20 people shot at Batman midnight screening.

[CountDeMoney]

I think it's utterly adorable that Siegy believes a Soccer Mom with a .380 in her purse or Caliga would be able to successfully engage a suspect within the context of this scenario as well as "any highspeed 20 year old with the proper military training".

Well, if you own a gun, you are suppossed to have at least a minimum training.
Shoot the fucker with the big gun shooting randomly!!!

Doesn't work that way, and you know it.

[katmai]

Siege is dumber than a bag of bricks.

[Siege]

I think it's utterly adorable that Siegy believes a Soccer Mom with a .380 in her purse or Caliga would be able to successfully engage a suspect within the context of this scenario as well as "any highspeed 20 year old with the proper military training".

Well, if you own a gun, you are suppossed to have at least a minimum training.
Shoot the fucker with the big gun shooting randomly!!!

Doesn't work that way, and you know it.

Yeah well, there are plenty of ranges around to train.
Though I get your point.
My wife would have certainly frozen in place, the gun forgotten in her purse.
Then she would have run, the purse forgotten at her seat.

[Siege]

Siege is dumber than a bag of bricks.

And very proud.

Got to go.
Shabbat about to start.

[CountDeMoney]

Siege is dumber than a bag of bricks.

Ironically enough, I think I'd trust Siegy with a bag of bricks in that theater. 

[katmai]

I wouldn't trust siege anywhere.

[CountDeMoney]

I wouldn't trust siege anywhere.

He's kinda like Blaster.  Just stay on top of him, and he's good.  Then, when it's time to go Thunderdome, you let 'em go. 

[jimmy olsen]

 

[Admiral Yi]

Is this the same Canadian who almost took one in Toronto, or was there some sort of Canadian convention going on in Aurora?

[jimmy olsen]

Yes, same one.

[stjaba]

There have been several news reports that extremely loud music began playing at the suspect's apartment at 12:00 AM and ceased almost immediately at 1:00 AM. I wonder if that was supposed to be some sort of distraction. Maybe he figured one of the neighbors would call the cops, who would enter the apartment and thereby set off his booby trap explosives.

[KRonn]

There have been several news reports that extremely loud music began playing at the suspect's apartment at 12:00 AM and ceased almost immediately at 1:00 AM. I wonder if that was supposed to be some sort of distraction. Maybe he figured one of the neighbors would call the cops, who would enter the apartment and thereby set off his booby trap explosives.

Yeah, I heard that on the news, and the speculation is that getting someone to enter his apartment and trigger a booby trap was part of his plan.

Cops are there now trying to find and disarm traps in the apartment. I say to force the puke to go in first and trigger the traps. If they have trouble getting him to go in tie him up and put him on top of a bomb sniffing robot and send it in.

[KRonn]

Some of the stories coming out of this are heart breaking. Kids killed or badly wounded, so many killed. One teen talked of tripping over a couple of bodies on his way out. Another teen said she saw a young girl stagger out with several wounds, and she thought the kid was dying right there.

There is nothing nasty enough that can be done to that little puke shooter. What a sick piece of human garbage he is. Kind of glad they took him alive, so he can suffer with what he's done. Because after the adrenaline wears off he's going to realize what a monster he is. And if he does feel he's too cool or heroic to have feeling for what he did, oh well, he'll be locked up for the rest of his life and can stew on being a prisoner, often in solitaire.

[DGuller]

Siege is dumber than a bag of bricks.

They probably pumped his head full of bullets in the second month of basic training.  He didn't get the hint when they locked him away in a room and pumped it full of tear gas.

[DGuller]

I've seen some idiots post on facebook that the massacre would have been stopped if a member of the audience had a gun.

I gotta say I disagree. I would bet my money on the individual wearing body armor, armed with an assault rifle, and wearing a gas mask after having fired tear gas.

But they've all had 100 hours of practice on Call of Duty. 

My roommate owns a tricked out AR-15. What the hell is the point of that gun except for fighting an armed insurrection against the government or committing mass murder?

Realistically speaking, though, my guess is that AR-15s don't cause nearly as many senseless deaths as handguns.  Handguns may not bag as high a count when you decide to go on a rampage, but all those 7-11 clerks add up.  I imagine a big-ass gun is not nearly as useful when you want to stick up a place.