Movie theater publicity stunt triggers officers to respond to active shooter situation

[sarisataka]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -
Management at the Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters is defending what it calls a publicity stunt at the movie theaters this past weekend.

During the opening weekend of the latest 'Iron Man' movie, a man walked into the theater in full tactical gear and carrying a fake gun.

Jefferson City police and witnesses, however, are not pleased with the stunt and are questioning the theater's logic after recent shootings in Aurora, Colo. and Newtown, Conn.

John Molock is a retired Army war veteran and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He told ABC 17 News this most recent trip to the movies triggered memories he never wanted to relive.

http://www.abc17news.com/news/movie-theater-publicity-stunt-triggers-officers-to-respond-to-active-shooter-situation/-/18421100/20089958/-/66o97fz/-/index.html

Is there a serious lack of oxygen affecting brains in this country?

[krispos42]

1. And the actor with the fake gun wasn't shot?

He'd better buy a lottery ticket and avoid thunderstorms.

[sarisataka]

5. Found a pic of the stunt...

they had these people come in "looking" for Iron Man shortly after an Iron Man actor left.

Call me paranoid but I would treat the left-most one as a threat if he was not accompanied by a theater employee. The rifle has an orange tip, but the other guns are not easily identifiable as fake.

[Sheepshank]

6. Being a weapons virgin...I did not know orange tip meant the weapon was a fake.

The theatre publicity team just put that actors life at risk. Idiots.

[sarisataka]

7. In that outfit

I don't think I would care about orange... just 911

[yesphan]

2. How in the

world would anyone even remotely consider doing something like this ?

Just unfathomable.

[Junkdrawer]

3. That'll learn us to cut down the Amazon rain and Canadian boreal forests....

Maybe we can geoengineer the oxygen back to normal levels.

[liberal N proud]

4. Obviously they did not think this one thru.

Who would be dumb enough to expose themselves to the possiblity of being shot?

[Generic Other]

8. That man could have been shot by the ones who carry for just such a moment

I cannot imagine agreeing to do that. Just too likely someone would shoot first and ask questions later!