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Old 07-20-2012, 09:18 AM
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BBC News - Batman US cinema shooting: 12 dead in Colorado

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Old 07-20-2012, 09:21 AM
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Old 07-20-2012, 09:24 AM
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horrible in many ways and just another bit of fodder for the anti gun nuts.
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Does Colorado have a concealed carry law? Someone should have been armed in that place. I heard that police were there, but that's not enough. A few good shots with their pistols on hand could have probably minimized the loss of life.
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Old 07-20-2012, 09:43 AM
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Does Colorado have a concealed carry law? Someone should have been armed in that place. I heard that police were there, but that's not enough. A few good shots with their pistols on hand could have probably minimized the loss of life.
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There probably were people carrying weapons in there. What do you think the odds are of hitting someone with a handgun in a darkened movie theater?
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There probably were people carrying weapons in there. What do you think the odds are of hitting someone with a handgun in a darkened movie theater?
better than trying to hide without any way to fight back.
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There probably were people carrying weapons in there. What do you think the odds are of hitting someone with a handgun in a darkened movie theater?

I don't know, I wasn't there. If he was blasting away like the media said, it wouldn't be difficult to locate him by the muzzle flashes.
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better than trying to hide without any way to fight back.

Absolutely. If God forbid, my family and myself are ever in that situation, I want to have a fighting chance.
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So a responsible person in a room full of hundreds of people would start shooting towards muzzle flashes in the dark?
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Tragic. Just more ammo for the pro-gun nut jobs.
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So a responsible person in a room full of hundreds of people would start shooting towards muzzle flashes in the dark?

As long as the background is the wall, you're fawking A right I would!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With that guy taking out people right & left, drastic means are justified and NECESSARY!

As I said before I wasn't there, but I've been around gunfire in the dark before, and I expect that you would be able to see more than you think.
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Tragic. Just more ammo for the pro-gun nut jobs.

Yeah, that pesky constitution!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll bet if you were in there and someone managed to take the guy out saving the life of yourself or your family, you would look at it differently.
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Old 07-20-2012, 10:36 AM
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I was held up at gun point when I lived in L.A. I did not own a weapon then and I still do not own a weapon. So I bet you are wrong.

I do not believe the COTUS affords the right for every Tom, Dick and Larry to own a weapon. I do not believe anyone should be allowed to own land mines, grenade launchers, shoulder launched missiles, fully armed tanks ...etc. I believe the COTUS specified then need for an armed defense force and their need to be armed.

That ship has sailed so it makes little difference at this point top discuss the intent of the COTUS. At this point we need to figure out a way to reduce the amount of violence in this country.
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At this point we need to figure out a way to reduce the amount of violence in this country.
I agree. I just dont think there is a way to do so really. If someone is determined to kill, they will. No law or lack of gun will stop them.

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