12 shot dead at movie theater

[Niltusk]

Looks like James Holmes is claiming amnesia. Pretty soon they'll say he was mind controlled like Sirhan Sirhan .

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/na...laims-amnesia-article-1.1122289#ixzz21li9OKwC

Man, this is going to get the tin foil brigade going.

 

[DreaAlGhul]

Looks like James Holmes is claiming amnesia. Pretty soon they'll say he was mind controlled like Sirhan Sirhan .

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/na...laims-amnesia-article-1.1122289#ixzz21li9OKwC

Are you kidding me? Ugh, this guy is gonna fight it 'till the death of him.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Looks like James Holmes is claiming amnesia. Pretty soon they'll say he was mind controlled like Sirhan Sirhan .

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/na...laims-amnesia-article-1.1122289#ixzz21li9OKwC

I had a discussion with a co-worker the other day about this and said something like this would happen!

 

[nash]

just to play devil's advocate, would you prefer recurring bomb violence?

Let's hope the day these nuts realize they're out gunned and start doing suicide bus bombings never comes.

thats the thing... everyone is so quick to blame this on the guns but do they not realise that this guy had built IED bombs as well? id imagine it would have been WAY worse had this guy gone in the theater strapped with IEDs on him.

this is about ONE sick individual's violent actions and NOT about guns.

 

[BadMoon]

A mom that wrote into CNN.

In the aftermath of the mass murder in an Aurora, CO movie theater this past week the debate over gun control in the US has been reignited. The political machines on both sides of the issue are at full tilt with each side trying to garner more Americans to their point of view. The fact is most Americans are already decided on where they stand with regard to this issue. Myself included.

I am a gun owner. I am also decidedly not political or religious. I don't own a gun because I have a constitutional right to do so. I don't own a gun because it makes me cooler in some way. I don't even own a gun because I ever plan on using it on another human being. I own one for a singular, simple reason. It is my responsibility to take care of, and defend myself and my children. Just as it is my responsibility to feed, clothe and provide for myself and my children. I am an adult female, 38 years of age and the proverbial buck stops with me when it comes to the health and well being of my family. I have a responsibility as a mother to make sure that I can adequately provide safety and basic necessities in a world where fewer and fewer people take responsibility for their own thoughts, words and actions. We live in a world where people think that their circumstances are not their own fault and that somebody or something else is to blame or should be responsible.

I could veer off the course here and start playing that same blame game. I could say that our moral compass and sense of self respect as a Nation has been undermined by video games, social programs, Republicans, Democrats, the breakdown of the nuclear family, social media, a sense of entitlement, so on and so forth, literally ad nauseum. However, I believe the truth lies much closer to home. It lies within the self. If one takes responsibility for everything they say and do, even if it was wrong, all the "causes" of our ills listed above disappear. They simply cease to matter.

I am not a fool. I understand that most of the population will not take responsibility for themselves. I understand that to believe such a thing is possible is to believe in a utopian society that is the stuff of fantasy. But that wasn't the question was it? The question was, "Do you own a gun? Why?" The answer, simply put, is personal responsibility. Perhaps if enough of us try it, we can make a difference.


I would never step into a theater full of innocent movie goers and use my gun to wreak death and havoc but I also understand that not everybody is like me. Not everybody plays by the rules or with a full deck. I will however, take responsibility for my own protection because though I cannot control the thoughts, words and actions of others, I can certainly control my own.

 

[wofford29]

"To conquer a nation, first disarm it's citizens."
- Hitler

 

[DarthNeil]

"To conquer a nation, first disarm it's citizens."
- Hitler

He probably used the possessive "its"... Hitler was a true grammar Nazi.

Hope the healing begins soon for the victims and their families-- Wouldn't it be nice if the media chose to do a media blackout (as some family members have asked) on this lunatic and his trial?

 

[BadMoon]

He probably used the possessive "its"... Hitler was a true grammar Nazi.

Hope the healing begins soon for the victims and their families-- Wouldn't it be nice if the media chose to do a media blackout (as some family members have asked) on this lunatic and his trial?

They have done the same thing to Sandusky. Just ask Paterno's corpse and Penn States future Students.

 

[Centurion]

this is about ONE sick individual's violent actions and NOT about guns.

My brotha!!

 

[Centurion]

A mom that wrote into CNN.

Amen to that!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[BadMoon]

Amen to that!

Thanks for sharing!

No problem.

 

[The Ween]

They have done the same thing to Sandusky. Just ask Paterno's corpse and Penn States future Students.

That punishment that they laid down only hurts the students and future students.

 

[BadMoon]

That punishment that they laid down only hurts the students and future students.

Exactly...........

 

[jnmx2000]

made by Hans Zimmer, a place to donate and a song made for the victims.

https://watertowermusic.moontoast.com/estore/embed/1336

should this have it's own thread? or just stay here?

 

[BadMoon]

made by Hans Zimmer, a place to donate and a song made for the victims.

https://watertowermusic.moontoast.com/estore/embed/1336

should this have it's own thread? or just stay here?

I would throw it up in the Dark Knight thread too. Can't hurt.

 

[thenammagazine]

made by Hans Zimmer, a place to donate and a song made for the victims.

https://watertowermusic.moontoast.com/estore/embed/1336

should this have it's own thread? or just stay here?

Donated $50. Not sure what I'll do with the song, but it's a worthy cause. Waiting for the inevitable "I stole it" post. .

 

[pixletwin]

Cool track.

 

[floppy hat jon]

thought this was interesting

Not really accurate. They don`t have an army, they have a militia and they have to keep their guns at home in case they have to mobilize quickly.

 

[IrishJedi]

Not really accurate. They don`t have an army, they have a militia and they have to keep their guns at home in case they have to mobilize quickly.

What's inaccurate about the 2 statements themselves? They're facts.

 

[pixletwin]

Not really accurate. They don`t have an army, they have a militia and they have to keep their guns at home in case they have to mobilize quickly.

Edit... Saw Irish beat me to it. What you said doesn't contradict in any way what that guys pic states.