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Major Hogwash

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19. Police Chief Oakes also said he purchased all 4 guns in the last 2 months.

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 04:30 PM

Jul 2012

Holmes was a med student, studying for his Ph.D.
He drove a fairly new car.
So, Holmes wasn't some poor kid, from some poor background, raised in squalor or from a poor neighborhood.

They also reported last night that Holmes wasn't cooperating with police and that he had already obtained a lawyer.

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A 100 round magazine [View all] phantom power Jul 2012 OP

"some random kid" = "murder machine" Tejas Jul 2012 #1

Two things... phantom power Jul 2012 #2

Correct on #1 Tejas Jul 2012 #4

Are referring to Heinlein's definitions of those two words? phantom power Jul 2012 #5

"I live in the hood" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #11

i guess if you were in the theater you'd have a different perspective....yep, lot's of drama spanone Jul 2012 #13

this coming from someone who runs full tilt off cliffs lunatica Jul 2012 #35

There you go, wanting to take away some of our guns a shrill RW indepat Jul 2012 #3

knr Coexist Jul 2012 #6

I now despise... UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #7

As soon as Skinner announced that we could hide entire groups Cheap_Trick Jul 2012 #15

Yep. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #20

You mean these guys? Cheap_Trick Jul 2012 #21

LOL UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #37

Meh. For a "murder machine" it wasn't terribly effective. The Virginia Tech killer used 10 rd mags Edweird Jul 2012 #8

Not as effective may only have been because Jokerboy wasn't as good of a shot. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #31

It was in a crowded movie theater. Ray Charles would have had a higher body count. Edweird Jul 2012 #32

3,2,1.... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #9

Thank Jesus the NRA made high capacity magazines legal again Major Nikon Jul 2012 #10

On which day did god create guns Cheap_Trick Jul 2012 #16

Virginia Tech. Edweird Jul 2012 #18

High capacity magazines were NEVER illegal GarroHorus Jul 2012 #27

Yup. JeepJK556 Jul 2012 #12

Why not go hunting or sporting with a weapon not specifically designed for killing people in combat? phantom power Jul 2012 #25

Why? JeepJK556 Jul 2012 #33

Even a 100-round magazine is useless hay rick Jul 2012 #14

that's why you get an AR15 with a bayonet ..n/t Moltisanti Jul 2012 #17

Ok, 102 guys. hay rick Jul 2012 #23

When a 100 people break down a castle door, only the King calls them bad guys. slampoet Jul 2012 #39

Or the good ole boys, these days. hay rick Jul 2012 #40

Police Chief Oakes also said he purchased all 4 guns in the last 2 months. Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #19

This may be why he didn't do more damage, considering the amount of fire power he had....... wandy Jul 2012 #34

Oakes also said that he didn't know where Holmes purchased the body armor he was wearing. Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #38

"There's just no excuse for allowing a random civilian to have access to that kind of firepower. " hedgehog Jul 2012 #22

He also had 2 Glocks and a shotgun ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #24

I can't help but wonder . . . Richard D Jul 2012 #26

Isn't it plausible that he simply threw it on a credit card? Johnny Rico Jul 2012 #28

Add to that, he might have figured he would not be around long enough to pay the Credit Card bill. wandy Jul 2012 #36

"There's just no excuse for allowing a random civilian to have access to that kind of firepower. " GarroHorus Jul 2012 #29

Criminal types will get these murder machines because they can Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #30