Another person arrested with weapons after seeing Batman

[CrufflerSteve]

Driving 112 and volunteering plans to murder? He'd really fallen off the edge. It sounds like there was a kernel of light left in that he was doing things to get caught. I'm so glad it ended without bloodshed.

I think the intensity of the media coverage has attractions to these borderline cases. How else can a loser become famous? I'd guess these people lack any kind of moral center.

I turned off TV coverage of these horrors after Columbine. It goes on day after day but there aren't many facts so it just gets unhinged. About day 3 or so I noticed it had become a how-to. Like they were giving lessons for the next whacko.

I'd love to see some sort of limit on the coverage. After all the facts are gathering some imposing type could go on the air, an Old Testament Walter Cronkite and say, "James Eagan Holmes - cursed be his name! May it never be uttered again. May all pictures of him be destroyed and may he be forgotten for all time."

I doubt if the media would voluntarily do this but boycotts could motivate them. That would cut down on copycats.

Steve

[NightCat]

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[rockhound]

i will watch his gun collection for him, just to be sure they are never used inappropriately

[lpgasman]

Sounds like total B.S. till this," driving a Mustang at 112mph with flashers on."" Must be real.

[colocowboy01]

I wonder while rifle was the "machine gun", or did it just look like a machine gun.

[jerrymrc]

I wonder while rifle was the "machine gun", or did it just look like a machine gun.

Fal class 101 gang. Most kit built Fal's will have a slector that goes into the FA position. Even supposed trained FFL's have sent many a Fal off to the BATF.

With out the Safety sear the hammer rides the bolt home and nothing happens. The best way to keep Dip stick from thinking your gun is a machine gun is to buy a Semi selector or install a pistol grip that keeps the selector from going to the FA positon.

I know of 20-30 cases where Mr clueless has said a Fal is a Machine gun because the selector moves to the FA position and I am sure that this is the case.

[Blubyue]

If he was on his way to shoot his employer and needed that arsonal.....
Who the hell does he work for?

[battle_sight_zero]

Fal class 101 gang. Most kit built Fal's will have a slector that goes into the FA position. Even supposed trained FFL's have sent many a Fal off to the BATF.

With out the Safety sear the hammer rides the bolt home and nothing happens. The best way to keep Dip stick from thinking your gun is a machine gun is to buy a Semi selector or install a pistol grip that keeps the selector from going to the FA positon.

I know of 20-30 cases where Mr clueless has said a Fal is a Machine gun because the selector moves to the FA position and I am sure that this is the case.

Great point on the FAL, I have seen selector switches do that on HK 91S too. Of course they don't shoot full auto.

Also the drama shot of the weapons laid out is designed to be shocking too.

[Ronin13]

Driving 112 and volunteering plans to murder? He'd really fallen off the edge. It sounds like there was a kernel of light left in that he was doing things to get caught. I'm so glad it ended without bloodshed.

I think the intensity of the media coverage has attractions to these borderline cases. How else can a loser become famous? I'd guess these people lack any kind of moral center.

I turned off TV coverage of these horrors after Columbine. It goes on day after day but there aren't many facts so it just gets unhinged. About day 3 or so I noticed it had become a how-to. Like they were giving lessons for the next whacko.

I'd love to see some sort of limit on the coverage. After all the facts are gathering some imposing type could go on the air, an Old Testament Walter Cronkite and say, "James Eagan Holmes - cursed be his name! May it never be uttered again. May all pictures of him be destroyed and may he be forgotten for all time."

I doubt if the media would voluntarily do this but boycotts could motivate them. That would cut down on copycats.

Steve

Steve, you make a GREAT point. Thank God the Olympics start this week, otherwise this would be dominating the news. All day Sat they were talking about this on the news... it's the big item of the month and we need something else to talk about. I was happy to turn on the news yesterday and see a piece about Missy Franklyn and some of the other US Olympians in London... finally the shooting is not the only damn thing they're talking about, and I only watch the news when I'm in Evergreen at my mom's house (probably once or twice a week).

I'm getting sick of the other stories getting squeezed in around this. What can you really say that hasn't been said 1,000 times already since Friday?