TCTI: Too Crazy Too Ignore
 Dave Ross
Colorado shooting

It's happened before; it will probably happen again

July 20, 2012 @ 7:29 am (Updated: 6:55 pm - 7/20/12 )

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A woman cries outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning after a gunman opened fire at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises Batman movie Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into the crowded movie theater killing 12 people and injuring at least 59 others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)

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This time it happened in Aurora, Colorado, Century 16 theatre, theatre number 9, 20 minutes into the movie.

James Wilburn thought the guy in the dark suit might be part of the show.

"Personally, I thought it was a special movie effect that was going on. The next thing you know, people are running, screaming, scrambling, popcorn was flying in the air," said Wilburn.

Jennifer Seeger says the spent bullets fell on her.

"I was terrified, so I just dove into the aisle. But at that point he started shooting people behind me. I had bullets on my forehead, burning my forehead. I just told myself 'I need to get out of here, I need to get out of here.'"

Here's what Salina Jordan will never forget:

"You hear this alarm going off and it said 'Murder in the theater, murder in the theater, murder in the theater.' It's crazy that they have an alarm that says there's a murder in the theater, you know?"

And now they all have to deal with a completely normal situation turned into a horror show by one man.

"It does not make sense. Someone just comes and just randomly starts shooting people. We don't even know what it was for. It just doesn't make sense at all."

We'll eventually find out who James Holmes is, but he's not a terrorist we're told, and thousands of other showings were peaceful, so really we have to start seeing these things as natural disasters. Like an earthquake. Or a tornado.

Powerful weapons have become part of our natural environment. They have special protection. Every adult with a clean record has a right to as many as they can afford, and occasionally one of them snaps.

"You never know what's going to happen in a movie theater, in a movie theater. I mean, what really can you say?"

Nothing.

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  • Snout wrote...
    It happened before and will happen again.
    July 20, 2012 9:21 am
    Oh the profundity. Of course it will happen again. Life is replete with instances of random evil. Just calling people crazy and wringing our collective hands serves no purpose other than to put a simple explanation to a complex problem that we can't solve. Evil exists, my friends. Pray for the victims and stand fast against the evil that exists.
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  • bmaddy wrote...
    Dave
    July 20, 2012 9:27 am
    Ross your and IDIOT!
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  • Newton wrote...
    Truth is Guns save more Lifes then takes them.
    July 20, 2012 9:32 am
    A gun is the same as a garden tool. Anything can be used as weapon. Guns are here to protect you. DON'T FORGET IT!!.
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  • kata wrote...
    The only thing people should be saying is
    July 20, 2012 9:39 am
    "I’m sorry you had to go through this. How can I help?"

    Ugh...

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  • Rick (4) wrote...
    Shooter NOT Tea Party
    July 20, 2012 9:54 am
    Here is story from Huffington Post:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/brian-ross-tea-party-colorado-shooting_n_1689471.html

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  • Dark Jedi wrote...
    Here is a real shocking concept
    July 20, 2012 9:59 am
    How about we wait to get all the facts about the chain of events and the details about the shooter before we start pointing fingers? Today the focus should be on the people who lost their lives and those who were hurt by the shooter.

    It is premmature to start involving political agendas on such a tragedy.

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  • maplefish wrote...
    Thank you Jedi
    July 20, 2012 11:22 am
    That's all I was trying to relate....This is a very sad situation.
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    Red/Blue comments on a blog are one thing...it's a discussion board..duh!
    July 20, 2012 10:04 am
    but for ABC News correspondent Brian Ross to spew political hatred on Network Snooze is a new low, even for the MSM. Ross incorrectly suggested that the killer was a member of the Tea Party The James Holmes, who is a member of the Tea Party, has no relation to the shooter. He is now receiving death threats. At least they haven't blamed this one on Sarah Palin (yet).
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  • badboy wrote...
    What is it about "Now, we don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes. But it's Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado."
    July 20, 2012 10:24 am
    You don't understand?
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  • kata wrote...
    I dunno
    July 20, 2012 10:26 am
    ask the people sending death threats?

    Another reason to be happy I no longer have CATV.

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  • Cbrew wrote...
    badboy - I'm sorry man i gotta go with Kersey on this one, I'm left leaning but this isn't about politics
    July 20, 2012 10:31 am
    I don't care if he said "now we don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes" i don't care... That's not the point to me, the point is he was looking for a connection in the first place and that to me just isn't right... i think they should can this guy for being insensitive to the families of the victims... this is not a political debate... real people were murdered and many more wounded.
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    you see...sometimes it is possible to find agreement
    July 20, 2012 10:35 am
    even here. Thanks Cbrew.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    Paul Kersey - I know what i say is at times abbrasive and our arguments can get pretty heated (well as much as they can online)
    July 20, 2012 11:15 am
    but in the end I try not to forget that all of us are American and i have to respect that you can completely disagree with everything i believe and I should still respect you because you have the right to do it... Heck i joined the Army partly because i believe so strongly in that right. I hope you don't get the impression i hate you, i really don't, i just disagree with your politics... which at the end of the day, isn't the most important thing.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    Kersey, really? he said that?
    July 20, 2012 10:26 am
    That's crazy, Look no politics at all dropping all that B.S. this is a tragedy and the most disrespectful thing any media outlet or politician can do is try to make it into a political issue rather than what it is... a tragic event with many victims.... I hope this Brian Ross fellow, if he said those things, i hope he gets fired.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    Who is the Villain here?
    July 20, 2012 10:31 am
    The Joker? Why is this Hollywood crap hyped?
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  • bora wrote...
    Good job Hollywood. You're doing just great. Please continue
    July 20, 2012 10:57 am
    what else?
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    surprised incidents like this are as rare as they are
    July 20, 2012 11:10 am
    with what, 300,000,000 people in the US there always have been and always will be a handful of crazies. It's not about politics or the nra or anything else and there's no use in trying to find a logical explanation because there isn't one. And to say it's about guns is silly. Gary Ridgeway used his bare hands to kill his 30+ victims. Tim Mcveigh used a truck and some fertilizer to kill 160. Al qhadia used box knives and jet fuel to kill 3000. Ted bundy used a log and his hands to kill a hundred or so.
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  • kata wrote...
    pretty much
    July 20, 2012 11:15 am
    if you're bat&^@% crazy you're going to do whatever your private demons are telling you to do. This kid apparently dressed as "The Joker" and told people that's who was. I blame no one except the shooter.

    The Red Cross is setting up in a local school to help with people being displaced while they pick through this guy's apartment for explosives and helping people deal with their grief. So instead of feeling helpless and angry - help someone instead.

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  • dbhawkfan84 wrote...
    ok...
    July 20, 2012 11:18 am
    How did this piece of !@#$ get in the theater with not just a gun but a AK47!!!??? That's disturbing. Every time I go to a movie there are Cops and or a security guard. All I gotta say is that we can't let this deter us from seeing what is gonna be THE movie of our generation. Don't let this crazy idiot win!
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  • maplefish wrote...
    @dbhawkfan84
    July 20, 2012 11:26 am
    Alright, that made me laugh....THE MOVIE of our generation? Really? Ok, thanks for the humor on this sad day....
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    dbhawkfan84 wrote...
    July 20, 2012 2:54 pm
    How did this piece of !@#$ get in the theater with not just a gun but a AK47!!!??? ----------- Read the story. he slipped in a side door/emergency exit. He didn't come in through the front door. The emergency exits are never guarded in theaters.
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