At least 3 dead after gunman opens fire at Lafayette, La. movie theater

[BigCyp]

One thing I can never get my head around, is how someone can pull a trigger on an innocent??? Some fuckers even popping little kids in the back etc???

[R.A.M.]

This one was way to close to home

Absolutely sick - The pussy planned to run but the Cajun police were too fast in response so the bitch killed himself. There is a looong bridge right outside of Lafayette (Atchafalaya Basin Bridge). The only thing I regret is that he killed himself. Would have been much better to have received some Cajun justice and let loose in the basin for the gators to handle.

You in Cajun Country ?

[El Diablo Blanco]

One thing I can never get my head around, is how someone can pull a trigger on an innocent??? Some fuckers even popping little kids in the back etc???

Remember that guns don't kill people, only crazy fuckers with guns kill people.

[240 is Back]

I'm sure, to the people seeing that movie, this sure as shit felt like a terror attack.

I hate that there's some sort of honor bestowed upon those killed by a brown person with a certain religion, not given to those killed by a white dude with a different religion.

evil is evil, and evil is terrifying. 

[SF1900]

You're obviously unfamiliar with AJ's qualifications.   

Very true. He did teach me how to do an incline reverse press for maximum chest growth.

[SF1900]

According to the Massachusetts State Police, I am qualified. They are the ones that demanded a "judicious use of force" section in the NRA's Basic Handgun course that I have been teaching since 1991.

 

I can picture you getting all deep and philosophical while teaching the gun course.  Trying to sound like an enlightened scholar. 

[Twaddle]

This one was way to close to home

Absolutely sick - The pussy planned to run but the Cajun police were too fast in response so the bitch killed himself. There is a looong bridge right outside of Lafayette (Atchafalaya Basin Bridge). The only thing I regret is that he killed himself. Would have been much better to have received some Cajun justice and let loose in the basin for the gators to handle.

I drove across that a couple weekends ago.  That mother fucker is long.  I kept looking down in the water, hoping to see some gators.  No such luck though.   

[_aj_]

I can picture you getting all deep and philosophical while teaching the gun course.   Trying to sound like an enlightened scholar.  

LOL! I tried to make it as "light" as possible while still getting the point across. I used to hand out the "Rules of a Gunfight". Then I went into the MA state's laws about what constitutes legitimate use of deadly force (very odd in MA) and then tried to help people get in the right mindset before they think about these things. On more than one occasion, I've had a student (usually a woman) tell me that she could never see herself killing another person, that she plans on using the gun as a "warning". Nicely as I could, I encouraged her to get a mean-looking dog rather than a gun. Nothing makes me madder than hearing about a goblin taking away a citizen's gun and using it on them.

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2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap – life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend. A new wall is cheap – funerals are expensive.

3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

4. If your shooting stance is good, you’re probably not moving fast enough or using cover correctly.

5. Move away from your attacker and go to cover. Distance is your friend. (Bulletproof cover and diagonal or lateral movement are preferred.)

6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a semi or full-automatic long gun and a friend with a long gun.

7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running. Yell “Fire!” Why “Fire”? Cops will come with the Fire Department, sirens often scare off the bad guys, or at least cause then to lose concentration and will…. and who is going to summon help if you yell ”Intruder,” “Glock” or “Winchester?”

9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on “pucker factor” than the inherent accuracy of the gun.

10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

11. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

12. Have a plan.

13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won’t work. “No battle plan ever survives 10 seconds past first contact with an enemy.”

14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through them.

15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

16. Don’t drop your guard.

17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees. Practice reloading one-handed and off-hand shooting. That’s how you live if hit in your “good” side.

18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial expressions don’t (In God we trust. Everyone else keep your hands where I can see them.)

19. Decide NOW to always be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

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21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet if necessary, because they may want to kill you.

22. Be courteous to everyone, overly friendly to no one.

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24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with anything smaller than ”4″.

25. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. “All skill is in vain when an Angel blows the powder from the flintlock of your musket.” At a practice session, throw your gun into the mud, then make sure it still works. You can clean it later.

26. Practice shooting in the dark, with someone shouting at you, when out of breath, etc.

27. Regardless of whether justified or not, you will feel sad about killing another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.

[forillagorilla]

You in Cajun Country ?

YUP - you?

[forillagorilla]

I drove across that a couple weekends ago.  That mother fucker is long.  I kept looking down in the water, hoping to see some gators.  No such luck though.   

Have you driven the Causeway in New Orleans? Its even longer..

I got stuck on the basin bridge about 20 years ago. I was living in Lafayette with a business in BR and about 5am I was heading in for a 7:30 meeting. Thought I have PLENTY of time. As I was getting on the bridge I saw this insane looking fucker in the median jumping up and down and waving his hands. When you first get on the bridge there is a ramp (since its elevated) so I couldn't see ahead.. I am barreling ahead laughing at this head-case on the roadside and when I got over the ramp - MOTHER FUCK - tails lights literally to the horizon.. 18 wheeler jackknifed and wedged across both lanes - and there is no turning around as the "median" once you get on the bridge is the swamp...
Got to the office at 12:30.. Was dieting drinking hella water so had to piss in a bottle and walk to the edge and dump in swamp probably 5 times.

[El Diablo Blanco]

one of the girls killed was real cute.  Always a shame when this world loses attractive people.

[_aj_]

[R.A.M.]

YUP - you?

I work in Lafayette.

[wes]

White people.

[Parker]

So the cops describe the man as a "drifter" yet also mention that he had a fake wig, glasses and an car parked at the exit door.   Sure, that sounds like something a drifter would do.   

And conveniently the perp kills himself....again.

The breakdown in societal trust is really accelerating.

American society breaking down. Americans are America's biggest threat.

[Twaddle]

White people.

[Hulk-smash!]

As I used to teach my students in my class section on lethal force: carrying a concealed weapon will make you the biggest coward in the world. Every altercation, no matter how minor, is upgraded to "lethal force" because of that roscoe on your hip. If you aren't of a sober and judicious temperament, save everybody the trouble and leave the gun at home.

Yep.

[andreisdaman]

i like this girl

Even better than electricity?

[Hulk-smash!]

That movie musta really sucked bad.  Maybe a Segal movie!!!

 

[Voice of Doom]

That movie musta really sucked bad.  Maybe a Segal movie!!!

 

Hey...I know we're all hurting over this...but don't say words you can't take back!!!

[_bruce_]

I don't why anyone goes to movie theaters, anymore. At best, you have to sit through 20 minutes of previews, and listen to morons babbling on their cellphones.

At worst, some lunatic opens fire.

If you're lucky - most cinema goers have to endure the fest to the bitter end.

[Hulk-smash!]

Have you driven the Causeway in New Orleans? Its even longer..

I got stuck on the basin bridge about 20 years ago. I was living in Lafayette with a business in BR and about 5am I was heading in for a 7:30 meeting. Thought I have PLENTY of time. As I was getting on the bridge I saw this insane looking fucker in the median jumping up and down and waving his hands. When you first get on the bridge there is a ramp (since its elevated) so I couldn't see ahead.. I am barreling ahead laughing at this head-case on the roadside and when I got over the ramp - MOTHER FUCK - tails lights literally to the horizon.. 18 wheeler jackknifed and wedged across both lanes - and there is no turning around as the "median" once you get on the bridge is the swamp...
Got to the office at 12:30.. Was dieting drinking hella water so had to piss in a bottle and walk to the edge and dump in swamp probably 5 times.

I live at the north shore end of the causeway which is THE longest bridge over water in the world.  Bangkok has a longer bridge but its over land.

[SF1900]

See, if guns were illegal, this would have never happened.

[Twaddle]

See, if guns were illegal, this would have never happened.

[Hulk-smash!]

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