Comments on: When the police are minutes away, seconds matter

By: April

April — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:39:43 +0000

I don’t know what I would have done in that theatre considering my personal seating preferences, too many innocents in line of fire, etc. I do know that for years I had a CCP until I moved to a country that restricts ownership of weapons and for the umpteenth time (whenever I read a news story like this) in three years wishing I could have a CCP again. And the kicker is yes, you are to wait for the police to arrive and take care of the problem here. If you do anything to cause GBH to your attacker YOU will be in goal.

By: pabloschwartz

pabloschwartz — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:27:05 +0000

Frum is .. Canadian, I believe? a cultural prejudice, perhaps.

By: annoyinglittletwerp

annoyinglittletwerp — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:19:40 +0000

Frum is a schmuck. I grew up w/ an abusive social worker father-who kept a loaded revolver in his nightstand drawer. My brother and I both were taught save gun-handling/safety/respect @ a young age and were quite aware of the location of that weapon. I could’ve stopped his abuse ‘like that’ with that revolver. My dad died in 2001-not of a gunshot wound… but of Crohn’s Disease.
Frum Fail.

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:41:03 +0000

The point about the theater is that it was a “gun free zone” and that those carrying weapons legally were not allowed in. In fact, it was reported that some people were actually turned away for having their guns.

By: long_rifle

long_rifle — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:21:57 +0000

Wait, what? The 2nd amendment making society safer is nonsense, but as as long it is used to allow women to protect themselves it’s not?

“Inconceivable!” (If you didn’t say that in an odd pinched tone, then you need to watch the Princess Bride.)

Also why +P? At self defense ranges it does nothing but add to the potential of over penetration, and if used at the range will induce massive flinching, especially out of an airweight 442. The 2nd amendment has saved my life, and countless others. Seeing as scumbags don’t care about the rule of law, I’d rather not suddenly find myself and the rest of the citizens of this country turned into subjects.

And if a TRAINED CPL holder had been in the theater who knows what could have happened. From what I’ve read so far it sounds like the shooter concentrated on those running from him after the initial shots. I would hope that in this case instead of watching him kill my children I would have used the pistol I had on to at least go down fighting, and not get murdered like cattle in the chutes at a slaughterhouse. I’ve pulled my pistol twice now without shooting anyone. And both times it was automatic and from instinct. People that get CPLs need to TRAIN. Not just get one, and wear it like a watch.

We’ve become ingrained in this nation to run from danger. That it’s someone else’s problem. In this case if people had jumped up and FOUGHT the guy maybe there wouldn’t be so many dead and injured? But no… It’s better to save yourself, then try to save others.

Until we get rid of all the free loaders, scum bags, and the rest of the evils of this nation, I’ll rely on the 2nd Amendment to make me at least if not safer, able to defend myself, and my family.

By: Empress Trudy

Empress Trudy — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:40:47 +0000

I have serious doubts that there was not even a single other armed person, legally or not, in that theater. I believe that everyone hoofed on their own to get out of the line of fire and when confronted by a heavily armed madman, almost everyone decides that armed or not, playing Dirty Harry is a non starter for them. I do not believe that having a dozen CCPs in that theater would have made anything better based on what I understand human behavior to be. While it’s quite possible that some people some time may fend off a single attacker to their home or car if they themselves are armed, the idea that the 2A is going to make for a ‘safer society’ is nonsense, to me. Having said that, women who want to carry a hammerless airweight .38 5 shot revolver loaded with +P to protect themselves in public should be free to do so with the proper training.