Another day, another shooting, this time in red state Louisiana....

[rsexaminer]

In a not so shocking turn of events, another gun happy American shot up a public place, this time a movie theater in red state, gun loving Louisiana.

http://www.examiner.com/article/an-older-white-man-just-shot-up-a-movie-theater-red-state-louisiana

[Warpy]

1. Another day, another NRA enabled terrorist mass murdering people

You'd think by now people would realize the guns help increase the carnage and want to get a lot of them the hell out of the hands of civilians.

[Travis_0004]

2. Gun murders are down 50% since 1993

[moondust]

3. And almost nonexistent in sane countries. n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. I am sure the victims and their familIes appreciate that statistic.

[Renew Deal]

8. That means nothing to the victims and their families.

Those are two things you care nothing about.

[cry baby]

9. Since 1982 there have been at least 71 mass shootings...

34 of those have been since 2006. There were 7 in 2012 alone.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map

I suppose we can all pick and choose statistics. Mass murder statistics should carry more weight in the discussion of mass murders.

[Warpy]

12. And mass murders?

That's the one kind of murder that keeps going up.

[Logical]

13. Compare us to countries we admire! Nt

[Hoyt]

14. No telling how low they'd be without our special brand of gun fanciers.

[NightWatcher]

5. If there's no good guy with a gun in Louisiana, I don't know where

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. It seems the theater is a gun free zone.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Awful, just awful

Too bad the theater goers didn't all have guns so they could have defended themselves and created a fun, gonzo crossfire in a dark room filled with people.

(I'd use a sarcasm icon but I don't know where they are).

[shenmue]

7. In the smilies

Here.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Thanks - there's a guy on CNN now saying he'd have brought a gun into the theatre

to defend his family and would have opened fire on the shooter. He says he's armed and ready to defend himself and his family every time he goes to a movie theatre. I suppose he'd want everyone armed and shooting at the same time when they hear the first shot. Yup, brilliant (good Lord).

[shenmue]

11. Sigh

[S_B_Jackson]

15. Grand Theater (site of shooting)

bans the carry of firearms on their premises and just as the theater in Aurora also banned firearms on their premises.

Sadly, it seems that such prohibitory efforts do little to deter those who have decided to commit such atrocities.