Movie theater publicity stunt features man with tactical gear, fake gun

[SuperiorDG]

Okay, how stupid is this? If I were there I probably would have shoot this idiot. Afterward, sued the shit out of them for my PTSD.\

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A man dressed in full tactical gear and carrying a fake gun crept into the lobby of a Missouri movie theater after a late-night premiere of the film “Iron Man 3″ last weekend. The theater’s owner is calling it great entertainment.
Colorado residents aren’t likely to agree with him.
According to KMIZ, Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters manager Bob Wilkins paid an actor to enter the theater wearing the a costume similar to the one donned by the gunman who opened fire on an Aurora movie theater in July 2012, killing 12 and injuring 58 more.
Wilkins insists hundreds in his movie theater were entertained by the stunt. John Morlock, a retired Army war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress, was in the theater and left far from entertained.
“We’re just getting into the car when I spotted a man in full assault gear, carrying what appeared to be a modified M-4 and 9 mm on his side,” Morlock told KMIZ. “It’s just unbelievable. The whole country is talking about gun control because of shootings in theaters and schools.”
Morlock didn’t call 911. But Jefferson County Police spokesperson Doug Shoemaker said many others did, as his department received a slew of calls reporting “a man dressed in all black and body armor with a rifle walking into Capital 8 Theaters.”
“Everything was in place,” Shoemaker said, comparing the scene to the one that transpired at the late-night premiere of the “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora. “It’s the opening night of a superhero movie, it’s somebody walking in all-dark clothes — everything pointed to bad things about to happen. There was really no good that could come of that.”
Wilkins disagrees. The man who planned the stunt months in advance told KMIZ if he had it to do all over again, he would.
“My job is to entertain people,” he said.
Had the actor Wilkins hired been engaged by a concerned civilian — something that Shoemaker believes would have been likely had one of his off-duty officers been in attendance — the theater’s stunt could have turned tragic in a hurry, Shoemaker said.
“There is an unfortunate lack of wisdom in this particular judgement,” Shoemaker said. “Hopefully it will never occur again.”

[rockhound]

hmm dumb way to get shot

[ChuckNorris]

There's no fixin' stupid!

I probably would have plugged him!

[rondog]

That idiot "manager" needs to be fired immediately! Tell 'em what you think.

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[Aloha_Shooter]

Dumbasses. Even ignoring the issue of whether the actor might been shot, how disrespectful is that toward the survivors and families of victims of the Aurora shooting?

[blacklabel]

I have no idea how that could be considered entertainment.

[dirtrulz]

There will likely be many lawsuits over this, and hopefully the theater loses ever one of them. Has to be the dumbest thing I have heard in a while. Takes a real moron to go into a theater dressed like that. I carry pretty much everywhere and if I was one of the first he pointed his fake gun at I would have defended myself. I would guess it would be obvious pretty quick it was fake but at the very beginning not so much. The idiot entertainer took a big risk with his life. He should be prosecuted along with the manage.

[Hound]

Are they serious in this current "affraid of our own shadow" environment we currently live in. This just made CCW even harder. Now when I am carrying, this will put even more delay into any action and could end me up in trouble or dead for acting Exactly as CCW was intended. If this idiot comes out and draws on the crowd, I then draw, it will be more delayed trying to figure out what is going on. If the "fake gun" has any light effect I would not be able to tell the difference. If the gun is not fake I and my family are probably dead. When the cop comes in, I may be the only person with a real gun! Again, I am dead when the cop shots me unless he has enough reaction time. Or the cop shots him. I could be in trouble for even drawing since there was no other gun. WTF were these guys thinking!! Guns are not toys and treating them as such is the problem. You have jackasses doing stunts like this which show a complete lack of understanding of what a gun is from the general public and then the other jackasses in Gov thinking these are only toys that should be taken away!!!

What part of these are not toys keeps escaping these people!!!

[speedysst]

I seriously think that you would be justified in double tapping that ass clown in the chest. This was not entertaining or funny in any way and the manager needs some serious counseling to help his sickness. I would not wait to find out if the gun was real because if it was, by the time you figured it out, it would be too late.

[KestrelBike]

That's a good way to have someone have a heart attack and die. Im surprised no one did.

Having someone dressed up as ironman, ok cool costume. But to basically copy the aurora shooter? F'ing stupid.