20 Jul 2012, 5:43 am
Giftorcurse
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20 Jul 2012, 5:54 am
20 Jul 2012, 6:40 am
20 Jul 2012, 6:50 am
that is so tragic. sincere condolences to all family and friends of the victims. 
20 Jul 2012, 7:06 am
Interestingly, I was looking at things on the internet when I came across this.
Posted yesterday. Suddenly gets a whole different meaning, doesn't it?
And now I'm afraid to go watch it. Then again, not even sure if it's going to be released here anytime soon.
20 Jul 2012, 7:23 am
20 Jul 2012, 7:41 am
What an awful thing to happen At least they have caught the person responsible.
20 Jul 2012, 7:57 am
20 Jul 2012, 8:37 am
20 Jul 2012, 9:17 am
A screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" went horribly wrong. Expect to be hearing about this for the rest of the year, and expect someone on Capitol Hill to propose a new gun law.
A more cynical view is that Obama/Clinton will use this for support of the UN Small Arms treaty.
That treaty is supposed to keep small arms out of the hands of those who wish to use them for genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity, but any time the UN takes an interest in firearms, I get suspicious. The British and Australians lost their gun rights one tragedy at a time, and it seems like a case of deja vu. Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, and now this.
Sadly, all of those tragedies would have been carried out, total gun ban or not. Banning guns doesn't make them go away, it just keeps them out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.
If anything, it'll cause an escalation of violence as a black market becomes more prevalent.... remember prohibition?
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20 Jul 2012, 9:28 am
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20 Jul 2012, 9:30 am
20 Jul 2012, 9:36 am
A screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" went horribly wrong. Expect to be hearing about this for the rest of the year, and expect someone on Capitol Hill to propose a new gun law.
A more cynical view is that Obama/Clinton will use this for support of the UN Small Arms treaty.
That treaty is supposed to keep small arms out of the hands of those who wish to use them for genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity, but any time the UN takes an interest in firearms, I get suspicious. The British and Australians lost their gun rights one tragedy at a time, and it seems like a case of deja vu. Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, and now this.
Sadly, all of those tragedies would have been carried out, total gun ban or not. Banning guns doesn't make them go away, it just keeps them out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.
If anything, it'll cause an escalation of violence as a black market becomes more prevalent.... remember prohibition?I totally agree, these tragedies just give the politicians an excuse to further erode the one right that they consider a threat to their power. Prohibition did not work, it made everything worse.
20 Jul 2012, 9:37 am
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20 Jul 2012, 9:58 am
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