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In reply to the discussion: So, if about 10 people in that theater had been armed... [View all]yardwork
(61,599 posts)124. She wasn't an untrained bystander, though. She was a church usher with a gun.
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The shooter was dressed up like a SWAT, so people would be shooting other people with guns.
kemah
Jul 2012
#136
But there are examples of a private citizen stopping something like this
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#83
She wasn't an untrained bystander, though. She was a church usher with a gun.
yardwork
Jul 2012
#124
You are certainly an expert with years of training and experience in firearms.
yardwork
Jul 2012
#131
Klebold and Harris at Columbine committed suicide. They weren't stopped by anybody but themselves.
yardwork
Jul 2012
#122
Lots of these kinds of people commit suicide - after the police show up with guns.
Atypical Liberal
Jul 2012
#125
Yes it is - Klebold and Harris killed themselves after they police arrived and they had no escape.
Atypical Liberal
Jul 2012
#150
When you say 'stopped by people with firearms', you are talking about the police right?
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#141
Your belief that you can keep dangeous stuff away from people is very naive.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2012
#165
Police or civilian makes no difference - it's the gun that makes the difference.
Atypical Liberal
Jul 2012
#149
The adults involved were in their thirties, and they were picnicking with their children.
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#168
Watch the firefight scene in "Platoon" (or the beach landing scene in "Saving
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#3
No matter how you try to spin it, the situation in Aurora could not
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#159
I have already posted, in another thread, that a CCWer at that movie wouldn't have been able to help
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2012
#164
The gunman was wearing body armor ... are the other armed people you imagine also wearing ...
JoePhilly
Jul 2012
#16
Even if a round doen't penetrate the "armor" (and it's really only armor if plates are installed)...
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#57
Meaning that information is still being developed and may/will change over time.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#137
It's called a "Polish Firing Squad" (apologies to Pol. They all make a circle and shoot each other.
leveymg
Jul 2012
#10
IMO it's very unlikely that nobody in the audience was carrying a weapon, be it an off-duty cop,
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#22
Agreed. First the gun owner would have to sort out the chaos, then fight through teargas
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#151
How many people in that theater actually were carrying licensed, concealed weapons?
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#20
Probably a mistaken assumption that anyone who carries a concealed firearm is eager to use it
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#28
Sorry, I haven't done much gaming since my son played Super Mario Brothers and DOOM in the '90s
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#98
Is it a No Smoking, No Flash Photos, No Food or Drinks, No Bare Feet, and No Firearms sign
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#81
Thanks! Does CO state law require patrons to comply with such a sign, as they do in TX and AZ?
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#100
how do you know ten people weren't armed? from what i read, most people didn't even get
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#41
no, no, no! that's not the way the story goes! remember highlander? there can be only one!
unblock
Jul 2012
#47
This is what a friend of mine just said to me. Even if it is a legal weapon, she said that lives
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2012
#60
you can't always know , even in war with trained military, there is "Friendly Fire"
JI7
Jul 2012
#109
They saw the one guy come in. He stood there for a few secs, surveying the room. nt
Honeycombe8
Jul 2012
#117
Here we go with that argument "if everyone had guns we would be safer"
liberal N proud
Jul 2012
#126