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NightWatcher

(39,377 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2012, 09:12 AM Jul 2012

Why a theater showing Batman? [View all]

They say (that's awful dangerous) that he had some kind of gas mask on and was dressed up in paramilitary garb. Did this guy have delusions that he was some kind of Bane disciple or did he fancy himself that he was a super villain?

We can argue guns later/elsewhere, but is there a reason he shot up Batman versus a theater showing the latest Tyler Perry epic? Was he just looking for a crowd he could do max damage?

I'd expect they'll find more comics at his place than Glen Beck books.

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Why a theater showing Batman? [View all] NightWatcher Jul 2012 OP

so far the guessing is going like this 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #1

What ^ you said. DCKit Jul 2012 #9

sorry 2pooped2pop Jul 2012 #15

I immediately thought of this scene when I read the gas mask and gas stuff KurtNYC Jul 2012 #2

most likely the dude is mentally disturbed quinnox Jul 2012 #3

My guess..... kid went nuts and wanted a high profile scene with lots of people Marrah_G Jul 2012 #4

Various reasons. Pab Sungenis Jul 2012 #5

He entered through the emergency exit and threw a tear gas cannister. Eric J in MN Jul 2012 #16

Who knows? Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #6

Maybe he just wanted a guaranteed crowd in a confined space MrScorpio Jul 2012 #7

I think it has more to do with the time ... "midnight screening" MicaelS Jul 2012 #8

Q: Why do you rob banks? A: Because that's where the money is. alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #10

Because an all-black costume that conceals your face and body acts as camouflage in that crowd slackmaster Jul 2012 #11

The anchors at KUSA tv have AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #12

If he'd shot up a crowd at a Tyler Perry film, it would have been perceived as racist. DCKit Jul 2012 #13

Soft target, soft target, soft target Dokkie Jul 2012 #14

Don't give them any ideas. lapislzi Jul 2012 #17