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WHY DID NO AMERICAN MAN OR WOMAN JUMP THE BATMAN KILLER?
Vanity. | 07/21/12 | Golux

Posted on 07/21/2012 2:00:36 PM PDT by golux

There are lots of experts in this forum of one kind or another. Here we have James Holmes. Why wasn't he taken down? Would you have done it?


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2goofy4words; bravery; goofygoofyquestion; goofysuggestion; jamesholmes
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To: Mike Darancette

You have to consider that most adults who carry firearms are not going to be at a midnight showing of a Batman movie, or probably any midnight showing.


121 posted on 07/21/2012 3:56:45 PM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: golux

It is really hard to say what was the best approach for the viewers of this movie to take.

BUT, this has made me look at lasers for my CC handguns and made me want to hit the range more.

It is surprising how many people own guns they have never even sighted in.


122 posted on 07/21/2012 3:56:45 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Pompah

Just a follow up, I checked that site’s terms, etc, and the only restriction they had on buying it was an age verification (and asking you to comply with your State’s laws). Rather easy to obtain.


123 posted on 07/21/2012 3:58:27 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Pompah

““tear gas flooding the theater” Is Tear Gas that easy to buy in Colorado.??”

Maybe Mike Adams, NaturalNews, is on to something...
“Colorado Batman shooting shows obvious signs of being staged”
http://www.naturalnews.com/036536_James_Holmes_shooting_false_flag.html


124 posted on 07/21/2012 3:59:44 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Good point...even the police on the scene initially thought he was one of them...Psychologically, that would freeze most people.

Simple reason: He was.

125 posted on 07/21/2012 4:00:37 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: kabar

Good post.

Some of the self delusion and absurd statements in this thread reflect such a detachment from reality its not even funny.

1. First explosion was smoke bomb / tear gas. Shock and Awe, concealment, dehbilitation, etc.

2. Wall of bullets of flying from the bottom up. Are you going to rush the guy down the steps while everyone is racing in the opposite direction and have .00001% chance of not getting hit? No.

3. Those closest to him were probably first killed and suffering effects of tear gas and immediately shot.

4. Guy is dressed in black in a dark theatre. Hard to make him out in the chaos.

5. Guy is covered in body armour. 9mm, unless place perfect shot to the face, does little or nothing most likely, even if you hit him. And he is shooting back w unlimited ammo

6. Most people never ever been in said situation and never experience “adreneline dump”

7. Tackle the guy? LOL. a 24 y/o a 2 glocks, AR, and a shotgun and body armour is not going down unless three or four guys at the same time take him down. Again - how would that have been possible without a few waves of suicide rushers?

FYI - I have a third degree BB in two arts, have firearms training etc, and know full well that if I was in that situation, my training would have served little or no purpose due to the above factors.


126 posted on 07/21/2012 4:02:23 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: Mr. Impatient
He had a semi-automatic weapon ~ not an auto. The firing cycle is different. HOWEVER with teargas present you might have some difficulty finding the target and jumping him.

Infantry doctrine has it that when you are INSIDE the killzone in an ambush you do an armed frontal assault but when you are OUTSIDE the killzone you withdraw and/or seek cover as appropriate.

If all the people closest to the shooter were children you'd probably need to wait until he'd gotten them out of your path ~ and even then running inside a threater over the seats is probably somewhat difficult.

Basically, the reason he got away with this is that he had a gas mask, he knew what he was doing, he had on body armor and a helmet, the terrain was very difficult, and nobody else was properly armed.

127 posted on 07/21/2012 4:03:52 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

That is the worst researched article I’ve read on this, even more than CBS. First, the gear wasn’t that exotic. Most of it you can pick up at any army/navy store or online. The explosives seem to have been mostly made from fireworks and commercial ‘pantry’ products from what is being reported has been found. s and that is if he didn’t get the guns on sale. Depending on the level of body armor and the type of gas mask, you can get those dirt cheap (you can find surplus gas masks for $10 online, body armor as low as $100 for the lowest grade).

I think some folks are over-playing this the same way the media overplays the ‘assault weapon’ angle. The author of that is the other side of the CBS/Mike Ross coin.


128 posted on 07/21/2012 4:10:45 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: kabar
Kaber, once while sitting at a table in an open air bistro in the Cologne bahnhof I saw a fellow with a group (of Turks ~ probably Kurds) at the next table over pull a gun out of his pants.

I immediately jumped to the other side of a large column I was sitting next to (getting cover is always important).

Next thing you know a German undercover cop close to the gunman had pried it away from him and was holding it overhead while others "pummeled the gunman".

That's how fast things happen. The adrenalin rush came later.

129 posted on 07/21/2012 4:11:17 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: kabar

RE: I have experienced a real life situation of being captured by armed intruders. Self-preservation is a very powerful instinct.
As have I, and it was. No harm was occuring and I was 16 then. Even then, I was thinking. It is not wasted to consider, even if it never happens


130 posted on 07/21/2012 4:11:41 PM PDT by Dosa26
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To: mnehring

...I accidently deleted a sentence in there.

I estimate he probably spent no more than $3K, not the $20K that natural news(sic) is claiming. Of course, that isn’t exactly a reputable site.


131 posted on 07/21/2012 4:13:03 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: muawiyah

another good post.


132 posted on 07/21/2012 4:14:41 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: golux
People that watch superhero fantasy movies rarely are superheros in real life
133 posted on 07/21/2012 4:15:21 PM PDT by tophat9000 (American is Barack Oaken)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Gotta text that to my wife:

Pick up milk
Pepsi
Teargas
Tac gear


134 posted on 07/21/2012 4:16:33 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Gotta text that to my wife:

Pick up milk
Pepsi
Teargas
Tac gear

LOL!


135 posted on 07/21/2012 4:17:05 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: golux
Because those who would, would normally be at home asleep at midnight?

Maybe you should ask what kind of person goes to a midnight movie premier?

-PJ

136 posted on 07/21/2012 4:17:12 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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To: Cvengr
His marksmanship wasn't equal to the task of shooting moving targets in the dark ~ he hit something like 70 people ~ he killed 20% of his targets.

The kid with the pallet of ammo down in Kentucky a few years back who'd never fired a weapon had thousands of hours of target practice on his video game system. He killed everyone he hit ~ but one, and those were with headshots.

That was outdoors in daylight and all his targets were serious Christians.

One of the contributing factors was the outside exit door. He easily disabled it so he could bring his weapons in unobserved.

We see that phenomenon at work in the Va Tech killings ~ the shooter disabled the doors with a simple chain. The cops couldn't get in to stop him!

So, tell me this, why is it only the cracked brained schizos think about how to use the doors to help them kill and/or to slow down the cops? Are there any building code specialists out there who can make a living selling improved door closure mechanisms and systems so these guys can't do this? Certainly the insurance companies would pay millions for a better idea.

137 posted on 07/21/2012 4:29:08 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Mr. Impatient
Seriously, try applying a little bit of common sense here. If someone has an automatic weapon and is currently firing it, are you going to try to bum rush him?

A person or persons could take him down by rushing him from behind.

138 posted on 07/21/2012 4:32:43 PM PDT by Isabel C.
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To: Isabel C.

lol - when was the last time you were in a movie theatre?

If he walked in from the bottom corner and started shooting in front those people were dead and the rest hit or scrambling. No one left to tackle him “from behind”

This was a terrorist like attack that little have could have been done to stop.


139 posted on 07/21/2012 4:35:33 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: tsowellfan

I have to think that the age of the theater goers was about 25 which was not a group to be armed forbidden by the theater or not.


140 posted on 07/21/2012 4:39:57 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obamaid has to go.)
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