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Jul. 20th, 2012 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kebechetSo, I keep seeing people go on and on about how if other people in the theatre had been packing, the tragedy in Colorado could be averted.
People of the Someone Should Have Shot Back mindset, are you saying that in a darkened theatre filled with smoke and an unidentifiable gas, hundreds of screaming, scrambling, panicking people, and gunfire, under the duress of unimaginable terror, adrenaline, and fight or flight, you would have had the presence of mind to pull out a gun, release the safety, take aim, and headshot a kevlar-armored moving target without injuring or (heaven forbid) killing a fair number of bystanders in the process? Are you confident that other law-abiding gun-toters in the theatre would be possessed of this same mystical composure?
It's good to know that there are so many SWAT and Navy Seal-trained laymen out there ready to protect us at the drop of a hat.
What happened at the Batman premiere is horrible beyond comprehension. My heart goes out to everyone that is suffering because of that madman.
People of the Someone Should Have Shot Back mindset, are you saying that in a darkened theatre filled with smoke and an unidentifiable gas, hundreds of screaming, scrambling, panicking people, and gunfire, under the duress of unimaginable terror, adrenaline, and fight or flight, you would have had the presence of mind to pull out a gun, release the safety, take aim, and headshot a kevlar-armored moving target without injuring or (heaven forbid) killing a fair number of bystanders in the process? Are you confident that other law-abiding gun-toters in the theatre would be possessed of this same mystical composure?
It's good to know that there are so many SWAT and Navy Seal-trained laymen out there ready to protect us at the drop of a hat.
What happened at the Batman premiere is horrible beyond comprehension. My heart goes out to everyone that is suffering because of that madman.
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Date: 2012-07-20 06:38 pm (UTC)Fucking hell. I live in a suburb of Houston (less than 20 miles from a town legally called Cut and Shoot, Texas.. I wish I were lying about that) and everyone and their dog has a gun. I've known people who've started teaching their three-year-olds how to properly hold a gun. EVERYONE around here has that same "I'd have shot back!" mindset, and it pisses me off.
This shooter was wearing a tactical ballistic vest, a ballistic helmet, gas mask, gloves, a throat protector and a groin protector, carrying - last I heard - two handguns, a shotgun and an AK-47. I'm so thrilled to know the redneck asshats around here are TOTALLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THAT SITUATION. :|