hostage situation in Aurora

[eadgbe194]

You can bet the antis will be all over this in no time. Not much detail yet, but i can tell you that good men with guns rarely let bad guys take them hostage and would prevent this garbage more often than not.
http://www.9news.com/news/article/30...ora-town-home-

[dwalker460]

thats not far from me.

So are we going to predict details as they come available? Mine are:

Mentally disturbed fellow with a history of issues
handgun or shotty on scene but it will be reported that an assault weapon was present overseeing all activities
neighbors will say he was a loner type who kept to himself...

[jhirsh5280]

thats not far from me.

So are we going to predict details as they come available? Mine are:

Mentally disturbed fellow with a history of issues
handgun or shotty on scene but it will be reported that an assault weapon was present overseeing all activities
neighbors will say he was a loner type who kept to himself...

DING DING! We have a winner!

Do you think that all the media attention these guys get is prompting more and more attention hungry people to do this more often?

DING DING! A close runner up!

People with the aforementioned characteristics will view media attention as a sort of stardom for their issues, thus prompting more and more volatile situations. The more the media splashes their pictures across the screen and repeats their names the more this sort of stuff will happen. Its ok to acknowledge the event happened but leave it at just that, an acknowledgement, dont make it front page news of a newspaper or even headline news on a nightly news report.

[MileHighOutlaw]

I got stuck in the traffic around the scene on my way to work this morning. It's only a few miles from my house.

[Dave_L]

Yup, I woke up, turned on the news, saw this and said "Son of a....".

[Aust328]

Not again... Come on man?

Do you think that all the media attention these guys get is prompting more and more attention hungry people to do this more often?

What could be a solution?

[BigDee]

I own a rental unit at Hampden and Chambers. I'm sure this will do wonders for the property value.

[blacklabel]

What could be a solution?

Realizing that there are crazy people out there, putting distance between yourself and them and then preparing to defend yourself when distance isn't an option.

[Dave_L]

Realizing that there are crazy people out there, putting distance between yourself and them and then preparing to defend yourself when distance isn't an option.

Get that common sense BS outta here. WE all know that legislation is the only REAL solution.

[ray1970]

Realizing that there are crazy people out there, putting distance between yourself and them and then preparing to defend yourself when distance isn't an option.

Pretty sure Aust328 meant his question with a bit of sarcasm. I'm sure your solution was meant to have something to do with preventing the media for publicizing these types of activities to deter others from committing similar acts just for the publicity.