Man Fatally Shot For Texting In A Movie Theater

[Feenix]

I bet the NRA is loving this.

They'll say Oulson should have been armed himself.

Why just have one person firing a gun when you can have 2 people firing a gun?

Everyone should duel!

 

[Hal_Jordan]

Oh look, a "good guy with a gun!" This is the type of person the NRA gun nuts keep telling me we need MORE of?

No thanks.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

This law sounds more trouble than its worth. All these self-defense shooters seem to pull the trigger before getting any sort of clarity on the situation.

It's usually because they are extremely paranoid, and why they carry a gun in the first place.

This Reeves guy didn't see what he was hit with so he pulls out a gun and shots the guy. WTF.

Yes, because his feelings were hurt, and he felt disrespected, so he shot the guy. I mean, it was really the only thing he could do.

 

[Feenix]

Yes, because his feelings were hurt, and he felt disrespected, so he shot the guy. I mean, it was really the only thing he could do.

I'll bet he has a small penis.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

This clearly a manifestation of an old man's impotence.

 

[<(o_o)>]

I just have to ask what is a retired cop doing with a gun, most likely a pistol, in the first place?

He probably had a permit to carry it legally.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

So the NRA's solution is to arm everyone in the theater.

Darkened theater , a bunch of strangers with deadly weapons, and blasting speakers drowning out any reasoned speech.

Yeah, no one innocent could be hurt in that scenario.

 

[Marvolo]

In my state even if a person has a concealed carry permit it is unlawful to carry a gun in a theater or stadiums or any place of that sort so the NRA cant defend this ****. Concealed carry permits arent a free for all and guns are not permited in all areas for good reason. If the man who was murdered would have had a gun he would have been breaking the law himself. This is a damn shame and i hope they throw the shooter under the damn prison. Piece of hot headed ****.

 

[Morg]

Can we just chisel Florida off the land mass and let it float away?

 

[Breogan]

Texting and yammering during previews is rude.
There tends to be two kinds of previews, the house lights-on previews, tend to be tv show commercials and some movies, I couldn't care less what anyone does while the lights are on, sing and dance down the isle for all I care.
Then theres the lights-off previews.
Usually after the switch your phone off courtesy announcement and the lights go off.
Texting, talking loud even looking at your lit up phone at this point is rude. If you think you have to fine, but it is rude.
I don't care if your'e the president the pope or some clueless self important insecure prickface, once the lights are off your annoying voice and glaring light should not be part of the show.
Your're not that special, Switch the frack off.

But yeah, nobody should get shot over it.

 

[charl_huntress]

Meh...this is another reason I don't go to the movies anymore.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

You're afraid of getting shot?

 

[Feenix]

You're afraid of getting shot?

That's what I thought, too

The next time you're in a theatre, just remember that the person sitting next to you might shoot you.

 

[charl_huntress]

You're afraid of getting shot?

^^Me?

No...not afraid of that at all.

I just have to ask what is a retired cop doing with a gun, most likely a pistol, in the first place?

As a former law enforcement officer, he was probably licensed to legally carry a concealed firearm. Most LEOs and former LEOs usually are.

 

[moviedoors]

Then theres the lights-off previews.
Usually after the switch your phone off courtesy announcement and the lights go off./QUOTE]

I've only ever seen the lights dim during trailers, shutting down to full movie mode once the movie proper starts. Additionally, the "please turn off your phones" warning also comes after the previews. Hell, it's how I know the trailers are over and the movie proper is about to begin.

 

[roach]

That's why I am glad that I frequent a theater that makes sure people are not on their phones...they patrol the theater and announce at the beginning of the film to not be on your phone.

 

[Teelie]

And there's now a claim this isn't his first run in with theater texters. Whether it's the truth or someone looking for some publicity remains to be seen but I can believe it's probably true.

A few weeks before a texting dispute turned deadly inside a Florida theater, the suspect Curtis Reeves had another run-in with a moviegoer, prosecutors said.

During Reeves' first court appearance on Tuesday, prosecutors said they have heard from another theater patron who said the 71-year-old former Tampa cop saw her texting and "glared at her the entire time throughout the movie" during a screening about three weeks ago.

When the woman got up to use the restroom, Reeves followed her and "made her very uncomfortable," prosecutors said.

CNN affiliate WTSP later identified the woman as Jamira Dixon of Wesley Chapel, the Tampa suburb where Monday's shooting took place.

"He became just upset about the whole situation and kept staring and kept giving us dirty looks," Dixon told the station.

Dixon said she first heard about Monday's shooting on the radio while she was driving.

"I had to pull over the car because ... it could have been us," she said. "It was just so close to home. It really makes you think how things could have went."

CNN

 

[charl_huntress]

I just have to ask because I've only read the article here and I didn't watch the CNN stuff. Is this Reeves guy white, and is the person he shot black?

 

[Teelie]

Both are white.

 

[Xeno]

There was a report about this on the Today Show. The shooter is definitely claiming that he was justified under the Stand Your Ground law. That law has had the effect of giving idiots with guns a license to kill. Opponents foresaw that before it was enacted but of course it's exactly what NRA had its legislative hand-puppets wanted.

The same man has been identified by another couple who say that he menaced and harassed them at the same theater for texting last month. Apparently this guy has anger issues and a pattern of going off. He might have come packing because of the earlier incident. A heavy, old man who wants to start arguments with healthy younger men would probably go into it expecting to feel threatened and prepare accordingly.

 

[charl_huntress]

Both are white.

Thanks!

Meh...I'm sure they'll re-evaluate the law in Florida and in many other states.

 

[roach]

Both are white.

Which will make it difficult for the jury because killing a white person is a crime as well as sending a white person to jail.

 

[warhorse78]

I am usually against senseless uses of guns but the guy who was texting deserved it

No. I hate texting, and I just take my ice from my cup and throw it at the butthead, but I don't think killing someone over a $10.00 movie is a good idea.

 

[warhorse78]

You're afraid of getting shot?

Well, a friend of a friend was killed in a theater by being strangled. I can't even remember what the ordeal was about either, but it just goes to show, that the saftey net we have around us is just an illusion, a very elaborate one at that.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I'm pretty sure SV fan is joking, at least I hope he/she/it is because if not then like this vicious old man they're probably a sociopath who shouldn't be allowed to live among civilized humans.