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Did Colorado shooter single out Cinemark theater because it banned guns?
foxnews.com ^ | 10 September, 2012 | John Lott

Posted on 09/11/2012 7:01:29 AM PDT by marktwain

With 12 dead and 58 wounded, the July 20th shooting at the Cinemark Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado was sure to result in a lawsuit. On Friday, the first suit was announced, claiming Cinemark has “primary responsibility.” The theater did have responsibility for the attack, but not for the reasons that the lawyers bringing the case think.

The lawyer bringing the suit, Attorney Marc Bern, with the New York city law firm of Napoli, Bern, Ripka and Scholonik, suggested the theater should have had security guards the night of the attack. Yet, checking bags or metal detectors at the front of the theater that night wouldn’t have prevented the attack. The killer brought his guns in through an emergency backdoor.

Armed security guards at movie theaters are rare in low crime areas, such as Aurora, especially on less crowded weeknights. And, with an audience fleeing the theater, armed guards may have experienced difficulty getting quickly inside.

So why did the killer pick the Cinemark theater? You might think that it was the one closest to the killer’s apartment. Or, that it was the one with the largest audience.

Yet, neither explanation is right. Instead, out of all the movie theaters within 20 minutes of his apartment showing the new Batman movie that night, it was the only one where guns were banned. In Colorado, individuals with permits can carry concealed handgun in most malls, stores, movie theaters, and restaurants. But private businesses can determine whether permit holders can carry guns on their private property.

Most movie theaters allow permit holders carrying guns. But the Cinemark movie theater was the only one with a sign posted at the theater’s entrance.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2012; aurora; banglist; cinemark; co; gunfreezone; johnlott; lott; theater
John Lott does the investigative journalism that the MSM is unwilling to do.
1 posted on 09/11/2012 7:01:35 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

This is one of the few times a lawyer may do some good.


2 posted on 09/11/2012 7:09:04 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: marktwain

I don’t know how everyone else feels about this subject but personally I pay no attention to those signs that say that concealed weapons are not allowed. If the need for the weapon arises the fact that you were carring against the owners wishes means nothing. I was caught one time when a waitress saw my weapon and reported me to the manager...he asked me to just keep it hidden and it was no big deal.


3 posted on 09/11/2012 7:09:43 AM PDT by ontap
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To: marktwain
If a place removes the right of self defense, they have a responsibility to defend their customers.
4 posted on 09/11/2012 7:13:48 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: marktwain


5 posted on 09/11/2012 7:18:14 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Iron Munro; All

Gun-shop employee prevents massacre(California, 1999)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2911219/posts


6 posted on 09/11/2012 7:42:54 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: bmwcyle
If a place removes the right of self defense, they have a responsibility to defend their customers.

Correct. Let the litigations begin.
7 posted on 09/11/2012 7:44:35 AM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: Sopater

A perfectly reasonable statement. Is there law to back it up? (Asking because I hadn’t been aware of that, and need to point it out to the HR doofs who put big bright “gun free” zone stickers on our office doors.)


8 posted on 09/11/2012 8:08:20 AM PDT by Jagermonster (TANSTAAFL)
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To: bmwcyle; Sopater

Is that a common law doctrine, and if so, where can I find a good reference on it?


9 posted on 09/11/2012 8:11:20 AM PDT by Jagermonster (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Jagermonster

I would start with search of common sense and the law references.


10 posted on 09/11/2012 8:21:59 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: ontap
It's not a big deal until some anti-2nd amendment idiot goes hysterical, calls the cops and tells them you are threatening everyone in the establishment because you have a holstered gun on your belt.

See "Erik B. Scott, Costco Las Vegas."

11 posted on 09/11/2012 8:28:45 AM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: ponygirl
We can't protect ourselves from ever possible contingencies...I for one think I have a much better chance of dieing from being unarmed than from being armed.
12 posted on 09/11/2012 8:42:46 AM PDT by ontap
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To: marktwain
Armed security guards at movie theaters are rare in low crime areas, such as Aurora,

I guess Aurora is "low crime" if you compare it to Chicago.

13 posted on 09/11/2012 9:05:53 AM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: marktwain

Wow!

Who would have thought that denying the law-abiding of their right of self-defense would deny the law-abiding of their right of self-defense?

[Leaving out the /sarc tag to save precious Internet resources – see I’m saving the planet because I care more than you!]


14 posted on 09/11/2012 11:06:09 AM PDT by Voice of Reason1 (Absolute power corrupts absolutely Lord Acton 1887)
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To: Jagermonster

I would presume that all businesses that post No Weapons Allowed stickers have previously discussed the matter with the company attorneys and insurance agent.

I doubt that the insurance policy would be a huge financial burden on any business. I mean what are the odds of a nutcase shooting up your theater?


15 posted on 09/12/2012 8:57:35 AM PDT by B4Ranch (There's Two Choices... Stand Up and Be Counted ... Or Line Up and Be Numbered .)
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