I'm visiting my twin granddaughters, this week, in Parker, Colorado and I wake up to the news of this shooting that's about 20 minutes down the road from here. Ages 6 to 31 are the casualties with over 50 injuries.
It was the midnight premier of the new Batman movie. A 24 yr. old man in a gas mask, kevlar vest, 2 handguns and a rifle, walked into the front of the audience and threw 2 gas canisters. He raised his rifle, fired it and pulled his pistols and started shooting people.
After the shooter was done, the man hid behind the dumpster that's behind the movie theater...until the police discovered him there. He gave up and was taken into custody.
Tragic and Nuts at the same time. I can't wait to get out of this state, as my flight isn't for another 5 hours.
My sincere prayers go out to all of the families involved.
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I used to live in Aurora. This is crazy. I just don't understand how someone can walk into a place and just start shooting people that never have done anything to them. Then to hide behind a dumpster like a coward. Cops should of executed him on the spot. It isn't safe to go anwhere anymore.
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Its ridiculous....and by the looks of it he did it for fun....and you can actually use a quote from the Dark Knight "Some people just want to watch the world burn." -Alfred
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Media needs to keep his name and picture out of the public view. Take him back to the dumpster and poke a hole in his head and be done with it. These freaks want the public to see them and it needs to stop.
Media needs to keep his name and picture out of the public view. Take him back to the dumpster and poke a hole in his head and be done with it. These freaks want the public to see them and it needs to stop.
agreed...these people cant be rehabilitated...prove 100% he did it, and execute...
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i agree KaGee I am afraid of people who willing to trample on our Constitution and beliefs!
I agree. I don't want to see our Constitution trampled, either. I have no problem with the 6th amendment, or due process. I'm just tired of the 8th amendment, and punishments not fitting the crime. If there was harsh enough punishment for this type of behaviour, there'd be less of it. How harsh is harsh enough for something like this? Something like a public flogging every 3rd day for 3 years, followed by a public hanging?
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A true tragedy. My thoughts are for the families of the victims. But less than 24 hrs into it I'm already sick of the media coverage. Just saw the idiotic couple on nightly news that were dumb enough to take their newborn infant to the movie. Thankfully they are still alive but, who the hell takes a newborn to the movies? Then the news says the mother of the psycho is a mental illness nurse and says she's not surprised he did it! The media has already stressed how this idiot had a clean record and obtained the firearms legally. The anti gun folks are frothing at the mouth over these facts. It's d-bags like this that are f-ing things up for us law abiding people. I think these shootings are gonna get worse. Look at Columbine, Virginia tech, and this one not to mention others. Every one took place in a public place where the chance of someone packin is nonexhistent. What we need in this country are less carry laws and not more. More armed citizens is the only way to deter this type of tragedy.
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Unfortunately there will always be "the lunitic fringe' among us; silently plotting their own horrific deed for whatever reason. And would agree that even 1 person who was carrying their own concealed weapon COULD have killed/ incapacipated him. Am former military, and KNOW what high performance semi and fully automatic military rounds are capable of. It is my own PERSONAL belief the "average Joe citizen" simply DOES NOT NEED that kind of weapon, capable of shooting thru a house. And if you can`t hit an intruder invading your house with 10 rounds or less some range time is very likely needed. The "average Joe citizen" will never be forced to defend against a "Banzai" human wave assault, so having 2 30 round clips taped together aka Rambo for "home protection' is about like having a burgler alarm armed with a nuclear weapon. Okay, you kill the intruder AND accidently shoot your neighbor`s kid sleeping in their own bed with the "stray' rounds. People just DO NOT realize a military grade round`s penetration power. Same goes for machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, anti tank missiles, artillery, attack jet aircraft, attack helicopters, ect. And I`m sure there are those who feel "Arm everyone, even the kids with as much "heat" as they can carry"; unless you`re "Mad Max" in "Beyond the Thunderdome" I`d suggest therapy...
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To me the biggest cause of these are those no gun allowed signs. imagine some one trying that in a room of 100people with 50 carrying handguns. Odds are less victims and shooter being the first one. When will people learn keeping the guns out of the hands of good people only help the bad get worse. Now we got to watch this guy run up bills probably on us. For his court cases. lawyers ,appeals and then probably hit the street some day to do it again. Why do we care why he did it. The crime is done now's time to punish him not try and come up with a reason. I for one do not care. Execute him in the most pain possible and taking the longest time. It would still be to good for a person who has done this.
I was watching it in the hotel lobby (Parker, CO.) and most of the people were making comments like, "That's so sad." or "What a shame." However, there was one lady that said, "That's the reason they need to get rid of the guns."
Well, I wasn't about to let that slide. I said, "No! If everyone in the audience would've been armed, they could've taken the guy out, before he did any more damage. I guarantee you, if something like this happened in Texas, he'd be laying in the morgue full of holes. I'll go one step farther...you don't hear of crap like this happening in Texas." I had to stop, before I got pissed, but there were others standing there that were in clear agreement, but wouldn't voice it.
Just the same, it's good to be back in the Buckeye State.
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To me the biggest cause of these are those no gun allowed signs.
I agree, but it's irrelevant. This guy had 4 guns and a virtually locked room to target anyone and everyone. We can all second guess everything, but bottom line is that this dude slaughtered people.
Again, agree WHOLE HEARTEDLY. In MANY countries, if you even HAVE a weapon and commit a felony crime you are already aware that upon conviction you WILL be PUT TO DEATH. NO EXCEMPTIONS. Those countries have few to NO "repeat offenders"...don`t know how many carry out executions with slow geared steam rollers, but might well be worth looking into. Something horrendously ghastly enough to give a potential criminal VERY SERIOUS 2cnd thoughts...
I agree, but it's irrelevant. This guy had 4 guns and a virtually locked room to target anyone and everyone. We can all second guess everything, but bottom line is that this dude slaughtered people.
I think we all know he killed people and its not irrealvent since armed citizens may have stopped him.
To me the biggest cause of these are those no gun allowed signs. imagine some one trying that in a room of 100people with 50 carrying handguns. Odds are less victims and shooter being the first one. When will people learn keeping the guns out of the hands of good people only help the bad get worse. Now we got to watch this guy run up bills probably on us. For his court cases. lawyers ,appeals and then probably hit the street some day to do it again. Why do we care why he did it. The crime is done now's time to punish him not try and come up with a reason. I for one do not care. Execute him in the most pain possible and taking the longest time. It would still be to good for a person who has done this.
Agree 100%. Our legal system is so screwed up that this guy will probably be sent to some "hospital" to try to "save" him.
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I think we all know he killed people and its not irrealvent since armed citizens may have stopped him.
In a theater full of tear gas, and people in a panic, and people firing at him from the seats - anyone in the line of fire would be swiss cheese. I really doubt that adding more shooters would have reduced the casualties.
We will never know for sure what armed citizens might have been able to do, but he picked people at random and kept walking. What if he walked past a guy who was armed and that guy stood up pistol to the back of the neck and dropped him? We don't know for sure but it would be nice to think that opportunity was there.
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I can't wait to get out of this state, as my flight isn't for another 5 hours. 
I said, "No! If everyone in the audience would've been armed, they could've taken the guy out, before he did any more damage. I guarantee you, if something like this happened in Texas, he'd be laying in the morgue full of holes. I'll go one step farther...you don't hear of crap like this happening in Texas." I had to stop, before I got pissed, but there were others standing there that were in clear agreement, but wouldn't voice it. 
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