Louisiana Theater Shooting

[weltschmerz]

Breaking News

Another theatre shooting. 2 dead, 9 injured. Lafayette, Louisiana.

[Jaguar]

Police: Louisiana movie theater shooting leaves several wounded, shooter dead


(CNN)- The police chief in Lafayette, Louisiana, said a Thursday night shooting inside a movie theater left a number of people wounded and the shooter dead.

The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Sgt. James Anderson of the Louisiana State Police said.

The shooting inside the Grand Theatre 16 involved "multiple victims," the police department tweeted. Police said they received the call about 7:30 p.m. CT.


CNN : www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/us/louisiana-theater-shooting/index.html

[mmhmm]

Jul 23, 2015 21:28:43 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Breaking News

Another theatre shooting. 2 dead, 9 injured. Lafayette, Louisiana.

The latest I could find on this can be seen HERE.

[weltschmerz]

Jul 23, 2015 21:37:25 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Jul 23, 2015 21:28:43 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Breaking News

Another theatre shooting. 2 dead, 9 injured. Lafayette, Louisiana.

The latest I could find on this can be seen HERE.

Update

Shooter was white, 58 years old, patron of the theatre and known to police.

[weltschmerz]

3 dead, 9 injured.

[mmhmm]

Too sad.

It appears the shooter offed himself along with the other people he killed. Gotta wonder what gets into these people! Unless someone close to him was aware of what was bothering him, we may never know.

[Opti]

Lots of crazy going on recently. I think there was a horrible stabbing in Oklahoma. Perhaps I'll keep this in mind when I go to work tomorrow. 

[Jaguar]

Here's another Link

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/three-dead-lafayette-louisiana-movie-theater-shooting

[weltschmerz]

Some folks will howl that we need more guns. Others will howl that we need fewer guns.

In the long run, absolutely nothing will change, and next month there will be another school/church/theatre shooting. And the next...

[Shooby]

Jul 23, 2015 22:59:05 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Some folks will howl that we need more guns. Others will howl that we need fewer guns.

In the long run, absolutely nothing will change, and next month there will be another school/church/theatre shooting. And the next...

And your answer is what exactly...?

[weltschmerz]

I didn't say I had an answer, did I?

[Shooby]

You were commenting on the " howling" so I presumed you thought you had a better way.

[Jaguar]

They believe there's bombs in the car.

[mmhmm]

Jul 24, 2015 0:06:42 GMT -5 Shooby said:

You were commenting on the " howling" so I presumed you thought you had a better way.

I have a better way. We need to spend the time, energy, and money that goes into the damned gun arguments on mental health issues! That's a better way!

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Jul 23, 2015 22:59:05 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Some folks will howl that we need more guns. Others will howl that we need fewer guns.

In the long run, absolutely nothing will change, and next month there will be another school/church/theatre shooting. And the next...

While in the same time frame, people will also be using guns to protect themselves from criminals and nut bags. (do a search on "armed citizen") Of course the major media outlets won't be covering that, because you can sell a lot more commercials with a tragedy on display.  This link should help www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwj9-4q9qPTGAhVGHD4KHf5xDwQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Farticle%2F335739%2Ffacts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund&ei=DXmyVb3BMMa4-AH-470g&usg=AFQjCNHWA4e2X1cpSxmXHioFXZHkLyFGXA&bvm=bv.98476267,d.cWw  Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s to 26 in the first decade of this century. The chances of being killed in a mass shooting are about what they are for being struck by lightning. Until the Newtown horror, the three worst K–12 school shootings ever had taken place in either Britain or Germany.

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Jul 24, 2015 12:43:53 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Jul 23, 2015 22:59:05 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Some folks will howl that we need more guns. Others will howl that we need fewer guns.

In the long run, absolutely nothing will change, and next month there will be another school/church/theatre shooting. And the next...

While in the same time frame, people will also be using guns to protect themselves from criminals and nut bags. (do a search on "armed citizen") Of course the major media outlets won't be covering that, because you can sell a lot more commercials with a tragedy on display.  This link should help www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwj9-4q9qPTGAhVGHD4KHf5xDwQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Farticle%2F335739%2Ffacts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund&ei=DXmyVb3BMMa4-AH-470g&usg=AFQjCNHWA4e2X1cpSxmXHioFXZHkLyFGXA&bvm=bv.98476267,d.cWw  Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s to 26 in the first decade of this century. The chances of being killed in a mass shooting are about what they are for being struck by lightning. Until the Newtown horror, the three worst K–12 school shootings ever had taken place in either Britain or Germany.

Some will see this and use it to promote fear. Fear is used to make people believe they will be safer if they carry a gun around with them.

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Jul 24, 2015 13:38:22 GMT -5 @joey said:

Jul 24, 2015 12:43:53 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

While in the same time frame, people will also be using guns to protect themselves from criminals and nut bags. (do a search on "armed citizen") Of course the major media outlets won't be covering that, because you can sell a lot more commercials with a tragedy on display.  This link should help www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwj9-4q9qPTGAhVGHD4KHf5xDwQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Farticle%2F335739%2Ffacts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund&ei=DXmyVb3BMMa4-AH-470g&usg=AFQjCNHWA4e2X1cpSxmXHioFXZHkLyFGXA&bvm=bv.98476267,d.cWw  Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s to 26 in the first decade of this century. The chances of being killed in a mass shooting are about what they are for being struck by lightning. Until the Newtown horror, the three worst K–12 school shootings ever had taken place in either Britain or Germany.

Some will see this and use it to promote fear. Fear is used to make people believe they will be safer if they carry a gun around with them.

So being unable to protect themselves results in less fear? Were the people in that theatre less afraid because they didn't have a firearm ?

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The cause of murder is people.

[NastyWoman]

Jul 24, 2015 0:19:17 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Jul 24, 2015 0:06:42 GMT -5 Shooby said:

You were commenting on the " howling" so I presumed you thought you had a better way.

I have a better way. We need to spend the time, energy, and money that goes into the damned gun arguments on mental health issues! That's a better way!

 and we need to give less media time to perpetrators.  I think many of them want to be "remembered" or "known" for their acts.  We should refuse to give that to them.

[Deleted]

These shootings are the start of local terrorism with the media fame that follows every one that happens.  Time to call it what it is. 

[billisonboard]

Jul 27, 2015 13:53:52 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

These shootings are the start of local terrorism with the media fame that follows every one that happens.  Time to call it what it is. 

No disrespect to the victims intended, but this doesn't seem to be a particularly "special" occurrence. Not sure why this one would be "the start" of anything.

[happyhoix]

Jul 24, 2015 12:43:53 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Jul 23, 2015 22:59:05 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Some folks will howl that we need more guns. Others will howl that we need fewer guns.

In the long run, absolutely nothing will change, and next month there will be another school/church/theatre shooting. And the next...

While in the same time frame, people will also be using guns to protect themselves from criminals and nut bags. (do a search on "armed citizen") Of course the major media outlets won't be covering that, because you can sell a lot more commercials with a tragedy on display.  This link should help www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwj9-4q9qPTGAhVGHD4KHf5xDwQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Farticle%2F335739%2Ffacts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund&ei=DXmyVb3BMMa4-AH-470g&usg=AFQjCNHWA4e2X1cpSxmXHioFXZHkLyFGXA&bvm=bv.98476267,d.cWw  Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s to 26 in the first decade of this century. The chances of being killed in a mass shooting are about what they are for being struck by lightning. Until the Newtown horror, the three worst K–12 school shootings ever had taken place in either Britain or Germany.

Yes, but we had the nut bag that blew up an elementary school in 1927 because he was pissed about having to pay school taxes. Killed 38 kids and six adults. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

I was listening to a talking head last night commenting that the problem was not guns, the problem is that Americans are just far more violent than any other first world country - we do more murders by any means than anyone else.

Not sure that's true (it was just what some talking head said) but if it is, how depressing. Makes me wonder if we are just stuck with being the most civilized country with the highest homicide rate.

[happyhoix]

I heard Jindal talking about this the other day. The murderer admired Hitler and hated liberals so I guess he figured a showing of a rom-com movie would attract a lot of Jews and liberals?

Jindal was mad because this guy had two strikes against him - both a criminal record and mental health history - that would have prevented him from purchasing a fire arm in Louisiana, but he got around the law by going over the border to Alabama, where apparently (at least according to Jindal) they have no laws that prevent criminals or mental patients buying guns. (or maybe they don't enforce the laws).

 
Jindal was pushing for purchasing restrictions to be uniform across the states, which makes common sense so of course that won't happen.

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Jul 27, 2015 17:17:58 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 27, 2015 13:53:52 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

These shootings are the start of local terrorism with the media fame that follows every one that happens.  Time to call it what it is. 

No disrespect to the victims intended, but this doesn't seem to be a particularly "special" occurrence. Not sure why this one would be "the start" of anything.

I didn't mean the one mass shooting as referenced in the OP.  I meant the multiple times it has happened more recently with the plural of "shootings", not the multiple victims in this one occurrence.  There will be no way to know which occurrence is the exact start of domestic terrorism, as the perpetrators tend to self eliminate. 

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Jul 30, 2015 6:54:07 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Jul 24, 2015 12:43:53 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

While in the same time frame, people will also be using guns to protect themselves from criminals and nut bags. (do a search on "armed citizen") Of course the major media outlets won't be covering that, because you can sell a lot more commercials with a tragedy on display.  This link should help www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwj9-4q9qPTGAhVGHD4KHf5xDwQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Farticle%2F335739%2Ffacts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund&ei=DXmyVb3BMMa4-AH-470g&usg=AFQjCNHWA4e2X1cpSxmXHioFXZHkLyFGXA&bvm=bv.98476267,d.cWw  Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s to 26 in the first decade of this century. The chances of being killed in a mass shooting are about what they are for being struck by lightning. Until the Newtown horror, the three worst K–12 school shootings ever had taken place in either Britain or Germany.

Yes, but we had the nut bag that blew up an elementary school in 1927 because he was pissed about having to pay school taxes. Killed 38 kids and six adults. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

I was listening to a talking head last night commenting that the problem was not guns, the problem is that Americans are just far more violent than any other first world country - we do more murders by any means than anyone else.

Not sure that's true (it was just what some talking head said) but if it is, how depressing. Makes me wonder if we are just stuck with being the most civilized country with the highest homicide rate.

Probably debatable that we're the most civilized. Biggest economy maybe, but I would say other countries out there have a good chance of being more civilized. I am more concerned with the use of IED's as a mass murder weapon than guns. Easy to make for low cost. Kind of scary.

[happyhoix]

What scares me is our current political climate seems to be encouraging people to want to murder 'those' other people, whether 'those' people are liberals, as in this case, or 'police' or 'Muslims' or 'Christians' or any other group.

Too much rabid, hate filled dialogue predicting the end of our civilization if 'those' people aren't eliminated. 

Some of my ancestors were Quakers who immigrated to PA because they wanted to escape the religious persecution in 1600's England against anyone who was not Church of England. They came in hopes of being free and prosperous. Our main selling points have always been our tolerance that allows people to pursue their own idea of freedom, and the chance to succeed. I don't like that we seem to be getting mired in 'us against them' at this point in our history.