Here we go again - another theatre shooting

DW, I think it maybe a last gasp for notoriety, going out with a bang so to speak. Some volatile men use anger as a substitute/cover for less comfortable emotions. Sometimes they seek help from people like me before their anger turns to rage/violence. In extreme cases they snap, causing injury or death to themselves and others. That doesn't cover untreated, severe mental illness, of course. A culture where violence is commonplace only fuels the problem?
 
Wouldn't it be nice if people could content themselves with just being ordinary.
Surely we should get over wanting to be special, celebrities etc by about age 35?

Perhaps we don't celebrate ordinary, solid, good hearted people enough.
 

I for one, would rather see a maniac attempt to maim and injure folks using some other form of tool. Of course, that sort of thing DOES happen, but if it makes the news at all, it is buried somewhere, rather than "Flash", "gun involved crime committed". If only reasonably accurate data were available. Certainly the proportion of population possessing tools capable of maiming or killing is far higher than that possessing firearms, evidently we are led to believe a greater proportion of "gun owners" are more barbarically-inclined than the other, in the majority. Simply does not fit the equations. imp
 
imp, I can't make sense of your post at all.

If you are saying that some people kill other people using weapons such as knives I think we all know that.

Any incident where someone goes into a darkened theatre and starts randomly shooting live ammunition at the patrons, causing a panicked rush for the exits is going to get media attention, especially when the death and casualty toll starts to mount up.

I reckon it would still be news if he ran amok with an axe but that seldom happens which could be why you don't read about it in the papers. We certainly always know when someone decapitates even one victim with a sword or dagger.
 
This is shocking because of the age of the shooter. It will be interesting to find out his background, long-term mental illness comes to mind...
 
As always it will be a while before all the facts are ascertained. Meanwhile it seems the politicians already have their mud-slinging campaign in high gear ... :mad:
 
Apparently this shooter was a drifter, had a previous criminal record for arson and selling alcohol to a minor. Also found wigs and disguises in his motel room.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=35640145&nid=157&fm=most_popular&s_cid=article-popular-4

This theater shooting gets massive national coverage and over the last month Baltimore had 7 murders in one night and several dozen were killed or wounded in one Chicago weekend get a mention. That's where the why or what motivates them questions need to be asked as much as this.
 
I may be mistaken, but it seems like groups of people are being killed in gunfree zones and the killers feel safer. As soon as police arrive on the scene, the shooter either stops, or kills himself.
 
Yes.... A dark theater... someone shooting randomly... no one really knows what is going on or where the shots are coming from.. people are running and screaming.... NOW add a few dozen armed yahoos all shooting at where they think the shots are coming from.. WHAT could go wrong???????
 
Golden Dawn

AZ Jim said:
He was a member of the "Tea Party".
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The only recent politics with this shooter was his postings on a Golden Dawn forum which is a Greek neo Nazi political party, US Message Board and Fellowship Of The Minds. He was pro Hitler and had apocalyptic ramblings. He also had PRO Muslim rants. He was registered to a Tea Party Nation WEBSITE in 2013 but his user profile showed NO activity.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...user-history-mental-illness-article-1.2303207

http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/24/l...igned-up-on-tea-party-page-and-quoted-hitler/
 
Yes, Misty, gunfree zones are the safest for crazed killers to preform these killings.
We TEA PARTY folks always pick gun free zones to do our killings.
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Axe and knife killers are smart enough not to try that in large groups of public places. Those usually happen in very private locations.
 
Axes and knives require close personal contact. A gun can kill you and dozens of others from 100's of feet. Knives and axes are not automatic. Gun is always the weapon of choice for fanatics and lunatics.
 
WhatInThe said:
For some a car can come in handy for inflicting mass casualties.

http://on.aol.com/video/driver-runs-over-four-women-after-heated-argument-518936826
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Absolutely!!! Which is why we require licensing with a demonstration of skill in driving before someone is allowed to get behind the wheel.. We require registration of a car to it's specific operator.. We require INSURANCE to protect people that are injured by that car AND that driver.. it's called "Liability" insurance.. We know who is allowed to drive and what car they own... SOOO.. I contend.. we do the very same for guns.
 
QuickSilver said:
Absolutely!!! Which is why we require licensing with a demonstration of skill in driving before someone is allowed to get behind the wheel.. We require registration of a car to it's specific operator.. We require INSURANCE to protect people that are injured by that car AND that driver.. it's called "Liability" insurance.. We know who is allowed to drive and what car they own... SOOO.. I contend.. we do the very same for guns.
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A lot of good all those licensing requirements did to stop that women from criminally/purposely plowing her "legal" car into those four women. Or stop all of the drunk drivers/driving; you frequently see stories of people with suspended licenses getting in a car and causing havoc. A criminal or someone acting criminally will find a way to do their deeds wether things or legal or not, licensed or not. This particular shooter was already denied a gun permit.
 

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