Gunman Opens Fire During "The Dark Knight Rises"

[PeppyGPhiB]

I have my CPL, and from what info. has been made public, I doubt I would have drawn my weapon and fired in this situation. That is, if I was carrying at the time. Dark theatre, assailant dressed in black and SWAT gear, hundreds of people running through the rows and aisles, and tear gas that made it even harder to see and breathe. And my Ruger would have been no match for an AR-15 with expanded capacity magazine. The risk would have been too great that I may hit an innocent person running for their life, and then I would be on trial for homicide.

Someone mentioned that a flashlight could have blinded him. Maybe, but the thing is, with an AR-15 he didn't even need to see...he just sprayed the room with bullets.

I'm with the poster (I think it was SydneyK) who speculated that there probably was someone in the theatre who was packing. But if so, I don't blame them for not drawing on this guy. Not only was it likely very difficult to draw a weapon in that situation (realizing what was going on, from a sitting position, hitting the deck or running for the exit), but it carried a high likelihood of causing collateral damage (and drawing the gunman's attention in a negative way).