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50. the one thing that could have prevented the massacre is better mental health

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:26 PM

Jul 2012

We have a sick society because we make people crazy with all the hype and selling of wrong notions. We continue to drag people down so they have to blame someone for their fabricated misery. In some ways the media is responsible for our craziness.

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The one thing that would have foiled the Aurora Massacre [View all] jmowreader Jul 2012 OP

What would have stopped him from just waiting until the movie was over and people poured out? LAGC Jul 2012 #1

Don't tell the hundreds of businesses who hire unarmed security. SoutherDem Jul 2012 #3

No way he would have went home. Just come in the front door and kill different people. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #2

Yup - like they said in the show Burn Notice - no matter what the situation - a guy with a gun is a guy with a gun. Initech Jul 2012 #8

Anyone with a gun is automatically Dirty Harry. onehandle Jul 2012 #4

+10000 n/t Control-Z Jul 2012 #7

He would have just walked in the front door. RedCappedBandit Jul 2012 #5

Watch the firefight scene in "Platoon" for a good idea of what such a coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #19

Is there a Grade-AA clusterfuck? jmowreader Jul 2012 #37

How about a ban on all guns? gopiscrap Jul 2012 #6

LOL, sure. That sounds easy. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #12

Of course it won't be easy, but it will never happen gopiscrap Jul 2012 #22

I would be against you on this one. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #49

Politically impossible at this time ... spin Jul 2012 #33

Great idea! Rincewind Jul 2012 #35

I'm not a gun owner, and I believe we have the right and duty to regulate kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #51

Only if EVERYONE had a automatic weapon and fired simutaneoulsy rocktivity Jul 2012 #9

So how does one go about "checking out" that type of situation? LAGC Jul 2012 #11

He wasn't armed when he propped open the door rocktivity Jul 2012 #23

Armor like that doesn't do what you may think it does. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #43

Usually fire doors have alarms, wonder why there was no mention.. Historic NY Jul 2012 #10

I have a coworker who insists that his friend could have downed the shooter. Orrex Jul 2012 #13

Does your friend's friend claim to be a SEAL? Aviation Pro Jul 2012 #17

I know, right? Orrex Jul 2012 #24

All posers... Aviation Pro Jul 2012 #26

Virtually no handguns fire rounds capable of beating body armor NickB79 Jul 2012 #18

If I had to guess, I'd say that he's had a minigun grafted to his shoulder Orrex Jul 2012 #21

It's bad form to LFMAO, but I still couldn't help it (to keep from crying, I think) - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #20

I laughed when my coworker said it, until I realized that he was serious Orrex Jul 2012 #25

He sounds like he wins a lot in his video games lunatica Jul 2012 #44

Amazing catchnrelease Jul 2012 #32

Ushers did more, much more, than protect fire exits. The made moviegoing civilized. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #14

I was an usher for two years. Chipper Chat Jul 2012 #27

Now you would be shot for even suggesting someone step out of line, smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #39

Or at least sued by the mother of the kid I kicked out. Chipper Chat Jul 2012 #53

There's only one thing that would stop these treestar Jul 2012 #15

+1 LAGC Jul 2012 #16

With today's technology Politicalboi Jul 2012 #30

Actually, Holmes Was In Treatment DallasNE Jul 2012 #31

"...quit letting people be outside society." MindPilot Jul 2012 #47

you have to have other people in life treestar Jul 2012 #52

If there was an usher Politicalboi Jul 2012 #28

I Have Posted A Number Of Times DallasNE Jul 2012 #29

There is a remote chance moondust Jul 2012 #34

This shooter wasn't "sitting" but you got the idea jmowreader Jul 2012 #38

It's highly unlikely that a legally concealed weapon or several ... spin Jul 2012 #36

The fire door Why Syzygy Jul 2012 #40

Was it a fire door or an exit door? Orrex Jul 2012 #42

In the chaos a conceal-carry hero-wannabe would look like a 2nd gunman TriplD Jul 2012 #41

Hey, I got an idea! sofa king Jul 2012 #45

Better still would be ushers with guns slackmaster Jul 2012 #46

or at least tazers. n/t MindPilot Jul 2012 #48

the one thing that could have prevented the massacre is better mental health ThomThom Jul 2012 #50