Man, poor fucking Colorado right now.

I'm not really shocked either. But then again, most events of this nature make me wonder why they haven't happened before, especially after watching that trailer (I think it was a good call to pull it, but I think the movie's turnout will likely suffer). It's just awful. When things like these occur, there's always a ripple effect- really makes you think.

And Colorado has definitely been hit with an unnatural amount of turmoil lately :(

I was having a discussion about this earlier today. I may be alone in this opinion, but I think if a person is allowed to wield a firearm, they should undergo psychiatric check ups every few months to make sure the person with the gun can safely handle it. I saw people mentioning the ban on firearms, and I am all for that as well.

I also express my thoughts towards the victims of the shooting. I feel bad for the families.

You know this isn't something you can stop from happening in society.. People have always massacred other people and this is another situation where someone wanted to kill a handful of people for no reason.. What did Alfred say in the second Batman movie?

"Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."

When you look at history, the greatest mass murderers have always been very powerful people, leaders, emperors, generals and they all had something none of us have today.. Women.. Look at Henry VIII, Alexander the Great, The Saxons, Genghis Khan, Hitler.. They killed millions, that bloodline passes down and I am afraid to say it is just in our DNA...

It doesn't mean we should have pat-downs and crap like that at Movie Theaters, they already rape us at airports.. I work at a grocery store, anyone could come in and kill me at anytime, it's been done before actually, we've had night employees walk outside and get robbed at gun-point, I don't have a firearm at work, we're not allowed.. Should grocery stores have extra security and pat-downs? Will outlawing firearms stop people who want to do harm to others from getting them? Absolutely not, it will never work.. Norway is a prime example of this..

So I went into the booth today and nabbed me a copy of the Gangster Squad trailer. I think it's eventually going to be a rare piece of film down the road. They'll probably never show that footage again.

What I'm about to say is a bit biased because I'm from the UK, but I essentially agree with this. My own opinion is that the whole "freedom to bear arms" idea you Americans love so much can be far more danger than benefit, because ultimately I disagree with people being free to be able to kill people wherever they go, and the fact that virtually anyone can have access to such dangerous weapons is a point of reasonable concern.
You can complain that a "heated dispute" is heading our way, perhaps that's not such a bad thing.

That's always been a debate here in the UK, that the heavy restriction on hand guns should always be enforced, as the UK shouldn't have a gun society like the USA.

We have a knife culture here, but you can't go on a huge killing spree just armed with a knife.

I as well don't see any good in allowing someone to purchase and being allowed to wield a firearm. There are other not so deadly ways that someone can protect themselves, like with a tazer or pepper spray. In my honest opinion, I think when somebody has access to a gun, they are essentially showing their weakness through it, and proving that the only way they can control a situation is to kill someone.