Shooting in 'Dark Knight Rises' Screening

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Dran0n, Jul 20, 2012.

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  1. opt1musaber

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    Oh ok, explain how you have so many deaths to guns then.

    BTW this guy just purchased the guns locally. They weren't illegally acquired.
     
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    I am greatly sad at this unfortunate incident and all who have suffered loss.

    At the same time, this makes me want to start packing some heat. I realize the perp was wearing full body armor, but imagine if there had been at least one person, 2 people, 5 people in the audience who had a handgun and possibly trained. I wonder how the scenario would have played out.

    I read about shit like this and it seems to scream to me 2nd amendment rights and the fact that more of us should carry. But I could be dumb.
     
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    We have a lot more people in less space with more opportunity. And it doesn't matter what laws are in place or not. If someone is going to do something as heinous as this, he's going to find a way to do it.

    After all, we have laws against murder and yet...




    Guns don't kill people any more than spoons make people fat.
     
  4. opt1musaber

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    Ye, spoons kill people...guns don't. I understand your metaphor, but do you honestly think that having different gun laws wouldn't help? Do you even need a gun license to purchase guns? If not, I bet this guy wouldn't have been able to get so many guns so easily if there were stricter laws...
     
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    This looks like its kinda getting in politics now.......
     
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    I went to see the Dark Knight tonight, and there were cops and security everywhere. This tragedy is the new Virginia Tech. It's almost like a cycle of evil psychos every few years. They just come out of the wood work, and surprise everyone with their ruthless, and senseless violence.

    I'd say something like 'what is this world coming to', but with the massive amounts of crime, murder, violence, vice, and suffering that goes un-publicized, this singular event is only a glimpse of what this world has really become.
     
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    It's pretty hard to ignore the obvious.
     
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    What it's...become?

    People have been senselessly murdering each other since our species first learned to hold their fists up. While this specific event is a real tragedy that legitimately brings tears to my eyes, I'd rather you didn't pretend that the world wasn't always full of shit like this. If anything, be glad our race has enough common morality to think "Wow this is fucking abhorrent" instead of "meh, big deal".
     
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    What is the world comming to.:mad  Now, its not safe to go anywhere. We too heard about the mass shooting here in Australia. It has been plastered over every TV channel What was this nut think he was doing. Well I hope they lock him up and throw away the key
     
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    Clean this up and stay non political.

    Estimated on the low side 400k guns a year enter US illegally. It happens in Australia too, and everywhere else


    I can kill u with a spoon as well, or my car, or the pen in my pocket :) 

    U need to wait 7 days and the FBI does a prostate check on you for handgun purchases now. Same occurs again if u go for concealed carry.
     
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    Well, if it gets guys to the doctor for that sort of thing when they otherwise wouldn't go...
     
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    No, actually. The shooter. But nice try, we have some lovely consolation prizes for you.
     
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    This is just an idiotic response. Ignored. I'll just add that they are already discussing this in Australia as to why Americans are not discussing about changing their gun laws.
     
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    You can also kill someone with a tea cup
     
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    So, you ignored a factual response to something that you yourself posted?

    U posted it and did not know them so I was nice enough to inform you, and I did so without attitude and it is an idotic response? Interesting philosophy in a discussion.

    You got it. People always blame everything but the person involved. That speaks more about the state of things today than who bought what and what they did with it in the end.

    PS saucers are the worst :D 
     
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    Flying saucers?

    They got lasers and everyfink.
     
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    Knock off the political bullshit. Seriously. This isn't a time for people, no matter where you live (US/UK/Europe/Australia), to start discussing the pro's and con's of laws. This is a time to mourn the people who had their lives tragically taken from them. ALMOST ALL WHO DIED WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 30. Do you guys get that? Nearly all the deceased still had their whole lives left ahead of them.

    A SIX YEAR OLD GIRL IS DEAD, HER MOTHER IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM BEING SHOT IN THE FACE, CHEST, AND ABDOMEN, DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HER CHILD IS DEAD YET, AND YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BICKER ABOUT GUN LAWS?!?!

    Honestly, reading through some of these posts, some of you make me sick.

    One of my best friends lost his friend yesterday. He was at the movie for his birthday. His last tweet was about how the movie was about to start and how it was going to be the best birthday ever. He's dead. Leaves behind his parents, his sister, and his wife. He was only 27.

    Here's another one for you.

    A dad took his two teenage girls to see the movie. He was shot in the head. The girls tried to wake him up, shaking him. The next time the girls were seen they were outside, crying on the curb on the phone, telling their mother that "Daddy's gone".

    And some of you want to be "haha" funny and make jokes? Talk about gun laws?

    Whatever. More power to you.
     
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