Dark Knight Rises is very dark indeed
Google/Bing/Yahoo! "the dark knight shooting" if you haven't heard already.
I don't know what kind of motivations a person has to do such a thing or what other people think while it's happening...
Me? Personally I'd have hamstrung the guy and jumped on him while he was reloading or even while firing because it's almost impossible to fire a rifle and pistol at the same time much less behind you, especially if multiple people join in a concerted assault in the dark. If a bunch of people had taken him they could have at least separated him from his weapons or at least got his windpipe which would have completely disabled him. Do people not carry knives and/or blunt and heavy objects in their purses anymore?
But then again, fear is a crippling thing.
The guy should have been nowhere able to legally purchase 6,000 rounds of ammunition from a publicly licensed shop in 60 days. That's well over the legal limit much less a drum magazine at the same time. Plus I am not sure which 4 types of guns he purchased but you can't purchase a civilian assault rifle and assault handgun within 30 days of each other unless you have a special permit. At least... That's the law here. Maybe Denver has way too lax control laws. I'm pretty sure you don't even need a license in New York.
Controversial gun control issues aside, I just want to ask: What kind of theater allows people to bring in bags large enough to carry and conceal both x-amount of pounds of ammunition + two different types of firearms, one of them being an assault rifle, and personal assault-ready body armor AND does not stop said person from roaming the halls dressed in personal assault gear while carrying said weapons as the assumption would be, especially during a very busy midnight show which assumedly, had people standing in line for long periods of time and as such suspicious things could have been noticed and reported. Backpacks aren't even allowed in theaters here. They have to be checked into Concierge. A duffel bag would definitely not fly. Personal oversight? Workers that don't want to confront someone or call the authorities? I think there is more at hand than just the surface issue of "some guy killed a bunch of people in a movie theater".
The worst thing, and the thing that shouldn't be happening, is that people are letting this event control them. That is what terror is. Don't let it win and don't make it change everything.
Some people take movies way too seriously. Some people read too much into too little or not enough into a lot. Either way, change must be conscious and conscientious. A movie and all its images should not be shuttered because of one person's actions that may or may not have been influenced by its message. Thought. This is what the world is missing now.
The irony is that it happened in Aurora (which means dawn).
I don't know what kind of motivations a person has to do such a thing or what other people think while it's happening...
Me? Personally I'd have hamstrung the guy and jumped on him while he was reloading or even while firing because it's almost impossible to fire a rifle and pistol at the same time much less behind you, especially if multiple people join in a concerted assault in the dark. If a bunch of people had taken him they could have at least separated him from his weapons or at least got his windpipe which would have completely disabled him. Do people not carry knives and/or blunt and heavy objects in their purses anymore?
But then again, fear is a crippling thing.
The guy should have been nowhere able to legally purchase 6,000 rounds of ammunition from a publicly licensed shop in 60 days. That's well over the legal limit much less a drum magazine at the same time. Plus I am not sure which 4 types of guns he purchased but you can't purchase a civilian assault rifle and assault handgun within 30 days of each other unless you have a special permit. At least... That's the law here. Maybe Denver has way too lax control laws. I'm pretty sure you don't even need a license in New York.
Controversial gun control issues aside, I just want to ask: What kind of theater allows people to bring in bags large enough to carry and conceal both x-amount of pounds of ammunition + two different types of firearms, one of them being an assault rifle, and personal assault-ready body armor AND does not stop said person from roaming the halls dressed in personal assault gear while carrying said weapons as the assumption would be, especially during a very busy midnight show which assumedly, had people standing in line for long periods of time and as such suspicious things could have been noticed and reported. Backpacks aren't even allowed in theaters here. They have to be checked into Concierge. A duffel bag would definitely not fly. Personal oversight? Workers that don't want to confront someone or call the authorities? I think there is more at hand than just the surface issue of "some guy killed a bunch of people in a movie theater".
The worst thing, and the thing that shouldn't be happening, is that people are letting this event control them. That is what terror is. Don't let it win and don't make it change everything.
Some people take movies way too seriously. Some people read too much into too little or not enough into a lot. Either way, change must be conscious and conscientious. A movie and all its images should not be shuttered because of one person's actions that may or may not have been influenced by its message. Thought. This is what the world is missing now.
The irony is that it happened in Aurora (which means dawn).