Gunman opens fire in Lafayette, LA Movie Theater

[tennesseetiger]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/23/reports-shooter-opens-fire-at-louisiana-movie-theater/

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[Monkeyman2500]

I pray for the victims. But it seems the nuts are coming out of the woodwork.

[glowdotGlock]

Well that's Thursday's shooting. Wonder were Friday's will be. This is beyond rediculous.

[Omega]

Well that's Thursday's shooting. Wonder were Friday's will be. This is beyond rediculous.

Probably another no gun zone.

[rugerla1]

He was supposedly in the back of the theater shooting downwards. Did he shoot only a few times and then shoot himself? Seems someone would have tackled his punk a$$ since the gun was pointed forward. Unless it was empty being a Thursday and he had the room and time to commit this cowardly act!

[rugerla1]

Probably another no gun zone.

 

Very few aren't anymore. Like the teenage ticket takers are supposed to keep the customers safe  :rant:

[vontar]

CRAP.

 

 

 

Multiple reports indicated that at least two were dead, including the gunman

 

 

7 p.m. showing of “Trainwreck”

Edited July 24, 2015 by vontar

[glowdotGlock]

Just heard the shooter was 58. Not typically an age you think of with a mass shooting. I figured it was some teenager. Edited July 24, 2015 by glowdotGlock

[tennesseetiger]

Shooter was an older white male. Stood up about 30minutes in to the movie and opened fire shooting downward in to the other seats. 2 confirmed dead and 8+ injured.

That's what I'm gathering so far. I cannot believe both the states I consider home have both had shootings like this within a week of each other.

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[Mike.357]

f'd up stuff.   WTF

[gregintenn]

We do indeed live in interesting times. :shake:

[Moped]

It's been a deadly week, the terrorist attack in Chattanooga, last Thursday, a family of five stabbed to death in California, another family of five stabbed to death in Oklahoma and now this.

 

They are saying that two victims were killed and 7 wounded and then the gunman killed himself in Baton Rouge. The weapon used was a handgun.

Edited July 24, 2015 by Moped

[glowdotGlock]

For some reason I'm gonna bet he knew one of or both of the deceased. Who knows?

[TnShooter83]

For some reason I'm gonna bet he knew one of or both of the deceased. Who knows?

I have no idea. But why were so many others injured?
I never like to speculate, but with all the gun related shootings.
I'm betting it was random. None of this is going to help gun owners.
I don't have the answer(s) to what might or might not stop these type things.
But they (the government) will enact something, if for nothing else to at least
say. "Hey, we tried."

I truly hope this type thing never happens again.

[monkeylizard]

The jury decided today that Holmes' (Aurora, CO movie shooter) crimes were serious enough for the death penalty. Strange coincidence for this to happen on the same day as that.

[OldHat63]

Typical of the news media, there're articles about the theater shooting at the top of the news page, then this crap a little further down:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/11759907/Barack-Obama-says-failure-to-change-gun-laws-his-biggest-frustration.html

 

Seems the media is already grubbing around and trying to blame the guns again, instead of the lunatics and nut-jobs who actually pull the trigger.

 

I guess they've all forgotten how many people Timothy McVeigh killed without ever firing a shot.

[runco]

Another attention diverter.  While traction was being made on the Chattanooga shooting tragedy, now the media and low information populous will turn their attention to this.  Just sad. 

[hlb14]

Truly sad, the age of the shooter is what suprised me the most.

Edited July 24, 2015 by hlb14

[zgunbear]

The theater was a gun free zone. No one except the crazy guy was armed. So he did not have to worry about being shot.

[A.J. Holst]

The theater was a gun free zone. No one except the crazy guy was armed. So he did not have to worry about being shot.

I am about done with being a law abiding citizen unless I have to walk through a metal detector...

[monkeylizard]

TCA 39-17-1359 needs to go. Period.

[Randall53]

This is what gives me heartburn. When it comes to Sanctuary Cities and illegals that kill Americans here is what Democrats think:

 

"Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) who wants to protect all Sanctuary Cities from the Sanctuary Cities Act, which was just passed by the house, says that “The man who killed Kathryn Steinle should be punished to the full extent of the law, But don’t punish others for the crimes of the few.”

 

Yet, when it comes to gun control, that's exactly what they want to do.

[Caster]

It'll all be okay. Probably a couple more instances like this and big brother will step in put his foot down. He'll keep us all safe with some insanely ridiculous mandate boofooing us out of more constitional rights.

I hate be all tin foil hat this early but why does it feel like we're being set up by all these crazy people?

[tennesseetiger]

Identified the shooter.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/lafayette-louisiana-movie-theater-gunman-idd-john-russel/story?id=32653062

[gregintenn]

 

“He had Tea Party-radical Republican views on everything.

It didn't take long for this to get out in the media. :ugh:

 

I've yet to read the political leanings of the shooter in Chattanooga.