Breaking: 6 injured in movie theatre shooting in Lafayette, LA. Shooter dead.

[ArcadiaGP]

Three killed, seven injured in Louisiana theater shooting: police

3 killed, 7 injured

 

[SteveM4A1]

I don't think I've been to a theater that didn't have a sign up in recent years.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Barely an hour after, the political trash is flying.

Get ready for a bumpy Friday.

 

[Bill of Rights]

So much for an armed citizen stopping him. Well, I guess the armed citizen was both the perpetrator and the savior.

Frank, with respect, it's unlawful to carry there, for those of us who follow the law. I'm not following what you mean about (another) armed citizen stopping him, when none of the good guys would be violating laws and carrying there,

 

[AngryRooster]

It is sad that we think of crap like this right away after a tragic thing like this happens. I'm not bashing you for thinking it, because I was thinking the same thing.

Criminals don't care about what laws they break when breaking the law. My guess is this guy new it was unlawful to carry that weapon into the theater but didn't care. The Dad that had his EDC on his hip put it under his seat or left it at the house when he took the family to the movies because he didn't want to go to jail for protecting his family!!!!! I am racking my brain thinking I have taken my kids to 2 movies in the last month and I can't for the life of me tell you if the theater that we went to has a no guns allowed sign. -Jason

I know the ones around me (Muncie, Richmond, etc) are all AMC and have their no guns signs proudly posted. It's very rare we go to the movies at all. It's gotten less common over the years and now we'll probably not go again at all. We won't be missing much. Our movie for this year was Jurassic World, the previous one was Guardians of the Galaxy. I carried during both of those. Normally I don't go into places that are posted, but for movies we have no choice around here. When the wife says she wants to see something in the theater for her birthday then we go, but we both go armed.

I'm wondering if any of the news stations will bother to check about the signs carrying the weight of law there and the posted gun free zone signs?

 

[igotdiesel2]

CNN is interviewing a guy right now who said he carries a gun every he goes to the movies and he thinks that America should rethink the GFZ's How did CNN let this guy on the air? -Jason

 

[SSGSAD]

Amazingly enough, I just looked on the Louisiana page of Handgunlaw.us and found that "no guns" signs have the weight of law in Louisiana
AND
according to The Grand Theatre - Corporate , this theater forbids firearms.

Just like every other time, the good guys are disarmed and the bad guys rack up a body count.

THIS, is the info I was looking for .....

Prayers to all involved !!!!!

 

[Cameramonkey]

They also closed all other theaters in town as a precaution.

Seriously? Are they THAT paranoid and wussified that some old white dude does something stupid and they are worried about others doing the same? There had better be some extenuating circumstances that they reveal later to justify this. I could see an "ethnic" man with a neckbeard screaming aloha snackbar as he fired prompting others to close, but this just seems too isolated to me.

If its just some random guy like this snapping causing the other venues to close, we have lost.

 

[Dead Duck]

CNN is interviewing a guy right now who said he carries a gun every he goes to the movies and he thinks that America should rethink the GFZ's How did CNN let this guy on the air? -Jason

 

[yepthatsme]

How long till Obama executive order?

This was my first thought as well. Maybe he will make an executive order to ban 58 year olds. That would have about the same affect.

 

[yepthatsme]

I'm waiting for the liberal news media to report that this was a white, right wing extremist because we all know they are the real home grown terrorists.

 

[MisterChester]

Two killed, nine injured in Louisiana theater shooting: paramedics

Shooter: lone white male, age 58

I wonder if that gun shop owner in Florida who banned Muslims from his shop will now ban older white men.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I really don't think it does any good to have network news wall-to-wall coverage of shootings like this.

There's no such thing as local news any longer. Everything is national, which makes everything local.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Frank, with respect, it's unlawful to carry there, for those of us who follow the law. I'm not following what you mean about (another) armed citizen stopping him, when none of the good guys would be violating laws and carrying there,

Huh, I thought the motto was "...shall not be infringed." Is it an arrestable offense to carry a gun in a theater in La.?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Huh, I thought the motto was "...shall not be infringed." Is it an arrestable offense to carry a gun in a theater in La.?

the reports I have seen are that signs carry the weight of law in LA.

 

[jblomenberg16]

I'm waiting for the liberal news media to report that this was a white, right wing extremist because we all know they are the real home grown terrorists.

Honestly I hope they never release the guy's identity. These cowards that do these kinds of acts are looking for the notoriety that comes with it. I think it is no coincidence that this shooting happened so close to the verdict for the whackoin Aurora was announced, and on the heals of the Charleston and Chattanooga shootings. Not sure the motive, but I can't help but think all the press those events got had some influence on this guys decision.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I'm waiting for the liberal news media to report that this was a white, right wing extremist because we all know they are the real home grown terrorists.

If homegrown is used appropriately, then yeah

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

the reports I have seen are that signs carry the weight of law in LA.

That sucks.

 

[Cemetery-man]

And all this just hrs after his latest anti-gun speech. Obama is probably overjoyed with the timing of this incident. Going to be a lot of gun control speeches and media attention this weekend so get ready for increased enthusiasm from the antis.

 

[cobber]

I'm not a tinfoil kind of guy, but the timing of these incidents and the media coverage is bizarre.

Clearly this is one thing the media are trained to do, pick up on shooting incidents and promote them 24/7. Hillary or the IRS? Not so much...


And in Charleston, the shooter just happens to choose the church where the state representative is the pastor, and is present with the group that night...