2 shot, 1 dead, for texting in a Florida cinema

Well at least they weren't playing chess...













































...sorry

MonaPizza wrote: »

The shooter is a nutcase alright. He's also a retired fcukin cop. Can you imagine a freak like this being tasked with upholding the law?

What the hell would he have done on the job if he encountered some kids skateboarding? Taken a flame-thrower to them and then mowed down their parents, relatives and all their acquaintances?


Don't they have tests to weed out lunatics like this for the police force in America?

Exactly..retired..you don't know what has gone on in his life since then.

He might have been the perfect cop but people and circumstances change.

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Candie wrote: »

This kind of thing drives me nuts.

It's a country of 316 million people. You're going to get more crazies.

It's also populated with some of the most intellectually adept people on the planet. It's home to 7 of the top ten universities by reputation in the world. Some of the worlds finest creative minds are American, some of the worlds best contemporary culture is American, certainly some of the currently greatest literature.

But yeah, 'Muricans, guns, fatties, whatever.

Yeah. And just think how great the place could be if you weren't allowed to buy a gun and smoke somebody because you're a fcuking nut.

MonaPizza wrote: »

He had the wherewithall to leave the theatre and return with a damn gun and proceed to kill someone. If this happened in Ireland and you spoke of wanting to understand what he may or may not have gone through in his life you'd be slagged off as some kind of soft-on-scumbags tree-hugger.

He shot somebody and then sat there awaiting his own arrest. Does that sound like the remit of someone who was defending himself?

I don't give a fcuk if the victim was urinating on people's heads and throwing bottles at the screen. It's not a justification for death.

I bet the 3 year-old misses her dad.

I never said he was defending himself..I said you do not know what has gone on in his life in the years since he retired as a police officer. Therefore it is ridiculous to bring up the fact that he was a cop at all. It makes no difference, being a cop i the past doesn't mean you're rock solid mentally in your older years.

Look at the case of the Garda who retired, visited the station later, gained access to the station's armoury and shot himself in the head. That Garda was only retired a few weeks and he snapped, imagine what could have gone on in this guy's life in 10/15 years.

Since you're a fan of the 'what if' game..what if that Garda had decided that killing a load of Gardai in the station was better than suicide.

Everyone has problems...'tests' like the ones you mentioned can't predict someone snapping in the future.

"Viewers are asked to ensure cell phones are switched off and side arm safety catches are on"

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

People texting while you trying to watch a movie is annoying, but not that annoying 0.o

The Movie hadn't even started, they were showing trailers :-(

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

The **** is wrong with some people?

It's unbelievable isn't it? They just can't keep their phone out of their hands for 2 fcuking hours, sad bastards.

Love nor Money wrote: »

Wait for the NRA statement: "The problem was that the deceased gentleman didn't have a gun to protect himself. If everybody in the cinema had a handgun, this tragedy would not have occurred."

This.

"If more people carried guns, everyone would be safer". It's such a bizarre point of view. The only people who carry guns are the kind of people who think they should use them. Therefore, more people get shot.