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Posted on 07/21/2012 8:51:43 AM PDT by marktwain
You know, my daughters go to the movies. What if Malia and Sasha had been at the theater, as so many of our kids do every day? -- Barack Obama reacting to the "Colorado Movie Massacre."
I'll tell you what would have happened -- the Secret Service protective detail would have put several bullets through the facepiece of the moke's gas mask -- end of story. The hypocrisy of these Mandarins, who live in bodyguard envelopes whenever they venture out of their designated Green Zones, knows no bounds. One of my daughters went to another midnight showing of the same movie here in Birmingham last night. She went with her boyfriend who was packing his permitted FEG Browning Hi-Power clone, despite the fact that the theater has a "no guns" policy.
Virginia Citizens Defense League lists Cinemark Theaters (which also owns Tinseltown, Cinearts, and Century Theatres) as being victim disarmament zones upon orders of the management. If so, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.
Of course, as I lay on the couch upstairs this morning trying to control my nausea, I watched the predictable blood dancers of the victim disarmament crowd (Bloomberg, the Brady Bunch, et. al.) who made it more difficult to hold down my breakfast (a struggle I ultimately lost).
To me, the lesson of last night is to ignore Victim Disarmament Zones and pack concealed anyway. Only you are responsible for your safety, not some risk-averse corporate drone a thousand miles away.
We will find out in time what motivated this evil prick, but the essential lesson is that only the ARMED intended victims of a mass shooting can interrupt them in time to make a difference. The same goes for government-sponsored genocides.
Huffington Post comments from hand wringing liberals to ban guns, ban the NRA, and make guns so expensively stupid taxed it will make them harder to get. Libs never blame the shooter, but the gun or those that “allow” guns or ammo, when we have a right to bear arms. They never understand our own 2nd ammendment. Would they have told the founding fathers to their face they were wrong? Do the libs have that much gaul to have insulted the founding fathers to their faces?
It was a dark theater, and he started with smoke bombs. Even armed the smart move was to duck, there’s no way to have target certainty in that environment.
BTW...per interview with a neighboring family of his apartment complex, Holmes set his music to blare for an hour straight (midnight-->1 a.m.) and may have left his apt unlocked. A teen girl was sent (or went) from I believe the apt below (may have been nextdoor) to knock on his door to ask him to turn down the music. She said she jiggled the door to see if it was unlocked, but something inwardly told her NOT to open the door.
Very good point, PowderMonkey. Most people, especially the youth, lack basic preparedness--simple judgment. Shoes, jackets, water...not to mention awareness of surroundings. Most are in what Jeff Cooper called "condition white", blissful unawareness of surroundings.
I carry a small tactical flashlight when I go to the theater. In this low light env the high intensity light would have blinded the shooter long enough to approach or evade. It will be a bullet magnet, so do not leave it on continuously, or activate it when it is center of mass?! Of course I'd just shoot him, but I avoid gun free zones. I am armed generally unless there are metal scanners or pat downs.
I disagree. Four or five people pelting him with lead moving 700 to 1000 feet per second would have been a powerful distraction, even to someone wearing full body armor. One or two of those on the head, even with the protective helmet, would be a threat stopper. At the very least it would have provided others an opportunity to escape.
Something we should be teaching our children. I learned my lesson on the subject as a teenager, and later in life applied it (in a situation caused by my own stupidity, but it worked).
The problem with the authors thinking is how important is it to see a movie? If the theater has a no gun policy, and you willingly ignore it, you are saying that the film is so important that it is worth not only dissecting property rights, but breaking the law.
Honestly. If the theater’s policy is untenable, don’t patronize. It is that simple.
True. In some cases the attitude is a willingness to break the law and carry anyway.
“...in a situation caused by my own stupidity,...”
I think we’ve all had those. The trick is in recognizing it. :)
Be prepared to hear from invincible posters who will never be in danger because they are armed.
Thanks for the checklist. I do these evualuations too. It has become second nature.
When I served jury duty recently I had to leave my gun and pocket knife in a lock box. What am I a three year old who cant be trusted by the nanny State? However I did have my hickory fighting short staff (cane) with me (what a comfort) and even took it into the court room. I would rather have it than the knife.
As for the 2nd comimg I have placed my faith in the only one who can be trusted, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I look forward to his coming with a “perfect heart”, since he has forgiven me of my sins.. “I will sing of mercy and judgment, unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.” (Psalm 101:1,2)
One of the first things I said to Mrs. Delta was that there are gonna be law suits all around. The finding of the theaters negligence will truly magnify it.
: But normal everyday concealed carry movie goes who truely respect the law, thats why we got a cc permit in the first place, will enter thru the front door, and as in this case either left their weapons in the car or at home because we were aware that the theater is a gun free zone. Admittedly I now feel that the misdemeanor charge of carrying where youre not supposed to is right up there with spitting on the sidewalk or jay-walking. But the liberals through legislation or the business owners because of liability will have permanently installed metal detectors at the front doors and you wont be able to carry it in even if you wanted to.
Yep !! I dont patronize businesses that dont want me in their establishment for any reason.
invincible - hardly
never be in danger - not in this world
armed - you betcha, but then I have been living by PowderMonkey's checklist for a very long time. If my weapon ever has to come to bear on a target, SHTF/WROL has come upon us and I will survive.
Thanks for the checklist. I do these evualuations too. It has become second nature.
When I served jury duty recently I had to leave my gun and pocket knife in a lock box. What am I a three year old who cant be trusted by the nanny State? However I did have my hickory fighting short staff (cane) with me (what a comfort) and even took it into the court room. I would rather have it than the knife.
As for the 2nd comimg I have placed my faith in the only one who can be trusted, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I look forward to his coming with a “perfect heart”, since he has forgiven me of my sins.. “I will sing of mercy and judgment, unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.” (Psalm 101:1,2)
I’m armed as well. However I’m well aware that better men than me have died with guns in their hands. Only a fool of the greatest magnitude believes he can’t lose in a firefight.
No doubt I would have had confidence issues as well when a night on the town turns into a shooting gallery.
But as you were crouching down behind the best cover you can find, securing your weapon in your hands, praying to our maker for the strength to do the thing that you do not want to do, and scanning the situation, see one or two or maybe more doing the same thing.
The odds are dramatically different now!! The streets belong to FREE men. Not the criminals !!
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