"Can we ever feel safe again in a movie theater?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Nonsense! We are very danger-specific in our concern.

The theater shooting doesn't cause us much concern at all, although we might continue to avoid crowded theaters during a pandemic of a communicable decease spread through person to person contact by air transmission in close quarters.

yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the people who stop going to movies because of this are the same people who walked in zig-zags when the shooter was targeting random people in the DC area. People who let blind fear override the basic understanding of how rare stuff like this really is.

I went to a movie yesterday with my daughter. I didn't think twice about it. I also flew in planes not long after 9-11 and I drive my car everyday, even though people die in car accidents daily.

I disagree with the analogy. I won't stop going to theaters (though I don't like them and don't go frequently, for many reasons including how gross it is to sit with a bunch of strangers in a dark place listening to sneezes and coughs). As far as the analogy, though--it's one thing when there is an active sniper out in your area. It's a known and specific threat. That applies only to people in the DC area, though--I'll bet there were people in Iowa who walked in zig-zag patterns then, just in case, and they're nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The neighborhood that this happened in was the Denver equivalent of SE DC. Will I ever go to a theater in Camden, Compton, or Anacostia? HELL NO. However, that has nothing to do with the shooting.

do you know this firsthand? Because I really doubt it.

agreed. Further, these top of crimes are often committed by the more elite/upper middle class/eduated...this guy a phD student in neuroscience, the Columbine kids, the Va tech kids....so I don't get your comment AT ALL.

[Anonymous]

I know it's irrational, but yes, i would feel hesitant about going to the movies right now. It makes no sense, I know, so no need to argue with me. I'm just anxious by nature anyway and tragedies like this make me go a little crazy. I also avoided Bethesda last year after the lululemon murder. Again, irrational. As for fearing being in big, crowded, public places, I'm like the earlier PP who said she's surprised (but obviously glad!) that these things don't happen more often.

[Anonymous]

I'm with PP in that I've always taken note of where the exit signs are in any situation - at least a plan A and B. I do the same thing on airplanes, etc. It's possibly paranoid, might save my family's lives one day. Would I change behavior based on this? No, though I might not have gone to see the same movie right away.

I disagree the sniper analogy works. The risk there, while still low, was relatively MUCH greater. The suspect had not been caught and was targeting DC area people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The neighborhood that this happened in was the Denver equivalent of SE DC. Will I ever go to a theater in Camden, Compton, or Anacostia? HELL NO. However, that has nothing to do with the shooting.

I would say it is similar to Manassas not SE, Compton, or Anacostia.

[Anonymous]

if you are worried about this stuff, then you need to get a concealed carry permit. One person with a handgun could have saved a ton of lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if you are worried about this stuff, then you need to get a concealed carry permit. One person with a handgun could have saved a ton of lives.

Or killed a bunch more in the crossfire of a dark and chaotic movie theater.

Don't be such an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anything can happen anywhere. What is to stop someone from walking into Union/Grand Central/Penn Station and causing mayhem?

[Anonymous]

i went to see dark knight the friday morning.

it felt morbid doing it considering it had been a few hours since the massacre but am i not suppose to watch the movie?

i also did feel strange for a few minutes wondering what would happen if something happened but it all went away as i got more into the movie.

[Anonymous]

and we always ask ourselves these questions: will we ever fly, drive, ride the subway again etc etc.

the shit is scary at first but then you get back to your routine and "life moves on"

i hate saying this considering folks have passed but its reality sometimes. we cant all live in a cave

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if you are worried about this stuff, then you need to get a concealed carry permit. One person with a handgun could have saved a ton of lives.

Would this person also happen to be carrying a gas mask. Yeah, I can imagine the person pulling out his/her weapon to return fire while trying to see and breathe through the tear gas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The neighborhood that this happened in was the Denver equivalent of SE DC. Will I ever go to a theater in Camden, Compton, or Anacostia? HELL NO. However, that has nothing to do with the shooting.

I would say it is similar to Manassas not SE, Compton, or Anacostia.

so, working class, not ghetto?

I know a friend of mine lived in Aurora at one point and I know she was quick to point out she lived in the "good part" Not being from CO, I had no idea why that was important. I'll have to ask her if she is familiar with this complex.

[Anonymous]

I have worried about movie theaters since 9/11. Honestly, you are just sitting there like a sitting duck in perfectly tiered rows with very few exits. My worry never stopped me from going before but it was definitely in my thoughts.

[Anonymous]

I'm not going to stop going to the movies because of one incident but I do think about things differently when flying than I did pre-9/11 and I certainly avoided certain areas when the sniper was still on the loose.

Then again, I have a 2 yo and a newborn so going to the movies is something I will probably not have the opportunity to do for a long time...unless it is rated G.