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What would have stopped him from just waiting until the movie was over and people poured out? LAGC Jul 2012 #1
Don't tell the hundreds of businesses who hire unarmed security. SoutherDem Jul 2012 #3
No way he would have went home. Just come in the front door and kill different people. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #2
Yup - like they said in the show Burn Notice - no matter what the situation - a guy with a gun is a guy with a gun. Initech Jul 2012 #8
Anyone with a gun is automatically Dirty Harry. onehandle Jul 2012 #4
+10000 n/t Control-Z Jul 2012 #7
He would have just walked in the front door. RedCappedBandit Jul 2012 #5
Watch the firefight scene in "Platoon" for a good idea of what such a coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #19
Is there a Grade-AA clusterfuck? jmowreader Jul 2012 #37
How about a ban on all guns? gopiscrap Jul 2012 #6
LOL, sure. That sounds easy. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #12
Of course it won't be easy, but it will never happen gopiscrap Jul 2012 #22
I would be against you on this one. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #49
Politically impossible at this time ... spin Jul 2012 #33
Great idea! Rincewind Jul 2012 #35
I'm not a gun owner, and I believe we have the right and duty to regulate kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #51
Only if EVERYONE had a automatic weapon and fired simutaneoulsy rocktivity Jul 2012 #9
So how does one go about "checking out" that type of situation? LAGC Jul 2012 #11
He wasn't armed when he propped open the door rocktivity Jul 2012 #23
Armor like that doesn't do what you may think it does. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #43
Usually fire doors have alarms, wonder why there was no mention.. Historic NY Jul 2012 #10
I have a coworker who insists that his friend could have downed the shooter. Orrex Jul 2012 #13
Does your friend's friend claim to be a SEAL? Aviation Pro Jul 2012 #17
I know, right? Orrex Jul 2012 #24
All posers... Aviation Pro Jul 2012 #26
Virtually no handguns fire rounds capable of beating body armor NickB79 Jul 2012 #18
If I had to guess, I'd say that he's had a minigun grafted to his shoulder Orrex Jul 2012 #21
It's bad form to LFMAO, but I still couldn't help it (to keep from crying, I think) - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #20
I laughed when my coworker said it, until I realized that he was serious Orrex Jul 2012 #25
He sounds like he wins a lot in his video games lunatica Jul 2012 #44
Amazing catchnrelease Jul 2012 #32
Ushers did more, much more, than protect fire exits. The made moviegoing civilized. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #14
I was an usher for two years. Chipper Chat Jul 2012 #27
Now you would be shot for even suggesting someone step out of line, smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #39
Or at least sued by the mother of the kid I kicked out. Chipper Chat Jul 2012 #53
There's only one thing that would stop these treestar Jul 2012 #15
+1 LAGC Jul 2012 #16
With today's technology Politicalboi Jul 2012 #30
Actually, Holmes Was In Treatment DallasNE Jul 2012 #31
"...quit letting people be outside society." MindPilot Jul 2012 #47
you have to have other people in life treestar Jul 2012 #52
If there was an usher Politicalboi Jul 2012 #28
I Have Posted A Number Of Times DallasNE Jul 2012 #29
There is a remote chance moondust Jul 2012 #34
This shooter wasn't "sitting" but you got the idea jmowreader Jul 2012 #38
It's highly unlikely that a legally concealed weapon or several ... spin Jul 2012 #36
The fire door Why Syzygy Jul 2012 #40
Was it a fire door or an exit door? Orrex Jul 2012 #42
In the chaos a conceal-carry hero-wannabe would look like a 2nd gunman TriplD Jul 2012 #41
Hey, I got an idea! sofa king Jul 2012 #45
Better still would be ushers with guns slackmaster Jul 2012 #46
or at least tazers. n/t MindPilot Jul 2012 #48
the one thing that could have prevented the massacre is better mental health ThomThom Jul 2012 #50
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