Posted on 07/22/2012 6:40:48 AM PDT by SMGFan
In final acts of valor, Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn and Alex Teves used their bodies to shield their girlfriends as accused madman James Holmes turned the Aurora cineplex into a shooting gallery.
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I saw that, too, and thought it made no sense, since all the stories about them said he was her "fiance" to start with.
If we're going to use "fiance/fiancee" to mean "sex-partner," we really need another word for people who have set a wedding date and are in negotiations with the caterer.
I understand he entered after buying a ticket at some point at witness saw he opened an emergency door and returned with his weapons from his car in the lot. Went to front of theater, tossed a can or 2 of gas and started shooting.
“...only driving back to get them when the “coast was clear.”
He surrendered his Manhood that night and he’ll never get it back. Now he dies a thousand deaths.
You are probably right, but this is itself sad.
The theater could not have prevented this.
Does anyone seriously think he would have stood in line and turned away if told he wasn’t allowed in with his weaponry?
He came in the back way after disabling the emergency door. Such doors are necessary. I suppose the theater could have in place an alert device that would have sent an employee down to close it when disabled, but such devices can always be bypassed.
Our society always wants to find somebody to blame, other than the obvious perp, when something bad is done. After 9/11, some idiots wanted to blame the secutiry people at Logan, who only did their job as instructed. But sometimes, as in these cases, nobody else is responsible.
But the chain will probably go under.
That’s one of the roles of men, protecting women, not sending them off to war or in a squad car.
Hard to believe the number of people on here yelling SUE SUE SUE - whatever happened to tort reform? The responsible person here is HOLMES, not the theater, gun policy or no gun policy. If they DID allow CCW in the theater and (God forbid) a permit holder shot someone - would the theater be responsible for that also??
the only lawsuit should be the Tea Party Holmes against ABC and Brian Ross
Did I just now notice the absence of the financial investment community who like to hector us about how 'Inactive partners' have no control, and because of that don't have to take losses?
There are always exceptions ~ find one of those inactive partners using his seat in the Senate or as owner of a newspaper and magazine trying to spread blame elsewhere and that passive corporate relationship won't count nearly as much.
There's a chance much more than the Cinemark chain will go under with this.
Capable attorneys are standing by day and night ........
You’re right - the theater couldn’t have prevented this. Luby’s Diner and Columbine High School couldn’t have prevented the terrible acts that occurred there, either.
The blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the perpetrators of those crimes.
My stake in all of this is in how I conduct myself. Will I willingly subject myself and my family to the whims of a society increasingly out of control? Will I think good thoughts and hope for the best? Or will I outfit myself with the tools necessary to defend myself?
Tough questions for a tough age.
You never know. I once worked with a real Goth-type girl. Rings in her lips, nose, and ears. She was one of the most politically conservative people I have ever met.
I know the legal process requires use of that word, but does anyone believe that there is not 100% certainty that he did it?
Don’t you think if more men stepped up in this fashion, there would be no room in the military for opening up more dangerous jobs to women? It’s the generations of George Costanzas, sitting in front of their computers, who are the reason there aren’t enough men in the military/police forces to handle these jobs.
The fact is that the Crook County Prosecutors (States Attorneys) LOVE going after suburbanites, and/or those of us in the 'collar counties'. They'll nail us to the wall with a Felony on any gun charge like we're John Dillinger -- no matter what the circumstances are/were of the firearm violation. And ditto if you should get caught with a pocket knife and the blade is 1/8" above the 'legal length', BINGO -- Felony charge.
But they'll plead down gun charges to misdemeanors for the ghetto rat gang-bangers like they're first cousins. And drop any knife violation as a waste of their time.
“He always wanted to be a superhero, he’s wanting to save someone or do something greater” (From the article at the link)
“That is, the young sheepdogs yearn for a righteous battle.” and “Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep”. (From the article at this link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2908964/posts (”I Only Hang With Sheepdogs”, referencing “On Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Wolves”))
You’d be surprised. There aren’t many ways left to be a counterculture rebel, but one of them in heavily leftist areas is to buck the liberal norms politically. You might not recognize the variety of political not-liberal or even be disturbed by it, but they’re there, particularly among the males. A lot of them are the die-hard young Paul supporters.
Mr. Blunk’s wife is being really good about this, all things considered. My sympathies to her and his young children.
Interesting point. Unless someone runs his voter registration and all that, it's just speculation, anyway.
Even when the perp is dead on the floor with the gun in his hand, the news still says “alleged” or “suspect.”
So like as you say they (management) 'allowed' Holmes to enter with all those weapons by not having adequate security in place. Ergo, they are going to be in a 'world of hurt' (financially).
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