Aurora cinema shooting

[Scary]

Ten people have been shot dead at a Batman film premiere in Denver, Colorado, according to reports.

More than 50 people hurt, as a man enters the movies and opens fire on inocent people.

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it has now been confirmed 14 are now dead from the shootings, watching live on sky news

[Stephen]

Link to the story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492

At least 14 people have been killed in a shooting at a Batman film premiere in the US city of Denver, police say.
About 50 people have been injured in the incident, police say.
Witnesses say a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire at the cinema complex in Aurora, at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises.

[adzii_nufc]

This seems to be becoming a yearly thing in the US now.
How many more times before the sheer amount of firearms available in this country and how easy it is to obtain them is looked at thoroughly.

[Pog66]

that what comes of having a constitutional right to bear arms - even the nutters

[DABhand]

Thing is not all states allow easy firearms purchases. Some are very strict, which of course leads to the black market but that is the same for any country that has tough gun laws.

Some states actually allow you to walk into a store and just buy a gun there and then without permits or licenses.

Crazy world.

Shame though what happened to people at that premiere, but some sickos out there, and they aren't taken care of properly and allowed to roam.

Can happen over here too, I think most remember the lockerbie shootings at the primary school, because of lax gun laws and because nobody did anything about the guy who was already psyched profiled as being a nut case.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

This seems to be becoming a yearly thing in the US now.
How many more times before the sheer amount of firearms available in this country and how easy it is to obtain them is looked at thoroughly.

I doubt there'll be much head of steam about tightening gun restrictions. It's enshrined in the US constitution:

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.

Wiki

There's also a ferociously protective gun lobby.

Unfortunatly it'll keep happening over there. RIP to the 14 victims.

[Halcyon]

At this rate they really need metal detectors at every public venue in the U.S.

[Gary L]

What's the betting that the shooter is a massive Batman fan and was acting out his fantasy where he's part of the whole Batman story thing?

over here we just jump out of windows after we've watched Superman. believing we can fly.

[DABhand]

Or climb onto buildings and demand you want to see your kids?

[alferret]

Originally Posted by DABhand

Or climb onto buildings and demand you want to see your kids?

Anything wrong with father 4 justice? (sorry mods off topic)

[Jimmy-J]

Originally Posted by Gary L

What's the betting that the shooter is a massive Batman fan and was acting out his fantasy where he's part of the whole Batman story thing?

When Holmes was arrested outside the cinema, he told police: “I’m The Joker.” Ray Kelly, the commissioner of New York police, who was kept updated by his colleagues in Colorado, said: “It clearly looks like a deranged individual. He had his hair painted red, he said he was The Joker, obviously the enemy of Batman.”

Police are trying to ascertain whether Holmes was acting out one of the anarchic, bloody attacks carried out by The Joker in Batman films and comics. In one Dark Knight comic, The Joker kills an entire late-night television audience with gas. In the same comic, a deranged loner carries out a mass shooting in an adult movie cinema and the Batman video game, Arkham City, is set in an abandoned cinema.
Some witnesses also said the gunman burst into the cinema during a scene in which members of the public are killed during an attack on Gotham City’s stock exchange.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...The-Joker.html

[gazzae]

The Joker has green hair though...

[martyh]

Problem is that the type of people who need to be kept away from guns don't care about laws designed to stop them getting guns

[Maggy J]

The youngest victim was 6..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18941544

[Damien]

I have slightly changed the name to better reflect the nature of the story.