These heinous murders (like those that have happened before) are a sad reminder that we cannot stop a lone wolf, much less detect them prior to their acting on whatever sick and twisted fantasies they are Hell-bent on putting into play. It is a simple reality in a free-society. Bad people, sick people will do what they're going to do and we can only stop it if we get lucky.

One interesting thing of note that I learned the other day is that there are 3 people on Colorado's Death Row (hopefully there will be a 4th person soon), they're all former residents of the City of Aurora (meaning they lived there when they committed their crimes). How odd is that? I think it speaks volumes of what most of us have known about Aurora for a long time (my apoligies to the law abiding citizens of Aurora on here in advance). The fact remains, the City of Aurora seems to produce a much larger share of violent crime than anywhere else in the state.

This is probably why they restrict conceal-carrying in many places in the city. But it is also the reason there was not one person carrying a firearm in that theatre who maybe, just maybe could have prevented or reduced the level of carnage.

That's my 2-cents on it all.