I use a sledgehammer at work occasionally. I want something I don't use very often.
Massive Shooting in Aurora (CO) Theater
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I use a sledgehammer at work occasionally. I want something I don't use very often.
Over 100 million gun owners in the US. Not everyone uses a sledge...
Ont hat note: https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/...orado-reportedly-jump-41-percent-since-movie/
Hope they act responsibly.
Edit: As for the 100 million gun owners: https://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self-reported-gun-ownership-highest-1993.aspx
So using even 40% that is roughly 124,4000,000 million gun owners in the US based on 311,000,000 million US citizens(last pop number i heard).
He was just on tv yesterday. Smashing watermelons in a commercial. Made me smile. I just misunderstood but i know who he is.
https://www.inquisitr.com/283811/james-holmes-lawsuit-filed-by-theater-shooting-victim/
Ugh. This is when tragedies get worse, when you can't help but lose sympathy for the victims.
PearlWatson
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I only see the doctor as having any possible liability
The Thriller
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I think the medication thing could have a point. What the heck was he on? lol... I love the last part of the article.
Yep. You're right. It's the guy with red hair who, you know, kinda instigated the violence. I think he should be held responsible. We have him in custody and his trial is underway.
Amen.
DutchJazzer
Banned
yes it is idiotic.
as idiotic as changing the shooting in gangster squad.
there are more rape victims in the world per day than the supposed 62 victims. and countless trauma people from aurora.
yet no rape scenes in any movie gets "reshot"
I can't blame WB for doing this because at the end of the day, they want to be profitable. If they have reason to think that having a shooting scene that starts at a movie theater would keep people from going to see Gangster Squad then they have to deal with it in the best way they see fit.
EDIT: I'm not saying it's good or bad, just that it's WB's call.
DutchJazzer
Banned
well now i wont go see it either
.also i dont go to 3d movies, and exseccive shaky cams movie like hunger games and safe house.
billyshelby
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I know it's already been said, but common sense dictates that certain weapons/paraphernalia should be banned for sale. For that matter, I think restricting the number of weapons that can be purchased in prescribed time frames makes just as much sense.
But as a corollary point, I'm always fascinated by arguments that point to the sanctity of the Constitution. It's not like we haven't amended it countless times over the last 200 years, and it's not like the guys who wrote it expected it to make perfect sense in perpetuity.
When you think about it, the 2nd amendment is kind of a relic. I'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed to own guns. But the hallowed right to own a gun in 1776, any gun, as many as you could get, made a ton more sense then. I don't quite get how that right isn't a little more nuanced now, or why it should extend to weapons that are clearly not needed for self defense.
But as a corollary point, I'm always fascinated by arguments that point to the sanctity of the Constitution. It's not like we haven't amended it countless times over the last 200 years, and it's not like the guys who wrote it expected it to make perfect sense in perpetuity.
When you think about it, the 2nd amendment is kind of a relic. I'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed to own guns. But the hallowed right to own a gun in 1776, any gun, as many as you could get, made a ton more sense then. I don't quite get how that right isn't a little more nuanced now, or why it should extend to weapons that are clearly not needed for self defense.
PearlWatson
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https://news.yahoo.com/report-color...nt-plans-notebook-psychiatrist-170815999.html
It looks like the doctor could have prevented it had the notebook gotten to him from the mailroom.
billyshelby
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Not that the doctor won't have a few sleepless nights, but I'm not too sure he has a responsibility to read all his mail the instant he gets it. On the flip side, I'm not too sure how much mail an obscure Phd gets. Either way, I'm guessing he reads his mail with more urgency going forward.
billyshelby
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As far as the killer goes, I'll take the unpopular opinion that he's mentally ill and was in a deep state of psychosis when he committed the crime. By no means do I think he will, or even should, be found not guilty by reason of insanity, or that he should ever be set free.
But I think he differs from the Columbine/Va Tech/Oslo murderers. Those guys were driven by hatred, their hatred was the manifest of deeper psychological issues, they were well aware they were expressing hatred in killing their victims, and by extension exacting "justice."
I think this guy got deeply lost in a fantasy world. Not simply the "I'm the Joker" stuff like Batman messed him up. A true schizoid break where he truly believed he was fulfilling a destiny of some kind. I also think he was aware this was happening to him, and fighting against it, for many years.
But I think he differs from the Columbine/Va Tech/Oslo murderers. Those guys were driven by hatred, their hatred was the manifest of deeper psychological issues, they were well aware they were expressing hatred in killing their victims, and by extension exacting "justice."
I think this guy got deeply lost in a fantasy world. Not simply the "I'm the Joker" stuff like Batman messed him up. A true schizoid break where he truly believed he was fulfilling a destiny of some kind. I also think he was aware this was happening to him, and fighting against it, for many years.
PearlWatson
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He never got it. Either from a mailroom error or he didn't/couldn't pick it up himself.
PearlWatson
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Makes sense, but why do you think it is an unpopular opinion?
DutchJazzer
Banned
ooh nooos
he is white so he must be crazy.
cus only blacks and muslims comit crimes.
if its the white guy he is mentally ill
ooh noos he needs helps
he is white so he must be crazy.
cus only blacks and muslims comit crimes.
if its the white guy he is mentally ill
ooh noos he needs helps
Former Member
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This guy needs to be locked up for the rest of his life.
I was thinking more along the lines of taken out behind the courthouse and hung.