some dude in denver opens fire at a Batman premier

[RegalSin]

LOL!!

Nahhh!!!! Ctop is too buffed out to do anything like that. You know he is wearing make up or had face surgery. If you look at his earlier days they look more natural.

[soop]

Everyone's been kicked in the nuts often enough to earn a seat in the ballpark of empathy.

I know it's all settled, but I really liked that.

[Arkhan]

Wouldn't have helped.  He bought a ticket and sat with the audience.  After the movie started, he went out the emergency exit, propped the door open and got on his gear and grabbed his weapons from his car.  His gear included a groin protector.

Yeah, I saw that bit of info after my post.

Time to install alarms at all emergency exits so when jackasses open them, alarms go off.  He wouldn't have had time to stroll out to his car and put on his Counter Strike outfit before someone spotted him.

This is going to be like how they ramped up airport security after the 9/11.  Cops at all big movie premieres, moar cameras, etc.

Good thing most of the movies I go to some goony-ass theatre where usually theres like 8 people there including employees.

Noones going to shoot up a theatre with 3 people in it.

[Necromancer]

Time to install alarms at all emergency exits so when jackasses open them, alarms go off.  He wouldn't have had time to stroll out to his car and put on his Counter Strike outfit before someone spotted him.

So he'd shoot 'em in the parking lot, or at the local department store, or at a school sporting event, or at a park, or etc.  No amount of security can reliably predict and stop bat shit nutters - the only chance is for people to pay attention to the warning signs, not that those are always there either.

[guyjin]

Time to install alarms at all emergency exits so when jackasses open them, alarms go off. 

This is the case in almost every place I've ever seen with fire exits. Is it typical for movie theaters not to do this? or did they just get left off (which sometimes happens)?

[Arkhan]

So he'd shoot 'em in the parking lot, or at the local department store, or at a school sporting event, or at a park, or etc.  No amount of security can reliably predict and stop bat shit nutters - the only chance is for people to pay attention to the warning signs, not that those are always there either.

yep, but you might as well put in security-attempts where you can.

[Gogan]

My heart skipped a beat en route to work Friday morning cuz they were talking about a shooting at the midnight premiere, but weren't saying where. My son went to the showing by us. They soon said where, and I was relieved for our sake, But also saddened for the families/people involved.

 There's virtually nothing you can do to prevent these "soft targets" from attacks. A big anti-gun nut I know  said it's the ease of obtaining such guns that's the problem, and should be banned. While it might be easier to obtain such weapons than in other countries, I'll agree there, it ain't the problem. These batshit crazy turds would get them anyway. Outlaw guns, then only outlaws have em. Just a sad sad situation.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Good thing most of the movies I go to some goony-ass theatre where usually theres like 8 people there including employees.

No ones going to bother shooting up some back room porn theater at a adult only store anyway.

[Arkhan]

Good thing most of the movies I go to some goony-ass theatre where usually theres like 8 people there including employees.

No ones going to bother shooting up some back room porn theater at a adult only store anyway.

Oh, they'll be shooting it up plenty.

.....but it won't be with bullets.

[storino03]

What will it be, O wise one?

[Arkhan]

What will it be, O wise one?

baby batter.

[storino03]

HA. never heard it like that before.

[RegalSin]

Yes the new Batman is auwful. 1990's Bat is where it's at.....just until Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin. Okay Batman forever was also decent, because it had a GTA styled videogame released for the PSX.

[NightWolve]

I wasn't gonna let this incident ruin it, so I saw the movie Saturday, thought it was decent enough - the first one under Chris Nolan (Batman Begins) still remains my favorite (Liam Neeson, and ass-kicking ninjas living up in the mountains always makes the difference in my book), though. Major Complaint: I think it's time that movie theaters/industry offered a way to view subtitles, like maybe with special glasses that make them visible for those that want them while invisible without them. Half the time, I could not understand what the main villain Bane was saying through that muzzle of his... It's a 3 hour movie, pretty satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, but I almost have to get the Blu-Ray just so I can get to understand what Bane was saying.

Anyway, it's too bad some psycho a$$hole used the movie to get himself into the history books - Nolan issued a statement about this in response. It is like estaban said, "The horror, for me, is how the assault mirrors the games, films and music we love." Like he wanted to take the violence reflected in the movie and make it live for those that came to see it... Sort of like, "Hah, surprise!! Didn't see this one coming, did ya? *reloads* *fires away*"

In other news, far Left democrats figured out a way to blame Sarah Palin ("Don't retreat, reload!"), the Tea Party, and right-wing AM Talk Radio (Rush Limbaugh) for inspiring this attacker. I see the NRA was already in the cross-hairs before I got here, no surprise there!

[RegalSin]

Okay, basically he is saying, to people this makes no difference, between the movie or if it was real. Like many other past events, this one too, will fade away into ficticious thinking like September 2001, Timothy Mcbay, Lousiana, or the Chicago Fire.

Or maybe he is saying, the media will once again blame violence in fictional works, and go back to furry comics, and TNMNT. Then again he said that to dodge gun law.

Palin is basically a minor, casuality. That news is for the people who do not even have internet, rocking their chairs back and forth in the middle of nowhere.