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Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times reports that an argument over texting ended in a cellphone user's death when a retired police officer in the audience shot him in a theater near Tampa, Florida on Monday. The report notes that 'cinema executives acknowledged during a trade conference last year that they debated whether to accommodate younger viewers by allowing text messages during some movies.'"
It was a retired cop.
And I do wonder why people would carry a gun when going to the movies.
Duh! Because nobody has ever walked into a theater and shot the place up? (ok, not that it is expected to happen again, but still. Proof it can happen)
Do you only buy life insurance when you travel? Only get car insurance for when you want to drive fast or during the winter when its more likely cars will slide into one another?
If you choose to carry, you carry most places. Doesnt matter if its at the theater, the store, the park, etc. Bad people willing to do bad things are everywhere you are. It isnt like a life jacket or bear spray that you can leave at home when you arent boating or hiking in the wilderness.
Guy was still a dick. Everyone knows texters only deserve a pistol whipping. LOL
I say they need to make the back 3 rows texting friendly. Anyone caught texting outside of those rows are fair game for immediate ejection with no refund. Maybe even banned from the property. If you cant be without texts/calls for 2 hours, you shouldnt be at the movies. First responder or someone who MUST be able to get texts? Sit your as on an end so you can easily excuse yourself if you get a text.
Right. The bad guy walks back into the cinema with his gun. Raises it into texters face, and *BAM* headshot! Brave, well armed Americans in the audience do the only logical thing of drawing their own weapons and *BAM* *BAM* *BAM* shoot the bad guy once in his guts, the other shot goes astray and the third one pierces a little girls lung, right through her popcorn bag. Bad guy is seriously hurt, but he's not down yet. Instinctively he defends himself and shots another two shots into the audience *BAM* *BAM*, he's a trained ex-police officer so he scores another headshot right in the eye while another shot ricochets of a wall and obliterates a guys jaw as he was fleeing the scene. Finally another gunman aims true and hits bad guy right in the chest. America wins!
Casualties:
1 bad guy (internal bleeding)
1 texter (headshot wound)
1 brave american hero (headshot wound)
1 little girl (suffocation in own blood)
1 pussy fleeing dude, hospitalized, survived, will talk funny for the rest of his life. Serves him right for not standing his ground