Mass shooting at Colorado theater

[MikeBjerum]

And do whatever you have to to stay on your feet, because if you go down while in the herd you are f*cked , no one will help you up, they will instead stand on you to get one inch closer to the exit.

That is why in a theater you stay in your seat row and don't go for an exit until you are sure you can make it.

On the floor in a seat row gives you concealment, some level of cover depending on the seat type and bodies between you and the shooter, and if the shooter gets to your row while walking the aisle you have him in your sights.

[MikeBjerum]

Philadelphia Mayor Nutter is on right now calling for a renewal of the assault weapon bill ... I'm all for it - As soon as I see a gun running down the street assaulting people I will call for control!

CNN is all over this and pushing it right now.

Oh by the way "Children were shot last night, and we need to protect them."  It is the NRA and their "strangle hold on the House of Representatives."  Hey dude!!!  I am the NRA, I am a humanbeing, and you can feel free to come over and TRY to take them from me!!!

[cmrothenb]

Philadelphia Mayor Nutter is on right now calling for a renewal of the assault weapon bill ...

As soon as I heard Goonberg running his mouth taking advantage of this murder, I figured the best way I could tell him what I think about him and his Jihad against the 2nd was to go to the NRA-ILA site and donate.    Didn't have deep pockets today, but if a million people go give $10-$50 we can show l Mr Nannystate what we think of his Jihad against the 2nd amendment.

[Tyler Durden]

It probably is nothing, but I was watching NBC's Today show this morning.  The text outline of events had "theater" spelled "theatre" which is how the British spell it.

Just something that got my attention...

[Ulmus]

Just had a thought this morning.

How did he get into the theater carrying all that without raising an eyebrow?

I know you can conceal a handgun pretty easily, but a shotgun, carbine, gas mask, and all the ammo to go with it?  (an 870 doesn't take mags ya know)  I'd think even a trenchcoat would have some serious "bumps" in it with all that.

Just sayin.

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[Pathfinder]

Just had a thought this morning.

How did he get into the theater carrying all that without raising an eyebrow?

I know you can conceal a handgun pretty easily, but a shotgun, carbine, gas mask, and all the ammo to go with it?  (an 870 doesn't take mags ya know)  I'd think even a trenchcoat would have some serious "bumps" in it with all that.

Just sayin.

Side door. He went out after the movie started, propped it open, and came back in geared up.

[Tyler Durden]

I haven't clicked on the news yet this morning, but I think this picure helps explain things:


from the eye witness reports, I am surmising that he bought a ticket and then went in looking like a normal person.

A few minutes into the movie he acts like he receives a phone call, gets out of his seat, walks out the exit door, maybe rigs it so it doesn't latch behind, walks the 30 feet to his car.  Once at his car he starts suiting up and gathering up his guns.  Then he goes back through the same exit door.  Throws a can/grenade or two of tear gase into the crowded theater and proceeds to shooting, first with the shotgun, when that runs dry, then he switches over to the AR which if you look closely at the pic above has a normal GI style 30 round mag still in it, not a drum mag or a beta mag which has been reported (errr.... Fabricated???... To push an agenda)

I think we can all imagine the degree of panic that set in, especiall with everbody running for the door.

So he either runs out of ammo or figures the police are on their way, and walks out to the exit door, and is about to get in his car.  Supposedly, one or two cops see him but they think he is a cop just like them.

In other pics or footage, you can see the pieces of body armor and helmet lying on the sidewalk kind of close to the car.

[tombogan03884]

So he either runs out of ammo or figures the police are on their way, and walks out to the exit door, and is about to get in his car.  Supposedly, one or two cops see him but they think he is a cop just like them.

In other words, after shooting (reportedly) 71 people over 15 minutes the only thing that prevented him from just driving away was the fact that he wanted to get caught.

Gee, I wonder if radical Muslims are paying any attention to this ?

When seconds count, the cops are only a 1/2 hour away.

[Tyler Durden]

It might have been 15 minutes from the time he started shooting to the time he got the cuffs slapped on him.

I seriously doubt he was firing for the whole 15 minutes.

Dumping that much adrenaline seems to screw with people's perception of time.  And once one eye witness says "it was like 15 minutes", any other witnesses now have that planted in their heads.

At some point, hopefully, we will get to hear the UNedited/UNtampered with 911 tapes, which should be coded with the actual times.

[Ichiban]

Now I hear the LSM calling his vest "tactical" and no longer "bullet proof", even if they are still trying to leave that impression: "dressed head to toe in bullet proof gear."  Ya think maybe someone told them that you gotta spend more than $140 to get a bullet proof vest?