10 shot dead at Batman showing in Denver

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 20-07-2012 10:35am

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Eh?

If you stop selling guns and ammo out of the local 7/11, supply slows down. Strict policy on licensing laws so not anyone can get a gun. This still leaves millions of guns in the general population but at least supply has been stopped. Over time it would certainly help.

Throw in a bit of education at school level for good measure.

if you stop selling petrol it'd cut down on road deaths too

we've just solved the world gentlemen, let's have ourselves a cup of tea.

martingriff · 20-07-2012 10:35am

speedboatchase wrote: »

Unconfirmed now that a baby is amongst the deaths. Plenty more material for AH eh? :rolleyes:

Ya I heard that also shot at point blank. Very sad and the jokes here are horrible. I heard the gunman/gunmen were dressed in kevlar and had gasmasks did people think they were dressed as Bane or something:mad:.

1 person in custody and they think 1 at large and its very residental. I have a bad feeling more may happen.

I know you cant lump of of the people in the US together but the gun laws need severe updating

Melion · 20-07-2012 10:35am

Why was a baby at the midnight showing of a movie? Absolutely ridiculous parenting

speedboatchase · 20-07-2012 10:35am

Crazy update from @BreakingNews:

"Suspect made statements about explosives in his apartment, police evacuate North Aurora, Colorado apartment block."

PinkFly · 20-07-2012 10:35am

death toll rising to 14, how sad.

chin_grin · 20-07-2012 10:35am

speedboatchase wrote: »

Oh, I'm sure you're "coping" just fine. Go on then, give us a baby joke too? No boundaries in "Gallows humour" is there?

I didn't realise a baby was involved until later on, it is terrible. But please read my post above (where I quote myself).

I have deleted my "joke" posts and the only thing I tried to rationalise was the coping with such an act with levity. I wouldn't wish harm nor would I like to hurt anyone so the only way I deal with it is to joke.

And as I mentioned earlier there were other posters saying worse things than I was. I was referring to their gun laws, not the killings. So please stop putting me in the stocks and throwing rotten fruit.

Sabre0001 · 20-07-2012 10:36am

I feel guilty about smuggling sweets into a cinema yet there's some who think they can bring guns in and change people's lives for the worse. Sick.

speedboatchase · 20-07-2012 10:36am

Melion wrote: »

Why was a baby at the midnight showing of a movie? Absolutely ridiculous parenting

Why was a baby apparently shot in the face at point blank range? You might be judging the wrong person here...

charlietheminxx · 20-07-2012 10:36am

Apparently 14 dead now

This really is the most shocking thing I've heard about in a long time. To think that people didn't run because they thought it was a publicity stunt at first..... it's sickening and frightening.

Tombi! · 20-07-2012 10:36am

speedboatchase wrote: »

I'm not moping or crying, I just think that this is a tragic situation and my first inclination wasn't to take the piss because a. it's a very raw incident that has just happened and b. the circumstances sound horrific.

That would seem to be a fairly normal reaction but hey, if your "gallow humours" defence gives you a sense of moral equivalence - that it's your way of "coping" - to say what you like then that's your prerogative. I think anyone whose first reaction is to make a joke about a situation like this so soon is scum.

Actually my way was "that's horrible" then it was "instead of feeling sad, maybe I should cheer myself up", then it was "it worked, maybe it'll work for others".
Personally I think you need a sense of humour but each to their own I guess.

vicwatson · 20-07-2012 10:37am

Melion wrote: »

Why was a baby at the midnight showing of a movie? Absolutely ridiculous parenting

Why was a baby at the film full stop.

danniemcq · 20-07-2012 10:37am

FutureGuy wrote: »

My only contribution to the thread...

The people posting jokes about this are an absolute ****ing disgrace.

And yes, I'm going to name you...

danniemc1q
OMARS_COMING_
hande_hoche
chin_grin
brutal deluxe

Grow the **** up.

if you actually look through my posts in the thread you'll see that although i do post jokes i also post some serious comments and info that I read. My first post in the thread was the first thing that went through my head when i seen the headline on sky news this morning.

It doesn't make me callus or heartless it makes me me!

Granted if i personally knew a person affected I would have a different mindset but i don't so therefore that connection is not there.

That does not mean i don't feel sorry for these people who went to a cinema for a movie with friends and family and won't be coming home.

Melion · 20-07-2012 10:38am

speedboatchase wrote: »

Why was a baby apparently shot in the face at point blank range? You might be judging the wrong person here...

CNN

davet82 · 20-07-2012 10:38am

10:17am
A masked gunman has shot 20 people dead at the showing of new Batman movie in Denver - sky news

fcukin hell

Tombi! · 20-07-2012 10:38am

danniemcq wrote: »

if you actually look through my posts in the thread you'll see that although i do post jokes i also post some serious comments and info that I read. My first post in the thread was the first thing that went through my head when i seen the headline on sky news this morning.

It doesn't make me callus or heartless it makes me me!

Granted if i personally knew a person affected I would have a different mindset but i don't so therefore that connection is not there.

That does not mean i don't feel sorry for these people who went to a cinema for a movie with friends and family and won't be coming home.

According to him it means you'd get beaten up in person if you said a joke like that. I don't get it. They come to AH, they know what AH is like. And then they equate people making jokes with deserving to be beaten up. I think I know what I'd say is worse and it's not the jokes.

mike65 · 20-07-2012 10:38am

Only the one gunman is the latest and he is in custody.

Melion · 20-07-2012 10:39am

speedboatchase wrote: »

Why was a baby apparently shot in the face at point blank range? You might be judging the wrong person here...

CNN are saying the baby was wounded, not fatal. I just cant understand bringing a baby to a movie like that. I wouldn't bring my 3yr old to a kid's club movie during the day.

Lollipops23 · 20-07-2012 10:40am

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

You're missing the entire point.

Some people sit around and mope and cry to cope.
Others try to use humour to cope.

As someone who recently had a bereavement, I get the "humour as a coping mechanism" thing. But people have been murdered in horrific circumstances.

Can you not keep the sick jokes to yourself right now?

Bad Panda · 20-07-2012 10:40am

Jesus just heard there; a woman that was interviewed earlier said she saw the baby being shot!

That is fcuking beyond horrific, to see that. Bad enough thinking about it. Feel sorry for that woman too.

Edit: The screen next to it (screen 8) were getting bullets through the walls into their cinema and a few got injured there too.

Sonics2k · 20-07-2012 10:40am

Melion wrote: »

Why was a baby at the midnight showing of a movie? Absolutely ridiculous parenting

Fantastic priorities you got going on there.

smash · 20-07-2012 10:40am

For people wondering why the baby was at the cinema? Who cares why it was there, you need to be questioning why someone would do this to people in the first place.

Tombi! · 20-07-2012 10:41am

Lollipops23 wrote: »

As someone who recently had a bereavement, I get the "humour as a coping mechanism" thing. But people have been murdered in horrific circumstances.

Can you not keep the sick jokes to yourself right now?

They're sick to you. Look if it bothers you that much, tell me and I'll delete the post.

So far all I got was people being insulting and rude.

davet82 · 20-07-2012 10:41am

smash wrote: »

For people wondering why the baby was at the cinema? Who cares why it was there, you need to be questioning why someone would do this to people in the first place.

because nut jobs have easy access to guns in america

old hippy · 20-07-2012 10:42am

danniemcq wrote: »

to quick and painless

Yeah, brilliant idea. Violence and bloodlust. Revenge. Violence begetting violence.

Somebody asked what's wrong with the world? Can't you see?

martingriff · 20-07-2012 10:42am

chin_grin wrote: »

:pac:

Hey the worlds a dark place brother/sister/whatever you are, the way people see and deal with situations is how we cope. Some do it with humour, you should laugh once in a while.

But it's called "gallows humour", have you ever laughed at the death of someone/something? No? Oh you must be a perfect God-fearing citizen then.

By the way I'm not laughing at the murder of twelve people. We're making a joke of the situation...and also the fact that the US has crazy gun laws. I don't know those twelve from Adam. I'll admit it's sad, but life goes on albeit up its own ar$e.

But sure you just continue to judge me, I don't give a flying f*ck. I wonder do you voice your opinion of disgust at anyone you hear joking about these acts around you? If you're that ballsy here, then you should be in real life.

And thats not the same thing seriously:(.

I know you may not give a flying fcuk but guess what some respect would be good. So easy to be a d1ick when its anonymous aint it. Bet you would not be like this in front of people who could see you and know you.

davet82 · 20-07-2012 10:43am

can people debating what is or is not funny piss off and start their own thread

Basq · 20-07-2012 10:43am

A guy being interviewed at that stream above just said one of the images that'll stay with him was of a little girl with bullet holes in her back..

.. jesus, it'd take me a long time to get over seeing an image like that!

Tombi! · 20-07-2012 10:43am

martingriff wrote: »

And thats not the same thing seriously:(.

I know you may not give a flying fcuk but guess what some respect would be good. So easy to be a d1ick when its anonymous aint it. Bet you would not be like this in front of people who could see you and know you.

Actually I'm sure he would. Some people enjoy black humour.

I've never seen such an idiotic argument as "I dislike your sense of humour, so you shouldn't have it".

humanji · 20-07-2012 10:43am

This is not the place to discuss what constitutes comedy. And this is neither the time or place for jokes. Stick to the topic.

DrumSteve · 20-07-2012 10:44am

This obvioulsy wasn't a spur of the moment thing, someone actually sat down and planned this. Either way, the Americans will get their pound of flesh on this.

I don't normally agree with the Death Penalty, but in an instance like this, even I'd say the person that did this should be fried.

Bad Panda · 20-07-2012 10:44am

Update: Loan gunman apparently. His apartment building has been evacuated too in case there's explosives planted there. Jesus!

kfallon · 20-07-2012 10:44am

old hippy wrote: »

Yeah, brilliant idea. Violence and bloodlust. Revenge. Violence begetting violence.

Somebody asked what's wrong with the world? Can't you see?

What do you suggest instead as a matter of interest?

SantryRed · 20-07-2012 10:44am

You are all absolute cunts. You absolute ****. I hope all you in the first couple of pages who made sick jokes fcuking keel over and die. You absolute arseholes.

cloud493 · 20-07-2012 10:45am

Really? Making jokes about that now? Bad taste AH. RIP all the victims.

davet82 · 20-07-2012 10:46am

can we close this thread and start again maybe, its getting ridiculous in here!

Bad Panda · 20-07-2012 10:46am

A guy saying he was at that cinema a few weeks ago and the police were there checking people's tickets as they went in!!?! Strange.

danniemcq · 20-07-2012 10:46am

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

According to him it means you'd get beaten up in person if you said a joke like that. I don't get it. They come to AH, they know what AH is like. And then they equate people making jokes with deserving to be beaten up. I think I know what I'd say is worse and it's not the jokes.

I do make statements like my posts to mates. just like we all agree that the events are terrible and a tragic waste of life

Lumbo · 20-07-2012 10:47am

Bad Panda wrote: »

A guy saying he was at that cinema a few weeks ago and the police were there checking people's tickets as they went in!!?! Strange.

WTF was that going the achieve? Strange indeed.

Run_to_da_hills · 20-07-2012 10:48am

charlietheminxx wrote: »

:eek: What is WRONG with the world??

Rampant Wickedness and Evil in the Last Days.

RobbingBandit · 20-07-2012 10:48am

The movie is PG-13, there would have been lots of families at this,fcuking tragic.

old hippy · 20-07-2012 10:48am

kfallon wrote: »

What do you suggest instead as a matter of interest?

I suggest that revenge fantasies are not a million miles from what may have set off these guys in the cinema. And that's its ironic, people calling for revenge here, wouldn't you say?

That's what's wrong with the world.

martingriff · 20-07-2012 10:49am

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

So f**king ignore me then.

People bitch and moan AH is too serious and then someone makes joke and they're bad people?

Jokes are a f**king necessity at the worse of times. My apologies I tried to make myself laugh.

10 people dead 50+ injured as they were waiting for a movie as 1 or more gumen opened fire

Sometimes it best when to know to be respectful and serious. If you think there should be another forum for this please suggest one.

If you want to make yourself laugh do it on your own

old hippy · 20-07-2012 10:49am

SantryRed wrote: »

You are all absolute cunts. You absolute ****. I hope all you in the first couple of pages who made sick jokes fcuking keel over and die. You absolute arseholes.

More wishes of death and retribution. The tragic irony.

Bad Panda · 20-07-2012 10:49am

Lumbo wrote: »

WTF was that going the achieve? Strange indeed.

I know eh.

He said he knew it wasn't very safe. What a strange thing to say about a cinema, but maybe they had some threats there before...

Lumbo · 20-07-2012 10:50am

RTE are now reporting that 14 have died. 10 at the cinema and 4 later in hospital.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0720/ten-shot-dead-at-batman-premier-in-denver.html

carbon nanotube · 20-07-2012 10:50am

Temaz wrote: »

Jesus:eek:

http://news.sky.com/story/962756/reports-10-shot-dead-at-batman-film-premiere

Ten people have been shot dead at a Batman film premiere in Denver, Colorado, according to reports.
More to follow...

Shootings in the USA..

Yawnnnnn.

Lollipops23 · 20-07-2012 10:52am

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Shootings in the USA..

Yawnnnnn.

I feel sad for you that you can't empathise as a human being.

Really, I do.

chin_grin · 20-07-2012 10:52am

martingriff wrote: »

And thats not the same thing seriously:(.

I know you may not give a flying fcuk but guess what some respect would be good. So easy to be a d1ick when its anonymous aint it. Bet you would not be like this in front of people who could see you and know you.

It is a terrible thing to happen, but I'm equally shocked at the fact that it happened as well as the shooting. I meant no disrespect in my comments at all.

For me there are three things equally wrong in this case.

The fact that this took place.
The fact that there are stupid gun laws in the US.
The fact that whoever bought the gun wasn't "screened" (psychoanalysed) and/or thought this was ok to do.

Please stop getting me wrong on this, I wasn't saying that it was a joke that this happened. I was trying to point out (I'll admit in a stupid way) that the lackadaisical attitude to guns in an old piece of paper that was important then, but not now in civilised society. So that "they do it to themselves" quote of mine was very much out of place...but again it related to guns. (Sorry for repeating myself).

To anyone I've offended with my comments, I sincerely apologise. I wasn't trying to detract from the situation or get the most thanks or a rise out of people. And of course it's terrible for those affected and their families, I wouldn't like the same to happen to any of you.

But we all treat instances like this differently, albeit in horrible ways ourselves.

InvisibleBadger · 20-07-2012 10:53am

Bad Panda wrote: »

A guy saying he was at that cinema a few weeks ago and the police were there checking people's tickets as they went in!!?! Strange.

sauce?

charlietheminxx · 20-07-2012 10:54am

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Rampant Wickedness and Evil in the Last Days.

For once I actually agree with something you've said.

I'm starting the see the world as a far more malevolent and unsafe place lately. I'd stick an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" meme in here if it wasn't so highly inappropriate.

10 shot dead at Batman showing in Denver

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