Mass shooting at Century 16 in Aurora

[Mtn.man]

One day I would like to see headlines:

25 people with minor gunshot wounds...active shooter SMOKED by citizen legally carrying side arm.

To bad it wouldn't make national news. This is all so tragic. Thoughts go out to the families and friends.

Yeah, not gonna happen.

[blacklabel]

Yeah, not gonna happen.

Wouldn't the New Life Church shooting fit that description?

[Sawin]

Wouldn't the New Life Church shooting fit that description?

Yes, it's a great example. Things can turn out differently, even in the worst of conditions like this.... had a ccw holder been present and responded with defensive fire, I sincerely doubt there would have been any more damage than Holmes did himself. They could have only diverted attention to themselves, possibly allowing innocents to escape, or they may have been successful in stopping these murders sooner... Sadly we will never know. I just pray we don't lose the right to protect ourselves and family's over all of this.

[Ronin13]

Just crazy. Sick people. I had a little issue this morning (phone died last night and so my alarm didn't go off) over slept and once my phone had enough charge it went nuts. Apparently the gal I work with got a phone call from my mom who hadn't heard from my brother (who lives at her house) looking for us and wondering what we knew. The gal told my mom that we had gone to see Batman last night (which we did not) and my mom freaked. But why would we go from Lakewood/Evergreen all the way to Aurora? Still she called hospitals inquiring about us. Very scary. I feel terrible that she had to have that moment of panic.

Thoughts and prayers with the families and victims, and my prayers for this psychopath, may God have mercy on his soul, because Lady Justice surely should not show him one ounce of mercy. I also pray for some clarity for those who falsely believe that banning law-abiding folks from owning/purchasing firearms will help anything as it will only make it so the wolves (criminals) are the only ones with guns and the rest of the sheep have no sheep dogs (gun owners) to protect them.