dakota.potts
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This is true. I assume the media would have run with it if it came out somebody was carrying and these people could have been killed
Let's have a fake attack on Iron Man 3
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I was at the movie yesterday carrying my LCP and about five minutes after the movie started a guy made his way to the front exit and appeared to unlock the door. My radar immediately went on as I wondered was someone sneaking in or something worse. Well, nothing happened, but about thirty minutes later the same thing happened again and I realized it was an employee checking to assure the door was locked. I can only imagine what I might have done if these idiots showed up.
Arrest the guy who came up with this promo for endangering the public.
As has been stated here numerous times- any concealed carry American would have been in his rights to have drawn his weapon and potentially open fire had these people pointed their 'fake' weapons at him or the assembled crowd.
On what planet does this make sense when not so long ago we had a nutjob kill so many people in a theater?
Someone needs to go to jail for this stupidity.
The vulture lawyers should have a field day on this one.
As has been stated here numerous times- any concealed carry American would have been in his rights to have drawn his weapon and potentially open fire had these people pointed their 'fake' weapons at him or the assembled crowd.
On what planet does this make sense when not so long ago we had a nutjob kill so many people in a theater?
Someone needs to go to jail for this stupidity.
The vulture lawyers should have a field day on this one.
Spats McGee
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Wow. This plan falls into my "galactically stupid" category. There are oh-so-many problems with this plan, and an equal number of ways it could have ended horrifically.
ETA: Our local theaters do not have "no guns" signs. . .
ETA: Our local theaters do not have "no guns" signs. . .
sir_n0thing
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Un-freaking-believable. This easily could have ended extremely badly.
Depending on jurisdiction, some variation of disorderly conduct would be the only thing I could think of charging them with. Proving damages on a civil level would also be difficult.
I suppose the best thing is to publicize the names of the theater manager and everyone involved and see that this incident haunts them for a good long time.
Crazy88Fingers
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If any of you folks in Missouri are looking for a management position, there may be one opening up soon. 
Wreck-n-Crew
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Wish it were here in Ohio.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Umarex-XBG-CO2-Pistol/20931845?findingMethod=rr
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-P10-Phantom-BB-Pistol/15103493?findingMethod=rr
Several of them.
As far as I know there has been no issues other than when the Bad Guys use them in a robbery.
I realize they can paint them or in some cases pull them off so maybe they are less ussfull anyway. Might save a kid that leaves them orange though.
Back to the topic question....
I definitely could see my self drawing my firearm and taking cover if possible.
However, unless i was sure it was real i wouldn't fire as well as I would assume most here wouldn't either.
The question I have is would someone who did fire and someone was hurt, would they likely be in trouble in some states? I am just not familiar with the law in many states and I wonder if both the planners/executors of the fake attack and the person who fired be in big trouble? In some states?
Would be one of those real sticky ones many have referred to.
Might be a good Question for the law section of TFL. Think I will sit on that one. Maybe think on it a little more.
Aguila Blanca
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I don't think that's a valid assumption, especially not shortly after both Aurora and Sandy Hook. If I pay money to see a commercial motion picture, that's the "entertainment" I paid for and that I expect to receive. If I see a bunch of people dashing into the theater pointing very realistic-looking guns at me, why would I think it is anything OTHER than "real"?Wreck-n-Crew said:
I'm not saying I absolutely would open fire, but I'd say there's a very real probability I would. If you were being mugged in the parking lot behind a bar, would you wait for the mugger to shoot before you shot, to be sure it was a "real" mugging? I wouldn't. Why would I react any differently in a theater, when confronted by multiple assailants?
Frank Ettin has posted numerous times that the standard for using deadly force in self-defense is the "reasonable man" test: What would a hypothetical "reasonable man" do if confronted with the same situation in which you acted in self-defense? Personally, I think a "reasonable man" confronted with multiple armed adversaries would probably open fire preemptively. I certainly DON'T think a "reasonable man" would sit there and say to himself, "Oh, nothing to worry about, it's probably just part of the show."
Missouri is definitely a gun state with concealed carry laws and they are certainly on the 10A side of trying to keep the Fed out of State business at least as far as the 2A is concerned.
Yea, this was a bad idea that could have gone very wrong.
Think of the timing if local LE had showed up just as a CC guy opens up on one of the Cosplay dudes.
Yea, this was a bad idea that could have gone very wrong.
Think of the timing if local LE had showed up just as a CC guy opens up on one of the Cosplay dudes.
I see someone in a tac type outfit come into a theater, armed with what looks like an AR-15 and he doesn't have "Police" "FBI" "ATF" or "Sheriff" on his gear in big letters I am drawing and firing before you can say "Dog Meat".
Every "SWAT" type guy you see who is a LEO has some sort of clear identification on his gear.
Right or wrong, you hesitate long enough in that situation to figure out if the gun is real or not you probably are going to get shot if the gun is real..
In this case though it sounds like the "Gun" in question was easily identifible as a toy by a red or orange tip.
In regards to understanding a situation, it wouldn't matter if it was on the streets or in a theater. If someone has what looks like a real gun and is using it in a threatening manner towards me they are a legit target. That is called reasonable fear for ones life and safety. An orange or red tip sticks out like a sore thumb at the end of a firearm.
As a kid though I played with plenty of toy guys that looked just like the real thing. being a really dumb kid at one point I even removed the orange tips from sone of my toys.
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Patriot86, let's flip this around and say the threat had been legit, but were otherwise identical...
You are saying you would proactively initiate a shootout with SEVEN armed individuals in a crowded place?
Check the photo with the link. Ten people in costume, of which seven are in tac gear or trench and apparently armed.
Edit: Seems to me a better strategy would be to quietly try to get the family to and through an exit, which could then be used as a chokepoint or funnel, prior to any hostilities commencing.
You are saying you would proactively initiate a shootout with SEVEN armed individuals in a crowded place?
Check the photo with the link. Ten people in costume, of which seven are in tac gear or trench and apparently armed.
Edit: Seems to me a better strategy would be to quietly try to get the family to and through an exit, which could then be used as a chokepoint or funnel, prior to any hostilities commencing.
You're absolutely right.
But, if push comes to shove, and I don't know those are airsoft guns, there's a possibility I'd feel compelled to shoot. Then I'd find out that, rather than breaking up an attempted shooting, I'd just maimed or killed a mall ninja with poor decision-making skills who was pulling a prank.
That would be a hard thing to live with. I wonder if these people understand how close they came to being seriously harmed.
zincwarrior
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Well we did go see Iron Man III Saturday. We were in the back in a special dining theater with 1-3 the seats of normal - aka an excellent view of the rest of the theater. Between us and the other couple were two competition level shooters and former para rescue. Texas is a Shall Issue CHL state.
You figure out what would have happened.
You figure out what would have happened.
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zincwarrior
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Well I think the article noting one guy's PTSD flaring up. Thats at least one winnable lawsuit-and rightly so. Every person in that theater can make a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, and win it. The manager's fired shortly if not already.