Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 8755077)

Yes. A guy comes out who has either been shot or had someone bleeding all over him as well. It looks like a cop or security guard is escorting him... but that doesn't make sense as this appears to be before the cops even arrived (maybe it was a security guard in the movie theater).

Originally Posted by durtyrute (Post 8755072)

I personally don't like guns. I'll just leave it at that.

Originally Posted by lcarus (Post 8755082)

This is the type of shit that just makes you wanna stay home. I know it's a rare, isolated incident, but you never know when some shit is gonna happen in your own town. It's crazy to live your life based on fear of a rare horrific event occuring, but think of all the people that were planning on going to that movie at that theater but ended up not going for whatever reason.

Originally Posted by suds79 (Post 8754983)

I don't see how CCW is even a topic in here.

For the record I'm all for it but I don't see how it could have helped at all. Not one bit.

- Would it have stopped the evil person from attempting this?
I don't think so. No.

- Could they have stopped the killer from doing all the damage he did?
No. The guy whet in a dark movie theater, threw tear gas in and started firing. Everybody is looking at the screen. I'm sure it was mass ciaos as it ensued. Had someone pulled out their gun to try to stop this I think there's a very solid chance even more would have been injured or killed.

It's just a sad situation that unfortunately is unavoidable from time to time.

Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 8755081)

dang. they all seemed to be moving pretty calmly; I'm assuming by that point the shootout was over etc?

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 8755077)

Yes. A guy comes out who has either been shot or had someone bleeding all over him as well. It looks like a cop or security guard is escorting him... but that doesn't make sense as this appears to be before the cops even arrived (maybe it was a security guard in the movie theater).

Originally Posted by notorious (Post 8755088)

I just wonder what must have happened to create this monster....


I have read a lot of info on serial killers and how they are created, but I don't know a lot about this type of killer.

Originally Posted by lcarus (Post 8755097)

Last night I was bitching to my brother about how there were 10 screens showing TDKR, and all were sold out. My brother heard this news this morning and told me "The guy was probably pissed off like you were about the movie being sold out or something". Might turn out to be the case, but I doubt it. He probably just thought of a crowded place where it would be easy to raise hell like this. A dark sold out movie theater after midnight is the perfect opportunity to create mass chaos and possibly even get away with it.

Originally Posted by LOCOChief (Post 8754845)

Don't go to the movies often but when we do it's late at night and I'm always carrying. Might not have done any good in this case but if I was there I'd rather have a gun, don't want to go down for lack of shooting back.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 8755095)

If you are standing outside of a theater where people are coming out all shot up and telling you there is a lunatic inside shooting people, how the hell do you not get the hell out of Dodge? I think I'll stand right outside the theater entrance with my bullet proof camera phone in case something interesting happens!

Originally Posted by lcarus (Post 8755057)

Sorry, assumed by your comment you might be one of the "let's eliminate guns period" people. Which is a completely looney thought process.

Originally Posted by notorious (Post 8755102)

I was thinking more about what happened to this nut when he was a baby, growing up, etc.


Something very bad had to happen to create this monster.