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12 dead, 58 injured in Colorado at midnight showing of Dark Knight

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Brooklyn Bridge, Jul 20, 2012.

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  1. 3OctaveFart

    3OctaveFart Guest

    No, I haven't. You?
    I don't know what I'd do.
    But I'd be loathe to lay on the ground and die without resistance.
    Tough guy talk? That's very funny.
    So no questions should be asked about a lone gunman who gets off at least 100 rounds in a theater full of people and nobody fights back or attempts to stop him.
    Yeah, that's not a discussion worth having.
     
    3OctaveFart, Jul 25, 2012
    #697
  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I have not. I know people who have and I'm told the fear is indescribable, along with the confusion. It happens pretty quickly, too. Who can say what any of us would do? It's just real easy to sit back and say someone should have tackled him. I'm going to guess the mind doesn't react normally in that situation.

    You can discuss it all you want. I'm allowed to disagree. No one said it wasn't a worthy discussion.
     
    Moderator1, Jul 25, 2012
    #698
  3. mb

    mb Active Member

    So we've got a dark theater, some kind of gas canister spitting stuff everywhere, bullets flying ... and folks are supposed to attack the gunman?
     
    mb, Jul 25, 2012
    #699
  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    He's in the front of a movie theater. You can't rise to approach him without entering his line of fire. No way to get behind him. And he's using a 100-rd. magazine so he doesn't pause to reload.
     
    Azrael, Jul 25, 2012
    #700
  5. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    If only 30OctaveFart were in the theater, the toll would have been less.
     
    Stitch, Jul 25, 2012
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  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    How do we know no one tried to stop him?
     
    Azrael, Jul 25, 2012
    #702
  7. 3OctaveFart

    3OctaveFart Guest

    Dude.
    He reportedly shot a baby at point blank range.
    That means he was right there among them.
     
    3OctaveFart, Jul 25, 2012
    #703
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Yep. So easy to tackle. Just so easy.
     
    Moderator1, Jul 25, 2012
    #704
  9. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    See, here's the thing: You know he was a lone gunman. It would have been ever so slightly more difficult to work that out in a dark, panicked, tear gas-filled theater.
     
    deskslave, Jul 25, 2012
    #705
  10. 3OctaveFart

    3OctaveFart Guest

    An AR is a semi-automatic, and if jammed not an automatic weapon at all.
    Even if it was automatic it would be horribly inaccurate, as the Army version is on a three-round burst.
    Get your facts straight, boys.
    Call me an Internet Cowboy and fling as much of your poo as you like.
    I'd have done everything I could to stop that sonofabitch, rather than die like small game.
     
    3OctaveFart, Jul 25, 2012
    #706
  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Congratulations. You're tougher than most of us. I salute you. I wish I had the stones you have, to be able to say that with that certainty.
     
    Moderator1, Jul 25, 2012
    #707
  12. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Also, as Azrael pointed out, how do you know that people didn't try to stand up to him?
     
    dreunc1542, Jul 25, 2012
    #708
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