[Oldeconomybuyer]

Unexpected ...

[a fool in paradise]

A reasonable country would have taken steps to curb these tragedies years ago. Strong federal gun control laws wouldn't stop every murder in the United States

A reasonable country wouldn't let a criminally insane individual walk the streets without a chaperon if he is not going to be held accountable for this actions. It's been said that his mom told the FBI it was definitely him. If he was on meds/counseling for his anger/depression/etc, they didn't "fix" him, they made him "pass" for functional in society but clearly he malfunctioned.

[Marcella]

I would bet my fellow Texans carry their weapon into a movie theater, rule or no rule. I think that guy would be dead very soon if he tried that here.

[newnhdad]

buy your 30 round magazines soon...

[pallis]

And yes, armed citizens in that theater could have indeed stopped this lunatic. People saw him. People could have shot him. Other theaters place armed policemen around the entrances to protect citizens. Could those policemen stop a killer? This stuff is nonsense, and the people who are jumping on this to cut a chunk out of the 2nd Amendment are sick punks. If anything, this incident proves that people need to be able to defend themselves and their families, no one else can do it, especially politicians who see this as a way to further turn free men into serfs. If we cave to the calls for more gun control, we will be playing right into the hands of Holmes and the gun grabbing radicals who helped pollute his mind.

[Travis McGee]

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds like somebody been hittin' da happy smoke.

Guns didn't do this. The NRA didn't do it. The Second Amendment didn't do it. John Holmes, the "prepetual student" from California did. Check with the Aurora P.D. They can confirm that.

[dfwgator]

[MarkL]

Strong federal gun control laws wouldn't stop every murder in the United States, but they would surely make it far more difficult to have a world where a 24-year-old can easily purchase assault-style rifles

It is substantially easier for me to buy illegal drugs like pot, cocaine, meth or even heroin, than it is for me to buy "Cold Formula Advil" with pseudo-ephedrine.

And passing more laws to restrict the LEGAL sale of something will make the illegal use of them less likely?

Reports are that he had some sort of a gas grenade. What if he would have used incendiary devices instead?

Mark

[Straight Vermonter]

He’s right. Heroin, cocaine and other drugs were made illegal and drug abuse completely ended in the US. It’s not like a 24 year old could just go up to a stranger on a street corner and buy any of these illegal items. Right?

[El Gato]

. A reasonable country would have taken steps to curb these tragedies years ago

Like Norway? they have much stricter gun laws, so such a tragedy could never happen there... or could it?

[El Gato]

. A reasonable country would have taken steps to curb these tragedies years ago

Like Norway? they have much stricter gun laws, so such a tragedy could never happen there... or could it?

[Talisker]

And no, arming more people wouldn't have saved the victims in this massacre - imagine how many more deaths there would have been with multiple people shooting in a dark, crowded theater.

Evil.
Satanic.
Demented.
Insanity.
Psychotic.
Lies.

[Redcloak]

And no, arming more people wouldn't have saved the victims in this massacre - imagine how many more deaths there would have been with multiple people shooting in a dark, crowded theater.

Dumbest thing ever written. How was it better for the shooter to be the only one in the room with a gun?! I heard a witness account that made it clear that the guy paused to reload at least once. One armed citizen could have stopped him right there. How many lives could have been saved?