There's no argument (for me) the shooter wanted to feed from the fear of his victims.  He wanted all eyes on him as he fired his guns and threw his tear gas.  My only question is WHY did he want to bring such fear?

We need those guns in case we ever have to go up against the cops or the Army.  You tell an off-duty cop he has to surrender his piece and he will shoot you in the face.

We need those guns in case we ever have to go up against the cops or the Army.  You tell an off-duty cop he has to surrender his piece and he will shoot you in the face.

Av Club is pop culture.  Shootings/killings in assocation with movie screenings is pop culture.  We can't (or shouldn't) break the cycle of reporting or getting a pop cultural consensus of a tragedy - especially on a site like this.  The shooter's demographic is the kind of people who frequent sites like this.  It…

Av Club is pop culture.  Shootings/killings in assocation with movie screenings is pop culture.  We can't (or shouldn't) break the cycle of reporting or getting a pop cultural consensus of a tragedy - especially on a site like this.  The shooter's demographic is the kind of people who frequent sites like this.  It…

"Step on the widow's head.  Push those children out of the way…and run to the lobby where I can HELP OTHERS."

"Step on the widow's head.  Push those children out of the way…and run to the lobby where I can HELP OTHERS."

OKay they mention when William Asher dies, but apparently it's just too much when 12 people die trying to watch a movie.  Come on!  It's all or nothing.  Anything less is hypocrisy and bullshit.

OKay they mention when William Asher dies, but apparently it's just too much when 12 people die trying to watch a movie.  Come on!  It's all or nothing.  Anything less is hypocrisy and bullshit.

Because we feed our demons.  No matter what you or anyone else believes, this movie will now be linked with a mass shooting/killing spree in Aurora, COL, okay?  There's nothing you or I or anybody can do about it.  This country has a death fetish.  That's why we see movies with violence.  We have an insatiable hunger…

Because we feed our demons.  No matter what you or anyone else believes, this movie will now be linked with a mass shooting/killing spree in Aurora, COL, okay?  There's nothing you or I or anybody can do about it.  This country has a death fetish.  That's why we see movies with violence.  We have an insatiable hunger…

I've never walked out on movies, no matter how horrible they were; probably because I lived in New York and could not stomach throwing all that money away and you at least have something to talk about on the ride home.

I've never walked out on movies, no matter how horrible they were; probably because I lived in New York and could not stomach throwing all that money away and you at least have something to talk about on the ride home.

Close.  I gave up on The Office after they got married and turned into humorless bores.

Close.  I gave up on The Office after they got married and turned into humorless bores.

I don't hate you.

I don't hate you.

Definitely.  But for me, Buffy wore out its welcome at the end of season 4.

Definitely.  But for me, Buffy wore out its welcome at the end of season 4.

Definitely.  But for me, Buffy wore out its welcome at the end of season 4.