Absolutely horrific.

Can't believe things like this could happen. Feel so sorry for the families who would've been thinking their son, daughter, sister, brother, father, mother, friend whatever had gone to enjoy a movie they had waited YEARS for

Then something like this happens.

I pray they get the hope & courage they need to get through this.

Many people are now suggesting that "Copy cat" acts might be followed by psychos and are asking TDKR to be removed from theatres.

may u rest in peace...very sad

Most people who get concealed carry permit have had good training with a hand gun in order to get the permit and most of those people I think would be smart enough to know what to do in that situation in order to save lives.It was said in the chaos the gunman also went up to the balcony level after shooting some on the main level. In the chaos there undoubtedly would have been an oportunity to put a bullet in the back of his head to at least stop him from shooting more.

I do however agree that anyone who wants a concealed carry permit should recieve rigorous training before obtaining a license.

Still strict gun laws will not stop serious killers. And will just make it more difficult for law abiding citizens to defend themselves.

Death penalty for having a gun with no license even if they didn't commit a violent crime? Don't you think that would be a bit excessive for simply not having a license?

I don't think any amount of training with a gun will allow someone to properly comprehend what is going on in a situation like this unless he has actual experience in life or death situations. While it is true in certain situations a gun owner could save the day, this is not one of them. Unless the gun owner is a very experienced police officer or soldier, who has been in combat situations, there is almost no way he would have been able to keep his cool, and patiently wait for an opportunity to kill the man. He would either ran away or start shooting at the man immediately, not knowing he had body armor and being in a dark room full of tear gas.

Regardless hopefully this tragedy is not something that crazy people decide to copy.

While true that would be a severly nerve racking and horrific event to experience I still think giving citizens more ability to defend themselves would help in most circumstances. Granted this man had a bullet proof vest, gas and it was a dark room, but chances are there was probably either an off duty cop, or military/x military individual in the crowd that would likely had proper training in that situation that could have potentially saved lives.

I think allowing concealed weapons would still be worth it even in a risky situation like that if it had the potential to save more lives and stop the killer. I will always err on the side of giving more opportunity to allow law abiding citizens to defend themselves. But I do however agree that having a concealed carry permit should require extensive training.

And as you of course I also hope this does not attract other mentally unstable people to copy this event.

that's just so messed up. My heart goes out to all the victims.

Doesn't change the fact he could have done a thousand other things to kill them. Or purchased the gun illegally. We don't know if he owned firearms legally, or illegally.

You magically assume evil people won't be evil if they can't own a gun. That isn't the case. American crime rates have steaidly been decreasing for the past 20 years, despite the fact that gun ownership is at an all-time high.

Furthermore, the availability of carry concealed weapons have done a lot to prevent these types of shootings, or at least mitigate the damage. In the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, it wasn't a cop that aprehended the suspect, but gun owner with a legal carry permit.

He was asked "Why would you do such a horrible thing?" to which he replied "I'm a Spider-Man fan"

Gun crimes in the UK are almost unheard of - when it happens, it's serious gangs aiming to rob diamond/jewelery shops or something, not just some random guy with a rifle. But I guess you're right in that gun ownership in America has gone past the level of just being able to ban them now, too many people own them, so it's safer to own them than to not