It isn't easy to discern from this picture, but, from the torn branches the tree looks twisted.

A tree crashed through the roof of a home in Bridgeport this morning. No one was injured. (Chicago Fire Department photo / July 24, 2012)


It was probably a down blast similar to a brief tornado, if it wasn't actually a tornado. It was hot meeting cold. It occurred very spontaneously. It's the troposphere. It is unpredictable.


The airport was shutdown. Fine. It was a responsible decision. What happens to planes when struck with spontaneous weather events?

...The storm raced through (click title to entry - thank you) the northwest and north suburbs at around 55 mph, hitting downtown about 6:30 a.m. after hitting Kane and McHenry counties hard. Winds of 70 mph hit Naperville about 6:15 a.m. 61 mph hit Midway International Airport just after 6:30 , according to the National Weather Service.

A thunderstorm watch is in effect for Chicago-area counties until 9 a.m.

As of 7:30 a.m., about 175,000 ComEd customers had lost power, with that number likely to climb as storms continue to hit the area, a ComEd spokeswoman said....

If these are the clouds in a Chicago Sun Times report; these are heat transfer clouds. It is a familiar pattern to me.


Rippled appearance of clouds that extend in a single line for miles.


SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE 
July 24, 2012 7:08AM
The National Weather Service (click here) has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch Tuesday morning for the Chicago area.

Prayers by the US Senate is not sufficient to honor the dead. Prayers is not the method of power within in the US Senate to change the danger faced by these Americans.

...As he read the names of the victims (click title to entry - thank you) – Blunk, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Gordon Cowden, Matthew McQuinn, Alex Sullivan, Micayla Medek, John Larimer, Jesse Childress, Alexander Boik, Rebecca Wingo, Alexander Teves and Jessica Ghawi – McConnell urged continued prayer for the community and particularly for the 58 injured in the shootings....


Perhaps Mr. McConnell needs to pray for guidance in writing legislation that actually saves the lives of Americans. I am sure the Lord will find the best inspiration, if he hasn't already.

It is no surprise Murdoch has turned 'chicken' in the face of charges to those within News Corp.

...Rupert Murdoch’s resignation (click title to entry - thank you) from the boards of several News Corp. (NWSA) newspapers may seek to reassure investors that the fallout from a U.K. phone-hacking scandal won’t follow them after the company splits into two units....




Run, Rupert, run. You can run, but, you can't hide.

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, (click here) former lead editors of the News of the World tabloid in Britain, were among eight of News Corp's ex-journalists charged with hacking into celebrities' voice mail to get stories.

The two former editors of the paper were charged with multiple hacking offenses, including accessing the voice mail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler in 2002, the Crown Prosecution Service said today....

Rupert is a dishonest dealer of information through his media services. He practices tabloid journalism while trying to elevate the status as a weapon of the 'oppressed.' Give me a break.


News of the World was a century old newsprint when he took control, turned it into a propaganda rag, corrupted its practice and then closed its doors as if he had no clue. Sure, whatever you say Rupert.


Rupert Murdoch is not a saint above all other saints in the media industry elevating the oppressed. He is not and never was a friend to the poor or the Middle Class to 'fight the good fight.' He made a lot of money exploiting the fears and views of these people. He has been an ally to the wealthy the entire time, playing with news to effect markets globally and rolling the dice on the idea of pacifying those fascinated by the bizarre, the gossipy and those seeking power where none exists.


Murdoch has developed a 'code of communication' between his news media service and its audience to control the electorate as they sincerely had a fight in the first place. The montra of News Corp is one of sameness, status quo and unchanging paradigm designed to deliver profits and not freedom. News Corp seeks power brokering to place hapless politicians into office that will deliver a guaranteed outcome to Wall Street. There is nothing noble or necessary about News Corp.


He has been one of the largest brokers of the gun lobby and the NRA of any media organization today.


It didn't take News Corp for the government of the UK to publish responsibly to the public; it took legislation by RESPONSIBLE elected representatives.

24/07/2012

Statement from Alison Levitt QC, (click here) Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP):

This statement is made in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in relation to Operation Weeting.

During June and July 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service received files of evidence from the Metropolitan Police Service, relating to thirteen suspects. This has followed a period of consultation and cooperation between police and prosecutors which has taken place over many months.

All the evidence has now carefully been considered. Applying the two-stage test in the Code for Crown Prosecutors I have concluded that in relation to eight of these thirteen suspects there is sufficient evidence for there to be a realistic prospect of conviction in relation to one or more offences....

The Second Amendment of the USA was never to be a danger to the citizens.

The 2nd Amendment states 'a well regulated militia...'


The reason the militia/military of the USA is well regulated is so they do not become an enemy to the citizens.


Nowhere in the 2nd Amendment is there an understanding the people of the USA should arm themselves to be stronger and more powerful than their military. The people aren't suppose have to achieve that 'citizen' agenda. It is "W"rong to believe the citizen has to arm themselves enough to defeat the USA military when it turns on them. THAT IS DEMENTED! The USA military is comprised of our sons and daughters. It is completely demented to believe they would ever attack the citizens of this country.


There are laws in the USA requiring the government to confiscate any munition build up within the country's borders that threatens the sovereign authority of the USA. There can't be oligarchs in the USA that own their own fighter jets, pilots and army. That is not possible. The USA military is the sovereign authority defending this country.


There is absolutely no sovereign right for arms ownership by any one citizen to facilitate the ability to wipe out populous of people. That was the intent of the gunmen in Aurora, Colorado. He wanted to wipe out a populous of people to the number of 6000.


"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." That statement is about the right of a person to own arms and ACT in cooperation with others to defend their country. There is no way the Second Amendment gives consent to one person having so much munition power to cost the lives of so many. Quite the contrary, the Second Amendment provides for citizens to always be armed to provide for a well regulated militia. It is a coming together required by the Second Amendment to justify arms of citizens, not the sole ownership of them to assault of other citizens. It has nothing to do with justification of arms that could assault the authority of the government at any level.


The interpretation of the NRA regarding the Second Amendment is bizarre, contrived and an attack against the government's sovereignty. The NRA's definition of the Second Amendment is demented. I challenge the gunman to appeal to the Supreme Court his right to own guns and munitions in the number and deadly force he did.

"Gee that is too bad. It's just one of those things that happens in the USA."

That is basically the assessment of the former Governor of Massachusetts in regard to the shooting in Colorado. It is hard to believe he was ever Governor of Massachusetts actually. How can Romney ask anyone to believe he actually stands for ANYTHING when his political views in 2012 have swung far to the right compared to where he was in Massachusetts. 


He is not a reliable partner for the electorate. He doesn't respect those dead and certainly no respect for the future of this country. How can he simply ignore the violence that took the lives of two of our military and state they can be killed in public on leisure time, but, need armor while in the field. Never, in the history of this country was the opposite dynamic a need to be respected of our military. Never before were they dead for not wearing their armor in the civilian world. What does that say about gun rights as opposed to human rights?


Our military go to war to protect the country and their loved ones. What occurred in Aurora took away the promise of their service of at least two of our soldiers. Romney finds nothing but disrespect for that outrageous understanding of violence within our borders. Our soldiers live and die with the civilians within the country's borders while they served so it would never happen.


Brett LoGiurato | Jul. 23, 2012, 2:37 PM

...In the wake of the Colorado movie theater shooting last Friday,(click title to entry - thank you) some politicians and advocates have renewed the call for the candidates to define where they stand on gun control. As Romney's speech to the NRA this year indicates, the Republican presidential candidate has hardened his position on gun rights since taking the national stage.

The flip-flop was prominent fodder for Romney's Republican opponents in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential primaries. Opposition research for Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign, obtained by BuzzFeed, cites Romney's 1994 run for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts against Sen. Ted Kennedy, during which Romney took a stance that put him at odds with the NRA — and insisted that he didn't care....

Romney is blindly ambitious for his own reasons. He doesn't care about the country or the people in this country. That was demonstrated even further with a so called misunderstanding with the Australian Prime Minister. I guess Romney doesn't speak as good Australian as he does French.

July 24, 2012

''I met today with the Foreign Minister of Australia. (click here). He said something, and I said 'Can I quote you?' and he said yes. He said, 'America is just one budget deal away from ending all talk of America being in decline','' the Politico website reported Mr Romney said.

''And this idea of America in decline, it was interesting he said that, he led the talk of America being in decline. See that's not talk we hear about here as much as they're hearing there.

''And if they're thinking about investing in America, entrepreneurs putting their future in America, if they think America's in decline they're not gonna do it.''

Senator Carr had previously made the same remark in April during a speech at a Washington think tank.

A spokesman yesterday said Mr Romney's interpretation was not correct.

''Senator Carr was arguing the case that America's economy is stronger than it is given credit for,'' he said. He said the Foreign Minister had offered the same diagnosis to World Bank chief, Bob Zoellick....

Of course, the limited Romney always assigns economic underpinnings of a failure to the current administration. He never assigns moral content to any words spoken anywhere in the world. It is all dollars and cents to Romney.

'America is just one budget deal away from ending all talk of America being in decline'

The Prime Minister refers to the LACK OF CONFIDENCE the divided US Republican House instills in the American economy. It is a moral statement, not a fiscal one.

Romney is extremely limited in his focus. He has no insight and he certainly doesn't care about allies and their desire to be involved in the USA economy, purchasing USA Bonds and the CONFIDENCE that should accompany that when fiscal stability comes to the forefront of the RESPONSIBILITIES of the USA House.

Romney's ambitions are so blinding to him there is no way anyone can trust him with the future of the country, either in protecting citizens from heinous violence or with fiscal stability.

These are the heroes of the massacre. The President is correct, the story is completely remarkable.

I think the stitches on her neck can be seen. She would have died if her girlfriend didn't risk her own life. It is a remarkable story.


We have incredible young people in the USA. We can all be proud.




And, more reason to protect them.

President Barack Obama hugs Stephanie Davies, (click title to entry - thank you) who helped keep her friend, Allie Young, left, alive after she was shot during the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado. The President visited patients and family members affected by the shootings at the University of Colorado Hospital July 22, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

The judge will probably provide more time past the 48 hour requirement to charge to arraign the defendant.

The dangers within the apartment is still unresolved. There is no way of knowing the extent of his lawlessness at this point. What is of greater extent was the degree of lawfulness accompanying this atrocity.


He'll be charged with many counts of murder at the very least. The death penalty will be sought. It was heinous and there is no way the death penalty will even be in question.


But, there are many more people still suffering from their wounds in the hospital, some with permanent injuries that are debilitating and disabling. Injuries that have to be realized by experts if lives will be shortened.


There are families destroyed. Children have lost parents. Parents have lost children. Lives are changed forever. This was an assault against the people of Aurora. It was random. It was against people and not people at a political meeting. It was an attack against people that the gunmen never had a grievance, except, in his own demented reality. 


The extent of the charges will be lengthy and the gunmen will no nothing except a path to prison and resolve of his life. I am confident of that. The degree this assault against the people of Aurora was acted out has implications of Homeland Security. Mr. Holmes from here on will never know anything except prison and his own fatal actions. To the degree a trial will help heal 'the people' is a possibility, but, there is no way he can declare innocence. He is an enemy of that is decent in the USA and the capacity he was successful is completely unacceptable.


Deepest sympathies to the community of Aurora and all those attacked by random anger.

Prosecutors (click title to entry - thank you)  likely will seek the death penalty for James Eagan Holmes, 24, who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie Friday, numerous lawyers said Sunday. And, they said, his attorneys are almost sure to pursue an insanity defense....



What is apparent is the FACT the USA gun culture has dissolved any measure to stop a militia from existing OVERNIGHT to carry out heinous attacks against a community!

The Assault Weapons Ban reduced the value of assault weapons in the hands of collectors.

...We're not against guns or the Second Amendment.(click title to entry - thank you) But we are against how the gun lobby and their supporters have distorted the Second Amendment — not as a freedom for a citizen to own a gun, but as permission to own as many guns as he wants. Reasonable limits or controls on stockpiling firearms, for whatever reason, become curtailments of precious "rights" and "freedoms."...


The is an American phenomena that occurs when an event of mass killing occurs with guns; the 'market place' lights up.


There are a lot of social dynamics revolving around the gun culture in the USA. The gun lobby loves to sequester statistics that work in their favor. They taint the reality of gun laws. The gun control laws work. The Assault Weapons Ban worked.


The Assault Weapons Ban starts with The Cleveland Massacre. Below are the dead victims of that massacre. They were children.

Rathaner Or, age 9

Ram Chun, age 8

Sokhim An, age 6

Oeum Lim, age 8

Thuy Tran, age 6

Assualt weapons were very valuable. Their price increased because they were a focus of power and will. Immediately before the Assault Weapons Ban there was a huge run on assault weapons. There is always a market run on anything gun, munitions, ammunitions after a massacre in the USA. It is a consistent dynamic. 


The Right Wing Gun Nuts become frantic that their fears of a zombie attack will happen and they won't be armed to the maximum in order to survive. They start to buy up every weapon, every bullet, every means of fire power in the area. I am sure it is happening now. Every bizarre maximum load clip will be bought and ordered by the idiots before the week is out. They won't stop to pay tribute to the victims, the good people. They will continue to fill their narcisstic, self-righteous paradigm to their graves. This dynamic was true before The Assault Weapons Ban. There were huge stockpiles of guns absorbed by gun owners before the ban.

The bulk of the assault weapons purchased before the ban ended up in the hands of collectors primarily. You can define collector any way you want. At any rate, the value of assault weapons decreased after the ban. They lost their lust. There were more assault weapons on the collector market than necessary to hold their value. Basically, the narcisstic drive of the Gun Lobby Group worked against their best interests. Their collections lost value by their own paranoia.


The most bizarre argument I have heard justifying the expiration of The Assault Weapons Ban during Bush's years was the fact deaths decreased across the nation but less so in states having their own assault weapons ban. 


The fact there were less murders across the USA was not a result of the expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban. There were not citizens armed with assault weapons fending off attacks by criminals with assault weapons. It is a hideous argument and has no basis in reality. 


The fall in murder rates decreased AT THE SAME TIME as the expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban because of 'the times' in the USA. It was post September 11, 2001 and it was different in society at that time. The fact the murder rate decreased at a slower rate in states that continued their own assault weapons ban had nothing to do with their ban. The states were going to have slower reductions because they have large cities with increased murder rates to begin with. States like New York have a higher murder rate than the nation due to New York City. But, the idea all these statistics drastically changed overnight as soon as Americans could get their hands on assault weapons is nonsense. It is not the experience of the population at all. They are manipulated statistics to provide an unrealistic argument.


To put it simply, "The Mood of the Country Changed" after September 11th. It was palpable, more community and more protective of each other. There were anthropological reasons for the change in murders, not simply because assault weapons were not available. Call me crazy but I didn't run out to get an assault weapon to protect myself on a trip to downtown.


The federal ban on assault weapons ended on September 13, 2004, three years after the terrorist attacks on the USA. The country was different. The difference in the populous of the USA after the attacks in 2001 lingers yet today. It was a culture the nation embraced. Being responsible to each other in benign ways of everyday life was something the people believed was a good safeguard.


The debate over these bans have already begun.


...But Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), (click here) appearing alongside Feinstein, said such legislation would do little to curtail mass killings and instead would "reduce America's freedom."...


One aspect overlooked by this debate, is the fact if gun shops could not sell assault guns in the USA anymore, it would reduce police deaths and it would curtail the drug war at the southern USA border into Mexico.


While the political Right Wing wants to persecute a very effective Attorney General they won't dare stop the sale of assault weapons in the country. The anger with the AG is hideous when one considers if the weapons were not available to the Straw Purchasers the desperate 'gun walking strategies' of the ATF would not have even been conceived. Straw Purchasers buy assault weapons and munition legally in the USA no different than the gunman in Aurora.

The opposition to the Assault Weapons Ban is because of money and plenty of it. 

The argument that the USA will convert into a communist dictatorship without assault weapons is THE most hideous of all arguments. When one considers how one man could ultimately kill 6000 people with his sole capacity had he been better 'practiced' the idea there is going to be a subversive movement to turn the USA 'sour' in some ways is stupid. 


If one man could do this, master guns and bombs in a matter of a couple of months, imagine if he were joined by five others, like the attack in a movie theater in Russia years ago. The Russian theater assault didn't seek to kill people initially, it was about taking hostages.


36,000 dead people is more than 10% of the populous of Aurora. Would the city ultimately surrender to end the killing? You betcha.


I mean the scenarios that can occur under the current gun and weapon market in the USA has astounding potential. It is already fueling a war in Mexico and has destabilized an entire government. When one speaks of the drug cartel deaths in Mexico they can look at the American gun market to its dynamics. The political Right Wing has no argument here. They cry about border control. What about gun control to end the trafficking across that border?

Something needs to be done in the USA. There is no basis to a sincere debate about the issue. Senator Feinstein has many of the issues surrounding the gun market in California including its southern bordeR and drug gangs in Los Angeles. There are virtual 'no go zones' in Los Angeles with the violence spilling out to the surrounding communities killing children there, too. Is there any reason to wonder why she would be among the first to speak out?


There are far too many GUNS ON THE STREET in the USA and even with a renewed assault weapons ban, it will a long time before this disasterous paradigm is cleaned up. Over 300 million guns on the streets of the USA. Over 300 million. The price tag to that number is staggering. But, to believe the nightmare will end with The Ban, is not realistic. The argument will be criminals will always get their weapons anyway; well, for some time after The Ban law abiding citizens can buy them up, too!

Holy cow! Batman pulled over by police (on the way to a children's charity event.)

Hickenlooper is making the favorite NRA argument. He should be replaced as Governor.

The next thing we'll hear is about now the gunman had a psychological break, probably schizophrenia, and how there is nothing anyone can do to prevent this.


This is not a mental health problem. THIS IS A GUN PROBLEM.


Sometime soon there will be a 'gun event' in Aurora by the NRA. This propaganda is TYPICAL after a violent event in the USA. There will be a 'feel good' even in Aurora so everyone loves guns again.


The discussion in the media regarding respect for the dead is a typical methodology. Oh, don't make it political because people won't be re-elected. That is power over this nation and we ARE the victims of the NRA and its nauseating power over the right of the citizen to live a happy life.


The people slaughtered in the massacre in Aurora didn't have a chance. If they lived through it, it was a mistake. The odds didn't roll out the way they were stacked. There are people in the hospital that wouldn't walk again. There are families fragmented and destroyed. This isn't an incident that is going to go away and only the good people will be remembered.


The people slaughtered in the massacre in Aurora were good people, they were in a theater for entertainment. There were trained soldiers from our military in the audience that died. Does anyone actually believe there is nothing to be worried about and everything will be okay?


There is no legitimate reason for these WEAPONS in our society. There is not one solid reason.


The victimized citizens of this country aren't suppose to talk about this incident out of the respect for the dead, BUT, the NRA was out on the radio IMMEDIATELY after the incident. I mean immediately. I was pulling into a parking deck to shop downtown when I first heard this the news. I purchased my goods and returned to the parking deck to return home within an hour. The radio station playing was unchanged from the trip to downtown. The only words I heard were that of a gun rights supporter explaining how we cannot over react. Don't tell me I can't do the very same thing!


This is from Murdock mania. I suppose the real test of sanity with this ATTACK against citizens in the USA by the powerful NRA is to outlaw masks and posters. The 'Hollywood Set' should keep control and statistics to know who buys their paraphenalia so the bizarre can be prevented.


The NRA has become an enemy to the people of this country. I don't care if the guy make a million bombs. The fact remains the same; the society is too violent to the point of demented, the arms business is too loose and the opportunity to kill unarmed and innocent citizens is hideous and beyond reason. 


According to Murdoch's maniacal propaganda machine all Batman enthusiasts are suspect today.

Colorado massacre suspect heads to court as Batman mask, poster found at apartment (click here)

By Adam Housley

Published July 23, 2012

FoxNews.com

AURORA, Colo. –  The suspected gunman in a massacre at a Colorado movie theater heads to court Monday as investigators reveal he is refusing to cooperate. 

24-year-old James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 and injuring 58 in a shooting massacre at a packed theater of moviegoers watching the premiere of the latest Batman movie, will be moved to a courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree murder will be read.

Holmes has "lawyered up," and will not speak to investigators,  Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said Sunday.

"He's not talking to us," the chief said....

Until tomorrow...

Our neighborhoods are not safe as long as one man can be his own Swat Team.

All evidence should be presented to the Aurora police and FBI, not the Associated Press. I think this is an NRA stunt.

Running to the press to try to character assassinate the gunman is SOP for the NRA. The investigation and prosecution should not be tainted by people that don't recognize the importance of the authorities over the press. The gun range owner didn't care about approaching the police and FBI first. It tells me all I need to know.


...The owner of a gun range (click title to entry - thank you) told the AP that Holmes applied to join the club last month but never became a member because of his behavior and a "bizarre" message on his voice mail.

He emailed an application to join the Lead Valley Range in Byers on June 25 in which he said he was not a user of illegal drugs or a convicted felon, said owner Glenn Rotkovich. When Rotkovich called to invite him to a mandatory orientation the following week, he said he heard a message on Holmes' voice mail that was "bizarre -- guttural, freakish at best."...

The Assault Weapons Ban never served the purpose intended.

Another telling feature (click title to entry - thank you) of new mags is the 'smooth' or 'beveled' sides as compared to the older design with the shoulder. LEO or 10 round 'Clinton' mags can be either way.


These magazines are NOT for target shooting. They have only one purpose. Killing and killing many.

Whatever monster actually believe they are serving a noble purpose by manufacturing clips in all flavors of the rainbow is not a patriotic American.


The website at the title to this entry was a demonstration of  'friendship' among assault weapons owners. A brotherhood if you will. The author warns everyone to 'be careful now' even though the AWB is no longer in play, the villainous New York State laws can really cause a problem yet.


The 'weapons are mine to kill with' community has no respect for the USA. They seek every loophole in a law to exploit their purpose. There is a clear understanding by the community that government is their enemy.


Cheating is okay. Replacing manufactured parts to make a weapon more deadly is a goal to be respected and while those tricky bureaucrats think they are smart, they all know there is nothing that can stop the weapons owners. They can try, but, they can't legislate well enough, not really.


I sincerely get the feeling as though the community needs to reflect on its narcissism and convert to Americanism. It is killing the rest of us.

I would demand my money back. Death row or no death row, that was good hard earned money paid for that rifle.

Good thing he through about bring back up.

AP source: Rifle in Colo. theater shooting jammed

By Associated Press on July 22nd, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal law enforcement official says the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting jammed during the attack.

The official said late Saturday the rifle had a high-capacity ammunition magazine which, based on witness accounts and evidence collected at the scene, apparently jammed. The rifle’s malfunction then forced the suspected shooter, James Holmes, to switch to another weapon.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation...

These extended clips should not be sold in the USA. They are an ego trip and nothing less.

The victims of the Arizona shooting stated the same exact method of ending the slaughter. "When the gunman stopped to reload we were able to "stop him" / "run out of the theater." If these clips are not available in the USA there will be less on the street and citizens have half a chance to save their own lives.


The survival stategy of the victims of both massacres were exactly the same. When the gunmen went to reload they were less vulnerable to attack and in the Arizona shooting it was at that point when the gunman was taken down to the ground, stopped, gun removed from his hand and held for police to arrive.


The events had the result of survival in the very same methodology.


The exact methodology of the victims empowered them. 


No extended clips, better chance at survival. This is ridiculous. There is no application for these weapons in this country. Legislators have to be held responsible for protecting citizens or they aren't needed. They should not be protecting the NRA.

6000 rounds of ammunition, 6000 dead people

...Holmes, 24, a graduate student, was armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, (click title to entry - thank you)  a 12-gauge shotgun and a Glock .40-calibre handgun, Oates said. Police found an additional Glock .40 in his car, parked outside the cinema's rear emergency exit.

He had purchased the weapons legally at three local gun stores in the last 60 days and had bought 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

Officers who arrived on scene within 90 seconds of the first emergency calls took Holmes into custody in a car park behind the cinema, where he surrendered without a fight....

The police stopped him. He had plans. He had a lot of plans.

The Aurora Police are heroes. They saved lives.

No one in that room with the killer had a chance. The Aurora Police stopped him. They charged onto the scene without a second thought, without body armor and willing to put their own lives between the victims and the killer. They did all they could. 


There are people alive today because they acted. There was no warning, nothing they could do to prevent this. They saved lives. There can be no doubt about that. No one else did. The nation is grateful for their actions. They are brave beyond words. 

Rep. Louie Gomer is a genius. He complained about no one having a gun to stop the assault.

Right. Call me crazy, but, I doubt body armor is the choice of fashion these days. Besides, I hear the cleaning bill is more than a tank of gasoline.


...Holmes, (click title to entry - thank you) who had only a speeding ticket on his police record, was dressed in black with a gas mask, ballistic helmet, vest, throat guard and crotch guard, Oates said....


Besides, I hear the gunman had taken classes at the Louie Gomer School of Self Defense, so he was ready. No one else was, but, he had heard from the Gomer School that people in theaters should be armed.


That is why the gas canisters, by the way. To disable anyone in the theater that could stop him. He wanted those people victimized and at his mercy to kill them all. He wasn't taking prisoners.

The apartment has to be treated like a chemical explosion.

I doubt any assessment can be accurate. If there are chemical explosives in the apartment it has to be treated like a car bomb.


The chemicals are in a contained area until exploded and then they are airborne with a potential for a huge concussion.


I sincerely believe the apartment has to be ignited from above where an aircraft can target it and forget saving the building.


The people will have to be moved out of the area for some distance. I doubt anyone can get close enough with a remote controlled robot to be a safe distance.


I don't know what the construction of the building is or if there are other chemicals stored in the basement or any gas lines. I really don't see the police attempting to be heroes, as is their instincts. It can be determined that all people are out of the building and the area. 


The liquid chemicals are not known. How are they going to be contained? If airborne and are dangerous who knows what is going to happen. I can't believe this is even an issue. He set a trap to distract all authorities to a different emergency while he killed everyone he could find. He intended to get away, too and continue killing.


If he anticipated this explosion to be large enough to draw the police and emergency workers to its location so he could have an exclusive window of time in a multi-theater building, that apartment could be extremely dangerous to anyone responding to it. I don't know if any of it can be trusted. I don't know if anything he explains can be trusted. Put him on a lie detector.


Timed explosives from inside the apartment. So long as the bomb squad got into the window, timed explosives to ignite the chemicals can be put inside without turning the area into a war zone. I think the building is a loss, maybe the area. It is going to be interesting to realize a bomb squad can actually carry out disarming the disaster. 


There is probably no getting information from the gunman because of lawyers protecting his rights. If the explosion has to go forward it is not the government carrying out an act of war against citizens, it is the authorities seeking to protect citizens. There  is a huge difference. The gunman is the military man covered in body armor. Do National Guard have helicopter gunships?


Governor Jay Nixion (click title to entry - thank you) ordered the deployment of the ARMY for use in domestic applications. They also were sent with a Blackhawk and supplies. The 106th Assault Helicopter Battalion from Ft. Lenardwood, the 35th Combat Aviation Brigade, and the 1107th Theatre in Springfield will conduct missions within the U.S.

So when senseless killing occurred in Arizona the NRA stated extended clips were needed for people to defend themselves against gunmen with extended clips.

Now, I suppose with 71 people shot of which 12 are dead everyone in the nation is going to need a 100 round drum to defend themselves against gunmen with 100 round drums.


Right?


That is an invalid argument. The NRA has demonstrated over and over how human life is irrelevant to them. When is this idiocy and domination by so called "Freedom Rights Groups" going to stop? The country needs to protect their citizens from both zealous gunmen and freedom groups that seek to openly endanger citizens lives.


In Arizona it was one young girl, now there are two children. The NRA does not care about their lives, they care about the anti-government argument and a fantasy whereby citizens live in harmony balanced by equal munition authority in their lives.


It is a fantasy and Americans continue to die without restraint. The next thing we know our educational systems will be required to teach firearms and how to survive a zombie attack.


If Americans need 100 round drums, then they aren't living a civilized life, they are fighting a war designed by the NRA and fantasy land egos.


Children have their futures removed, parents dead and freedom groups like the NRA did NOTHING to stop them from losing their rights to pursue life, liberty and happiness. I have yet to witness anyone protect their lives with exchanges with a gun with extended clips or 100 round drums.


NRA is nothing more then perversion of the law and culture of the USA!

This is a 100 round drum for a glock.


I looked. I looked as hard as I could and there is no report of a family walking through a park anywhere in the USA or otherwise with their baby stroller and reporting they fended off an assault with this weapon.


I found no reports of anyone anywhere fending off attacks with an extended clip either. There are reports of women upholding the concept of extended breastfeeding, but, not extended clips to their guns while breastfeeding. 


These weapons are contradictory to our culture and there is nowhere they are required to insure life. Quite the contrary, where they MANIFEST, they kill innocent people.