Comments | uberreiniger: You are not vengeance. You are not the night.

uberreiniger

You are not vengeance. You are not the night.

Jul 21, 2012 02:33

July 20th 2012 was one of those shocking national tragedies we're so used to in America. A crazily well-prepared, heavily armed PhD student stormed a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, murdering 12 people and wounding 50 more.

I've had a lot of emotions about this case. I think about how I was with my best friend and my wife last night and ( Read more... )

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adele87 July 21 2012, 07:40:54 UTC

I am amazed at why anyone would carry a gun and murder people. Seriously, why?

flame_song July 21 2012, 08:45:31 UTC

I was shocked to hear about that...and no, I do not think a man with a gun would have stopped that guy either.

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uberreiniger July 21 2012, 17:20:55 UTC

In that much confusion it is likely that the intervening party would have spent some time face-down and handcuffed at the very best, it's true.

mokie July 21 2012, 19:59:09 UTC

Thanks to the joy of social networking, I've already had my first conversation with a friend-of-a-friend halfway around the world, as she announced that someone who'd just gotten back from the US told her the only reason people here don't shoot is that the other person might be armed too. It's the new Cold War! What chilling animals we Americans are!

lucretiasheart July 22 2012, 11:32:09 UTC

I have another flister who was in the military and she said the same thing as you: That between the tear gas, people fleeing, and the asshole's body armor, there's just no way a single concealed carry could bring him down. Foolishness.

I feel bad for the movie and its fans, because now there is this taint, and its not the movie's fault. Shallow observation, I know.

Seems like all the preparation for terrorism in the world won't save us from well-prepared and crazed evil people.