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Aurora Theatre Gun-Free Zone
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| 20 Jul 2012
| Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 07/22/2012 7:34:18 PM PDT by RC one
In the wake of over a dozen murders at a movie theater in Colorado, film critic Roger Ebert rushed to decry America's "insane" gun laws in a New York Times op-ed. Within the piece, he pooh-poohed concealed carry laws by noting that no one in the theater shot back at the gunman. But Ebert misses an important point. The Cinemark theater chain has a "gun-free zone" policy. In the NYT, Ebert chided America for allowing gun ownership for the common man.
That James Holmes is insane, few may doubt. Our gun laws are also insane, but many refuse to make the connection. The United States is one of few developed nations that accepts the notion of firearms in public hands. In theory, the citizenry needs to defend itself. Not a single person at the Aurora, Colo., theater shot back, but the theory will still be defended. [emphasis added]
Of course, if Ebert had bothered to check before trying to use this murderous crime for his own anti-Second Amendment purposes, he may have found that no one could have shot back, because the theater chain does not allow its customers to carry guns in its theaters.
As it happens, the Century 16 theaters at 14300 E. Alameda Ave in Aurora, Colorado are owned by Cinemark Century Theaters, headquartered in Plano, Texas, and for several years this chain movie theater has told customers they are not welcome to bring their firearms into theaters.
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Same thing happened in Luby's cafe in Texas. The only person with a handgun left it in her car because the sign told her to. Her parents were killed. This Aurora incident is not a case of needing more gun control, it is a case of needing less. One person with a CCW could have stopped this tragedy in Aurora. There is no real argument here. It's an obvious fact. Theater goers were disarmed by liberal gun control policies and now 12 people are dead. Thank God his gun jammed or it would have been much worse. Next time maybe folks won't be so lucky.
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posted on
07/22/2012 7:34:32 PM PDT
by
RC one
To: RC one
Two thumbs down for Roger Ebert.
To: RC one
Boycott Cinemark theaters until or unless they change their gun prohibition policy.
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posted on
07/22/2012 7:43:05 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: RC one
If this theater had just posted a big enough sign, maybe Holmes would have seen it and none of this would have happened.
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posted on
07/22/2012 7:47:03 PM PDT
by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: umgud
there was probably no sign at all posted on the back door so....
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posted on
07/22/2012 7:49:49 PM PDT
by
RC one
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To: RC one
Right - those “Free Zones” sure do stop them, don’t they? More signs, that’s what Liberal see as a means to stop criminals.
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posted on
07/22/2012 7:59:13 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
To: RC one
I'll just mark Ebert down as one of those in favor of politicizing human tragedy
Class-less POS.
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posted on
07/22/2012 8:09:55 PM PDT
by
The Duke
To: SkyDancer
and more restrictions on law abiding citizens. No law could have stopped this. period. Laws don’t stop people like this, they enable them.
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posted on
07/22/2012 8:18:59 PM PDT
by
RC one
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To: RC one
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posted on
07/22/2012 8:34:37 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
To: Delta 21
You know, that sign in a 4X5 inch format sticker would be just the thing to place on gun-ban signs to get the futility message across. In fact, using a Label-Pro kind of program a body could download, print and stick these powerful little counter-prop messages.
Just a thought.
To: RC one
I see that I’ll have to carry my guns going to the theatre to see this cinematic “masterpiece”. What kind of arsenal would you suggest I take with me?
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posted on
07/22/2012 9:02:04 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: RC one
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posted on
07/22/2012 9:11:51 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(I LIKE ART! Click my name. See my web page.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
I like this one better. Business card size.
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posted on
07/22/2012 9:20:45 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
To: Revolting cat!
a highly accurate high cap 9 mm with the longest barrel that you can easily conceal to facillitate head/femur shots at up to 30 yards. Make sure it has front and rear tritium night sites. a CT laser may be handy too but it may draw his fire to you. God be with us.
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posted on
07/22/2012 9:43:25 PM PDT
by
RC one
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To: Delta 21
that picture both provides much needed comic relief and much needed political insight.
well played.
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posted on
07/22/2012 9:55:18 PM PDT
by
Conservaliberty
(I've written over 200 pages for a novel. But I didn't do that. Somebody else made that happen.)
To: Carthego delenda est
Who cares what Roger Rubberface thinks?
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posted on
07/22/2012 10:07:54 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!)
To: RC one
In case you're curious, here's how it works in Colorado:
if a concealed carrier chooses to ignore a firearms prohibition sign, and
if he's asked to leave, and
if he refuses, and
if the owner or manager calls the police, he can be issued a citation for trespassing. Such a citation usually merits a $25 fine for a first offense. Anti-Second Amendment bigotry signs don't carry the force of law in Colorado.
That said, I'd be very surprised to learn very many concealed carriers ignore those signs: we're not only law-abiding, but uncommonly polite. I have to admit I've never seen one one of those nasty signs, living as I do near Colorado Springs. Denver and Boulder want to be, respectively, the San Francisco and Berkeley of the Rocky Mountains; the rest of Colorado remains solidly American. I've been told local movie theaters put up criminal appeasement signs, but haven't gone to the movies in at least fifteen years: too much mindless violence masquerading as "entertainment" and one-gag movies trying to pass themselves off as "comedy."
To: RC one
The child-like libtard view of guns:
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posted on
07/22/2012 11:09:37 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Delta 21
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posted on
07/22/2012 11:11:03 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Travis McGee
Unfortunately, that is what our out of control Government run schools have poisoned our kids minds with.
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posted on
07/22/2012 11:33:37 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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