OT: Re Today's shooting

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tenureplan

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While reading the stories, I'm noticing that a 3 year old and a 6 year old were among the wounded. My question is what kind of parent takes their kids of that age to a midnight showing of a movie? They should have already been in bed.
 

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While reading the stories, I'm noticing that a 3 year old and a 6 year old were among the wounded. My question is what kind of parent takes their kids of that age to a midnight showing of a movie? They should have already been in bed.
 

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tenureplan said:
While reading the stories, I'm noticing that a 3 year old and a 6 year old were among the wounded. My question is what kind of parent takes their kids of that age to a midnight showing of a movie? They should have already been in bed.

I'm guessing it's a 23 year old mom...or someone with an equivalent mindset. I mean...that movie is that important.
 

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but my 3 and 6 year old kids wouldn't be seeing that movie to begin with
 

MSDawg34

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which is absurd to take a baby to a midnight movie.

I dont really have a problem with taking your 6 year old though. There were plenty of kids for midnight movies like Harry Potter and others like that. I wouldn't take a 6 year old to a midnight movie, but cant judge someone else that does.
 

disappointeddawg

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but I would be concerned with 3 month old child's hearing. Is it okay to subject a baby's ears to that? Honest question.
 

DirtyLopez

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not that colorado is alone in this aspect, but the parents of the kids probably needed a bath and spent $30 of their last remaining $50 to get into the movie.
 

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Seinfeld said:
but my 3 and 6 year old kids wouldn't be seeing that movie to begin with
I think you are what is called a "sane, rational parent". I wouldn't even take my 3 and 6 year olds to see the Avengers, and it's not near as dark as I'm sure Batman is.<div>
</div><div>I don't think most 3 year olds could sit quietly through any movie, no matter how sun-shiney and non-violent it was. Of course that doesn't stop a lot of parents from bringing them.

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A few years ago I was at the late showing of something like one of the Saw movies - I mean it was some fairly sick, disgusting stuff. And their were at least a few parents there with young kids... like 4 / 5 year kids.

Un-freakin believable.</p>
 

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tenureplan said:
While reading the stories, I'm noticing that a 3 year old and a 6 year old were among the wounded. My question is what kind of parent takes their kids of that age to a midnight showing of a movie? They should have already been in bed.

The parents, especially if they have a young kid, should take more responsibilty and not even take them to a PG-13 movie, that is violent, loud, and may frighten young kids. If you do take your kids to this kind of movie, just wait until the next day...your kids will not care!! These are probably the same type of people that beat and cuss out their kids in check-out line at the grocery store too!
 
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Back in the mid or late 1990's, I went to see Nothing to Lose with Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins. It was rated R. There was a little black kid sitting in front of me that looked just like the kid on the "***** done stole my fish" picture. He was probably about 5 or 6 years old. Before the movie started he kept asking his mama when it was going to start. He said "I can't wait for this movie to start because Martin Lawrence is a funny mother17er."
 

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My sons are 7 and 9 and love super hero movies, I preview them all first, no way they'd see any of the current batman films. The midnight showing just makes it 2x as dumb.
 

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tenureplan said:
While reading the stories, I'm noticing that a 3 year old and a 6 year old were among the wounded. My question is what kind of parent takes their kids of that age to a midnight showing of a movie? They should have already been in bed.
Leave it to the Sixpack morality police to miss the forest for the trees.

I'm sure this topic will be discussed adnauseam on FOX "news"in the coming days.
 

fishwater99

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The concealed carry law here in MS is a real advantage against crazy gun shooting lunatics...
Even if you have more gun control in the USA, what's to keep crazies and criminals from buying guns on the black market??
 

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I can't think of a recent incident (of this type) where a gun packing citizen stopped an assaulting gunman that had opened fire. In this particular case the gunman had on body armor. So playing the hero would have most likely gotten you dead. These tragic incidents have been increasing in frequency through the years, and will continue to do so, whether people are armed or not.
 

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I can't think of a recent incident (of this type) where a gun packing citizen stopped an assaulting gunman that had opened fire. In this particular case the gunman had on body armor. So playing the hero would have most likely gotten you dead. These tragic incidents have been increasing in frequency through the years, and will continue to do so, whether people are armed or not.
 

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I could hit they guy in the head or knees within 30 feet easily with my first shot..... Glock 23 or 27 would do the job for me..
I am sure there are plenty of citizens out there and on this board could and would do the same if they had the option..
 

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I could hit they guy in the head or knees within 30 feet easily with my first shot..... Glock 23 or 27 would do the job for me..
I am sure there are plenty of citizens out there and on this board could and would do the same if they had the option..
 

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the parents of the kids probably don't make good decisions on a regular basis. That is as far as I'm going with it. If you can't figure it out, tough ****.
 

DirtyLopez

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the parents of the kids probably don't make good decisions on a regular basis. That is as far as I'm going with it. If you can't figure it out, tough ****.
 

rem101

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if he doesn't know you have a gun, and you have good aim, you can take him out with a hand gun.
 

rem101

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if he doesn't know you have a gun, and you have good aim, you can take him out with a hand gun.
 

coach66

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a bullet proof helmet with face guard. He intended to survive the shooting.
 

coach66

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a bullet proof helmet with face guard. He intended to survive the shooting.
 

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"Body armor" doesn't make someone invincible. Kevlar vests absorbing the shock of the round may prevent the round from penetrating the body but the sternum, ribs, etc. can be/usually are fractured; just staying on your feet after being shot is impressive. <div>
</div><div>Just sayin. </div>
 

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"Body armor" doesn't make someone invincible. Kevlar vests absorbing the shock of the round may prevent the round from penetrating the body but the sternum, ribs, etc. can be/usually are fractured; just staying on your feet after being shot is impressive. <div>
</div><div>Just sayin. </div>
 

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the logic behind crushinga state that has higher standards in education and health that the state in which you reside... <div>
</div><div>I await your--I'm sure--carefully calculated response.</div>
 

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the logic behind crushinga state that has higher standards in education and health that the state in which you reside... <div>
</div><div>I await your--I'm sure--carefully calculated response.</div>
 

fishwater99

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It also was probably dark in the theater, so you could use the seats as a shield to and hide. You could almost empty your magazine
firing at him in a before he even gets a bead on where the shots are coming from, especially if he was wounded.
 

fishwater99

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It also was probably dark in the theater, so you could use the seats as a shield to and hide. You could almost empty your magazine
firing at him in a before he even gets a bead on where the shots are coming from, especially if he was wounded.
 
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