Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
93. How do you save your life or others lives? I guess you are unimaginative if all you can think of is
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 11:26 PM
Jul 2012

a gun.

"No one was allowed"? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

No one was "allowed" to save their own lives. Yet some did. And some saved the lives of others. I guess they should be prosecuted for doing what they weren't "allowed" to do.

Well done rufus dog Jul 2012 #1
A not so well regulated militia... Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #2
K & R. tosh Jul 2012 #3
"A not so well regulated militia..." Exactly! scarletwoman Jul 2012 #4
I second you on that.. whathehell Jul 2012 #5
It's a sad cry... SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #6
You have seen the picture of what the shooter wore nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #9
Training SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #11
So you go to the tactical range still nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #15
Tickling SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #21
No, according to the cops he had body armor nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #22
No according to the reports he had NO bullet-proof armor. SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #27
So should I ignored Chief Oates nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #47
Works for me SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #60
Actually pal I have, more than once in fact. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #63
So I should take your word for it Pal? SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #69
So you can believe what you want nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #70
Yes you too can believe what you want SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #74
That's nice nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #79
Tyler Tx courthouse shooting. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #114
According to pd yes nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #117
It was a facetious question. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #125
Then I guess my local pd and sheriffs makes numbers up nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #127
Nobody wears armor 'from head to toe'. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #133
Go take it with the chief nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #136
Sorry, he's a self-evidently non-authoritative source. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #138
"And yes, been in a few shoot outs...so whatever." zappaman Jul 2012 #119
OK, now I get it. Your humor is SOOOOO dry, you had me going. Good job. uppityperson Jul 2012 #86
Right to choose SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #94
Aren't you getting tired? Jumping to all those false conclusions? I like cheesecake more than pie uppityperson Jul 2012 #97
Obviously Humble is your choice SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #106
"All I've heard are insults and innuendos" rather than answering about why you think you know more uppityperson Jul 2012 #107
Humble, crow, pepperoni - we are here to please. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #128
Yup. A dark theater. 2 people shooting. Then 3. Then 4. None of them knowing who is "allowed" to uppityperson Jul 2012 #82
What could go wrong? Oh wait, then the cops show up A Simple Game Jul 2012 #108
Yup. uppityperson Jul 2012 #110
Thank you MIRT for not tying the hands of DUers to protect themselves. Good nuke. uppityperson Jul 2012 #118
I think the tear gas and the hail of bullets would have kept samsingh Jul 2012 #130
Imagine who else would have died if people starting shooting in a panic samsingh Jul 2012 #135
That idiot would have just shot someone other than the shooter eridani Jul 2012 #139
you should know - being new to DU and all - there is a sarcasm thingie to add to posts like yours DrDan Jul 2012 #151
The shooter obtained his weapons LEGALLY. isuphighyeah Jul 2012 #156
Not a big fan of everyone carrying a gun. amerikat Jul 2012 #12
Not allowed? treestar Jul 2012 #13
if that dead six year old girl had only been packing heat lunatica Jul 2012 #14
Don't forget the three month old nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #20
yeah, or all those young teenagers lunatica Jul 2012 #23
Dancing in the blood of a child is tasteless. Tejas Jul 2012 #26
LOL! lunatica Jul 2012 #51
I know that's the dream gollygee Jul 2012 #19
Who said everyone ? SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #24
he was dressed head to toe in bullet resistant/proof gear. How could someone with a handgun, likesmountains 52 Jul 2012 #30
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #39
You get all smartassy on your first day. Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #44
By your name and your post SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #58
Serve honorably? Like me for instance. Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #62
Like you ? SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #71
Actually, gun ranges get robbed. mbperrin Jul 2012 #121
Right, you think average people who are not trained in these situations likesmountains 52 Jul 2012 #89
RE; Why no one robs a gun range? Maybe there is not a whole lot of cash there? likesmountains 52 Jul 2012 #99
(Psst there's no such thing as bulletproof) AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #116
Golly... 99Forever Jul 2012 #42
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #52
Am I excused if I own already a 40? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #57
I am sure that your intentions are good Tumbulu Jul 2012 #64
I find your appoach - empty SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #73
My post gave suggestions Tumbulu Jul 2012 #137
Why do you think Colorado prohibits concealed carry in movie theaters? They don't. mbperrin Jul 2012 #115
An enclosed, darken area filled with panicked non combatants sarge43 Jul 2012 #140
reagan larwdem Jul 2012 #31
And NO ONE was killed SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #40
get an army larwdem Jul 2012 #56
Not for lack of trying nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #59
They had excellent emergency care. HubertHeaver Jul 2012 #134
That he was lucky. n/t Downtown Hound Jul 2012 #152
Shot by a friend of the Bush family, John Hinckley... KansDem Jul 2012 #43
Guns..Kill...Period... Zarnockf Jul 2012 #112
"NO ONE in the audience was allowed to defend their own life"? Good grief. uppityperson Jul 2012 #80
Good Grief SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #85
How do you save your life or others lives? I guess you are unimaginative if all you can think of is uppityperson Jul 2012 #93
Please quit saying that anyone's hands were tied. mbperrin Jul 2012 #122
Perhaps the law didnt, but the theater rules did. beevul Jul 2012 #142
So strangely, pro-guns-for-everybody folk will have to claim that everyone obeys a sign mbperrin Jul 2012 #144
First, who are the "pro-guns for everybody" folk? beevul Jul 2012 #157
Yes, and that IS the law in Colorado. mbperrin Jul 2012 #158
Here's the content of one post on this very thread: mbperrin Jul 2012 #160
I'll tell you what. beevul Jul 2012 #167
Let's do away with your straw men: mbperrin Jul 2012 #168
What a shame? mahina Jul 2012 #104
Do u have any suggestions on how the death toll would have been 0? samsingh Jul 2012 #131
Another paranoid delusional action movie fantasy _ed_ Jul 2012 #153
LOL. Mall ninja was here. JBoy Jul 2012 #154
How do you know no one in the theater didn't have a gun? isuphighyeah Jul 2012 #155
Well put gollygee Jul 2012 #7
"Well regulated" does not mean "restrictive laws" Kennah Jul 2012 #8
"...properly armed and equipped" for WHAT? scarletwoman Jul 2012 #17
Foriegn and domestic. sav99 Jul 2012 #50
Do the movie goers count as domestic enemies? scarletwoman Jul 2012 #78
Would you prefer that sav99 Jul 2012 #143
I need an A-bomb to defend my property. baldguy Jul 2012 #18
Straw argument failure Kennah Jul 2012 #161
No thinking person believes that a semi-automatic assault rifle is effective for personal defense. baldguy Jul 2012 #163
Soldiers and cops use them for personal defense and defense of others Kennah Jul 2012 #166
Yet oddly, Federal Paper 29, is not in the Constitution. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #35
If it is an individual right ... Kennah Jul 2012 #162
Written in 1788 before Constitution and BOR were ratified Kennah Jul 2012 #164
Today we have a standing army for that. arcane1 Jul 2012 #36
Supreme Court addressed the issue of the militia in 1990 (Perpich v. DOD) Kennah Jul 2012 #165
My Dad and I discussed this neeksgeek Jul 2012 #10
Fatherly Advice SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #16
How many times have you needed to use a gun to kill someone? lunatica Jul 2012 #25
Number of times SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #32
Your story - a favorite on Stormfront alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #41
I don't care about race - SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #49
Some facts are more important than others, though, yes? alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #54
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #66
You smoked him out with the Stormfront ploy. His response indicates he swallows the b.s. that brewens Jul 2012 #120
Dumbass didn't even last two hours alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #124
+1 only for this fact: Raine1967 Jul 2012 #65
Really? A number of times? lunatica Jul 2012 #45
Vulgarity is the refuge of the uninformed SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #77
Funny, been in a few shoot outs involving high powered weapons nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #61
Nothing funny about a shoot out SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #81
Who said it was funny? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #83
You said it was funny SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #87
I even know what it was nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #88
Awesome! zappaman Jul 2012 #123
. dionysus Jul 2012 #126
I do not want to live in a world where I need to carry a pistol with me when I go to the theater. neeksgeek Jul 2012 #28
Then don't carry it SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #34
Is the NRA paying you or do you spread their propaganda for free? lunatica Jul 2012 #46
You are completely delusional. DURHAM D Jul 2012 #72
So, a cop would have been useless? Tejas Jul 2012 #84
Me thinks you have it reversed. SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #92
is it delusional to know more than the chief of police on the scene? To think no one was "allowed" uppityperson Jul 2012 #96
Right to choose SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #101
If you are what you claim your badge is good nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #103
Quick, off to do a quick google. waiting for a reply. waiting. waiting. waiting..... uppityperson Jul 2012 #111
Nonsequiter.Again. Chocolate cheesecake isn't that good, but lemon topped with cherries is. uppityperson Jul 2012 #105
He is a smart man samsingh Jul 2012 #132
It would appear that our militia has lost some of it's famous(ly ignored) constitutionally..... Schema Thing Jul 2012 #29
K and R. n/t NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #33
Again, we are trapped between the pages of history. Zanzoobar Jul 2012 #37
The Individuated-Militia Thesis alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #38
nice math error. gotta correct that PatrynXX Jul 2012 #48
Any NRA supporter SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #55
Who said no guns? lunatica Jul 2012 #90
Why of course SoutheastVoter Jul 2012 #98
By that logic, let's dispense of all laws nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #102
You're speaking out of your ether region lunatica Jul 2012 #109
As soon as I saw the title I knew the gun freepers would join in Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #53
They getting really easy to spot lunatica Jul 2012 #67
Lots of love to the spelunkers. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #68
K&R nt TBF Jul 2012 #75
A deregulated militia? caseymoz Jul 2012 #76
Exactly right! lunatica Jul 2012 #91
Which is absurd... neeksgeek Jul 2012 #95
And I would agree with you lunatica Jul 2012 #113
Yes, I figured that, sorry if it sounded like I misunderstood neeksgeek Jul 2012 #169
And yet every mention of making gun-training 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #147
But firearms training isn't regulating. caseymoz Jul 2012 #148
Do you think there was a draft in colonial America? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #149
I'm not sure they would have abhorred it. caseymoz Jul 2012 #150
How could this have possibly turned out worse? Flatulo Jul 2012 #100
For face book jlayson Jul 2012 #129
Excellent post malaise Jul 2012 #141
Bump. ananda Jul 2012 #145
And a Church is going to use their free-speech to mock the victims at a funeral 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #146
He was regulated poorly Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #159
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»A not so well regulated m...»Reply #93