a bit of a volatile situation wouldn't you say?
Prison menu for Mr. Holmes:
Breakfast:
Pitcher of chilled Arrowhead Spring Water
Freshly squeezed Orange Juice
Fresh ground Starbucks coffee (available also in decaf)
Fresh fruit (cantelope, grapefruit, Honeydew melon) depending on availability
Eggs Benedict (two toasted muffins halves topped with ham, poached egg and Hollandaise sauce)
Four ounce patty of Jimmy Dean sausage
Choice of cereal (Kellogs Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran, or Special K) with milk
Copy of USA Today newspaper
Yeah exactly, how easy is it in some places to get a CCW?
FinalImpact, you just don't understand. The shooter, himself, is possibly a "victim." We have to examine his homelife, the "cause" for his irrational behavior. With enough counseling (and attorney fees) we can strive to eliminate this kind of aberrant behavior with future individuals. Furthermore, we need now to have a long, drawn out (with appeals) jury trial at taxpayer expense to get to the bottom of this. Also, there needs to be a change of venue because the media attention has already "contaminated" the local jury pool. Was the "alleged" perpetrator advised of his Miranda rights? There are so many unanswered questions. I'm so glad that he didn't shoot himself because now society can study "where we went wrong."
Sorry Tailgate I have to disagree with you here. The "twinkie" defense? He wet the bed until he was 15, his mother didn't breast feed him long enough, he was spanked much too often, he was able to play too many violent video games? When does society quit looking for excuses for abhorrent behavior and come to terms with the fact that there is just evil in this world without trying to find an excuse to blame someone else? He was clearly "normal" enough to finish college and be on his way to a post graduate PhD degree. As for the CCW debate....well, unless you were there and and had reacted to the situation, it's all speculation on what a different outcome may have been.
I need to work on my sarcasm---Tailgate
You forgot prison rape right after breakfast.
This argument doe's not hold validity, and is repeatedly rolled out by the gun lobby.The people who shouldn't have guns are going to get them illegally anyways. Stricter gun control only takes guns away from the honest people.
I don't normally get involved with the gun debates and the "Right to bare arms" issues.
But seriously WTF do you think you are going to do in a dark movie theater with CS gas in your eyes, among a stampede of escaping people.
In this case you are probably 100% right if someone was a cc holder and carrying there is probably nothing that could have been done, but then again you never know.
Here let me lay it out for you...if i was in that situation this is what would happen....
I would continuously return fire until one of the following things happen...I was dead...I ran out of ammo (15-45rd depend on occasion)...or the SOB was stopped...
How would I be able to accomplish this you ask...practice...just like riding motorcyles...practice...
I'm not LE but I am more practiced than 98% of LE...the other 2% being swat as they practice everday for a living...I practice 4-6 times a month...
The above statement does imply I can out shoot 98% of LE...so who's more able to handle a situation like that...a well practiced armed citizen or your average beat cop?...i'm sure you can figure out who i think is....