Gunman Opens Fire During "The Dark Knight Rises"

[PeppyGPhiB]

Oh, and the banning of guns will never happen in this country. For several reasons, but one is that I believe it would basically plunge our country into civil war. Yes, really. Martial Law would need to be declared, and by the time the military was done forcefully disarming the American public, the country would be devastated.

[ADqtPiMel]

For what it's worth, I have Nationals season tickets and the only searching they do is a cursory look inside any bag. If you're not carrying a bag, there's no search at all.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

For what it's worth, I have Nationals season tickets and the only searching they do is a cursory look inside any bag. If you're not carrying a bag, there's no search at all.

Truth. I always thought those bag checks at ball games were to make sure you didn't bring in contraband food or ways to record the game.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by tcsparky

What a lot of people have problems with is TSA sticking their fingers in female children's vaginas, forcing nursing mothers to drink their own breast milk and painfully squeezing men's privates to prove they aren't terrorists. And let's not forget about the body scanner naked pictures that were saved, passed around and laughed at by TSA agents. These are the things that make people get fed up with flying.

These are also things that are not proper procedure and are not supposed to be happening. They're not about security measures imposed by TSA, they're about abuses of power. If you're going to accuse others of over-reacting, you might want to avoid the over-reaction yourself.

Originally Posted by excelblue

Going thru excessive security to do the things you like is like getting hazed to join a GLO: shouldn't be happening and ruins the experience.

. . . It's hard to be happy when your freedoms are violated excessively.

I guess this must be a matter of perspective. I've been through airport security many times, and I have never felt that my freedoms were violated in the least. I

Originally Posted by 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).

I think you and Sydney may well be right. and I read in one place that he was standing in front of the screen, which I would think would have made him harder to see/distinguish.

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Oh, and the banning of guns will never happen in this country. For several reasons, but one is that I believe it would basically plunge our country into civil war. Yes, really. Martial Law would need to be declared, and by the time the military was done forcefully disarming the American public, the country would be devastated.

Not to mention that super-majorities of Congress and of state legislatures would have to approve an amendment to the Constitution.