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There obviously are a large number of people willfully ignorant of why someone being able to legally purchase assault weapons, represents a big problem.
Do you know what an assault weapon really is Bob? Please tell us.
An Ar-15 is NOT an assault weapon. It is not an automatic.
I guarantee you that nobody had a chance in that theatre EVEN if someone had a concealed carry weapon.
When you listen to the surviving victims describe the scene inside the cinema during the shooting, nobody had a chance to do anything but duck and cover.
Are you doing to stand up while bullets are coming toward your face, to aim and fire a weapon?
Dirty Harry is a Clint Eastwood character.
That's nice. Like the Dirty Harry reference too. Not really relevant, but it's cute.
We'll just agree to disagree on the feasibility of several CCWers simultaneously plugging the untrained military type wannabe who's openly displaying himself front and center in the theater.
I guarantee you that nobody had a chance in that theatre EVEN if someone had a concealed carry weapon.
When you listen to the surviving victims describe the scene inside the cinema during the shooting, nobody had a chance to do anything but duck and cover.
Are you doing to stand up while bullets are coming toward your face, to aim and fire a weapon?
Dirty Harry is a Clint Eastwood character.
"Do you feel lucky punk? Well do you?"
- Harry Callahan - Dirty Harry(1971)
Scroll about 1/3 down to slide show and look at #21.
Those opposed to Huff Post as a source, please note the Photo credit: AP Photo/Ed Andrieski
The MSM, be it Huff or Fox or whoever, must be watched carefully for video and photo deception- not to mention the spoken and printed word. Whatever we think we know about this tragic event has likely been filtered and embellished by the tabloid media. All of these type events seem to follow a certain "script" and up the ante on fear of the common places and events we attend.
It might be that we will hear as little about this perpetrator as we have about Loughner once the initial shock wears off and we move on- that is, the MSM moves on........ and we follow. I do not think Holmes will have a forum for his grievances or causes and (IMO strangely) the trials for this type of mass shooting event are never televised like other murder trials of note, such as O.J. and Casey Anthony, even though there is national interest and would attract a huge TV audience. Citing respect for victims does not work- there are victims in all murder cases, so why televise any of them or just certain types of them?
Is there any proof that at least some people inside the theater weren't armed? It seems likely that some were; concealed carry is very common across Colorado.
But in a situation like that, most people are going to be in a state of confusion, and the natural reaction will not be to stand up in the line of fire to try and figure out:
A. Where the shooter is located
B. Whether it is possible to shoot at the shooter without wounding or killing people with your own deadly crossfire
These things aren't easy even for professionals, as we can see from military and LEO friendly-fire incidents.
Well, we like guns here in the US. Sometimes, there is a price to be paid.
Third post in this thread, and you just had to turn this political ASAP?
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