via Yahoo.
The gunman who blasted his way through a packed movie house early on Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others, had apparently been planning his attack for weeks.Read the whole thing but I can assure you that four guns does not consitute an arsenal...at least not down south. Wow. We're going to hear more on this I'm sure but until something pulls me by the short hairs I'm done.
"In the last 60 days he purchased four guns at local metro gun shops, and through the Internet he purchased over 6,000 rounds of ammunition," Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates said Friday night.The suspect, 24-year-old former medical student James Holmes, had also been stockpiling magazines to carry the gun ammunition. One clip recovered at the scene could hold 100 rounds for his assault rifle."As far as we know, it was a pretty rapid pace of fire in that theater," Chief Oates said.Police are trying to learn more about the man's motives but have thus far been unable to access his booby-trapped apartment near the Colorado medical school where he recently withdrew from classes.Investigators have described the apartment as being filled with chemicals, trip wires, jars of ammunition and possible mortar rounds."It is a very vexing problem how we'll get into that apartment safely," Chief Oates said. "I've personally never seen anything like what the pictures show us."
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| Not mine just a picture from the net showing some of the caches that others have... |
forgive me for asking this but... how does someone with that much hardware get inside a movie theater?
ReplyDeletethey thought he was part of the movie event. simply a play actor.
ReplyDeleteIIRC he broke in the emergency exit door.
ReplyDelete"A law enforcement official who asked to remain anonymous said the suspect had purchased a ticket, entered the theater and propped open the emergency exit while he slipped out to "gear up" and return armed."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/21/us-usa-shooting-denver-idUSBRE86J0AM20120721
First of all, four firearms is a 'starter set'.
ReplyDeleteSecond, the fact that some people thought it could be part of the show indicates how de-sensitized we've become to the ever-increasing sensationalism in entertainment, that is in turn seen by the media as necessary to stimulate our collectively dulled imaginations.
That it did not occur to those present who thought it part of the show, that no corporate lawyer would have approved such a move given the liability ramifications of risking of an accidental shooting by a concealed carry permit holder in the audience, highlights how dulled most people's senses get when they want to be entertained.
Pet Peeve: Civilians (including police) who refer to magazines as 'clips'. (Just sayin')
ReplyDeleteHell, that makes my nightstand an arsenal. Where do I go to get it certified as an arsenal?
ReplyDeleteIf the corporate media can distort the basic facts with opportunistic rhetoric, it's no wonder why so many hate the media.
Preparedness is a spare tin opener, not a gun collection....
ReplyDeleteThat depends on what you're preparing for.
Delete@Trt : good luck with that.
ReplyDeleteThe media just makes up half their crap to sell. Ie: Utalizing Gargantuan idioms to fabricate intelegence.