Shootings in Colorado

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by udman

Did someone say you can't hunt with an assault rifle?

Yes they did.

I would partially agree. Depends on the rifle, the range and the caliber.

Deer at 100 yards with a 7x62, sure.

Elk at 300 yards with a .223? Not so much.

JC

[udman]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Yes they did.

I would partially agree. Depends on the rifle, the range and the caliber.

Deer at 100 yards with a 7x62, sure.

Elk at 300 yards with a .223? Not so much.

JC

zaktly. Point being, you can hunt with a bb gun if the distance and prey are appropriate for said weapon. Hell, I could hunt with a freakin spoon if the conditions were right.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by udman

zaktly. Point being, you can hunt with a bb gun if the distance and prey are appropriate for said weapon. Hell, I could hunt with a freakin spoon if the conditions were right.

I think his point was, you don't NEED an assault style rifle for sporting/home defense purposes.

This, however, is America. It's not about what we need, it's about what we want.

JC

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by udman

Did someone say you can't hunt with an assault rifle?

Same people probably think that you can't fish with grenades.

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

I think his point was, you don't NEED an assault style rifle for sporting/home defense purposes.

This, however, is America. It's not about what we need, it's about what we want.

JC

They may not be strictly necessary for home defense. But ask the citizens of New Orleans which they preferred having by their side in the aftermath of Katrina, a handgun or an assault rifle.*

Or the Korean shopkeepers in LA during the Rodney King riots.

Just because you don't always need them, doesn't mean you don't ever need them.




* Before the cops took them all away...

[Switch]

Originally Posted by udman

Did someone say you can't hunt with an assault rifle?

I cannot legally hunt with the caliber of my AR in the state of Tennessee. .223 is too small.

[RACER X]

^ then get a .308 or 50cal AR

who's needs 'vettes and busa too!!

btw, the lawsuits have begun

In wake of tragedy, lawyers step in: Colorado shooting survivor plans suit, says publicist | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

In wake of tragedy, lawyers step in: Colorado shooting survivor plans suit, says publicist

Torrence Brown Jr., one of the Aurora movie shooting survivors, is planning on suing the theater, confirmed his family's publicist on Wednesday. "We're going to make sure whoever is accountable is going to take responsibility for this tragedy," Cassandra Williams of Wet PR said. She said that Brown, who was friends with 18-year-old AJ Boik, one of the shooting victims, is handling the criticism his suit has sparked. "We know it goes with the territory, so he's fine," Williams said. She added that Brown, 18, is seeking therapy and is emotionally distraught after the shooting.

Brown's attorney Don Karpel told TMZ he plans to sue the Century 16 theater, which is owned by Cinemark, for having an exit door that was not equipped with an alarm or guarded. (Holmes reportedly left the theater through the exit door, propped it open and returned with his weapons.) Karpel also said he may sue Warner Bros for releasing violent movies that may have inspired the shooter, as well as the suspect's doctors, if he had any, for hypothetically not monitoring James Holmes' mental condition properly.

J.H. Verkerke, director of the University of Virginia Law School's Program for Employment and Labor Law, told Yahoo News that in general, it would be difficult to win a claim against a theater in this type of situation unless you could prove that the theater should have known about the threat and that its safety standards are below average compared to most movie theaters. Cinemark declined to comment on the suit on Tuesday.

Lawsuits certainly aren't uncommon in the wake of mass shootings like Columbine, Virginia Tech and Fort Hood. After the 1999 Columbine school shooting, some families of the young victims banded together to sue gaming companies for $5 billion. The class action alleged that the shooters were influenced by violent video games, especially one called "Doom." A federal judge dismissed the suit. And several suits against the school were also nixed. But some families did win a settlement against the shooter's parents and against friends involved in providing guns to the young men.

Family members of some victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting won their $8 million suit against the school for failing to notify students faster that a gunman was on campus, which they said would have saved their children's lives. The state settled with other victims' families for $11 million. More than 50 relatives of the victims of the Fort Hood massacre in 2009 sued the government, saying authorities ignored signs that the accused killer, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was violent and dangerous.

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Switch

I cannot legally hunt with the caliber of my AR in the state of Tennessee. .223 is too small.

The only thing I can hunt with one is coyote, as there are no laws on hunting them or weapon used to hunt them.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by RACER X

btw, the lawsuits have begun

Movie exit doors never have an alarm in my experience, unless maybe it's an alarm only the management can hear

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Movie exit doors never have an alarm in my experience, unless maybe it's an alarm only the management can hear

right. They are typically used as an alternate exit and monitored only to make sure someone isn't letting their friends into the movie for free.

people seem to forget it is normal to feel traumatized from a traumatic situation.