There were 1.2 billion movie tickets sold last year (Reply #28)

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Wed Aug 5, 2015, 03:48 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

28. There were 1.2 billion movie tickets sold last year

Combined, we less than 20 deaths.

Personally, I'd be scared out of my mind to DRIVE to the movie theater where I will be a lot safer from any harm.

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63 replies	Author	Time	Post
Oh dear - another theater shooting - this time in Tennessee [View all]	malaise	Aug 2015	OP
I'll betcha I know the type of person who did it...	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#1
Apparently the only injury was by hatchet.	HooptieWagon	Aug 2015	#4
How many hands did this guy have?	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#42
They were showing "Mad Max, Fury Road"	Warpy	Aug 2015	#27
I'm so disgusted by this country.	Arugula Latte	Aug 2015	#2
Jackass on M$NBComcast saying theaters must increase security - not one fugging word	malaise	Aug 2015	#3
Yes. We can't restrict our preciouses now, can we?	Arugula Latte	Aug 2015	#6
Great point on how they present the problem. nt.	NCTraveler	Aug 2015	#9
He also carefully separated mentally ill persons and terrorists	malaise	Aug 2015	#12
Anything except the fact that millions and millions of guns in this country.....	NCTraveler	Aug 2015	#18
Sometimes yelling and screaming are necessary	malaise	Aug 2015	#19
Our elected politicians don't seem to care about making it harder for people	B Calm	Aug 2015	#23
Hatchets must be banned, I bet this was the work of some ICP asshole	snooper2	Aug 2015	#25
How common are hatchet killings?	tabasco	Aug 2015	#31
Should a hatchet incident be the base for talking Gunz in GD?	Eleanors38	Aug 2015	#35
Apparently no one was killed by the hatchet	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#51
If we don't get some tough gun laws in this country, I think theaters are	Cleita	Aug 2015	#5
Then they win	malaise	Aug 2015	#7
Oh for sure, but these incidents have been going on for decades now and gun	Cleita	Aug 2015	#13
At the same time, though, I am sick of the pat-downs and searches everywhere	alarimer	Aug 2015	#10
Didn't James Holmes get into the Aurora theater through a back door?	Deadshot	Aug 2015	#11
Somebody must have let him in. those doors should have panic hardware which	Cleita	Aug 2015	#17
He bought a ticket then propped the door open	csziggy	Aug 2015	#38
The Georgia Aquarium has had metal detectors for years	KamaAina	Aug 2015	#14
Sad but true	sub.theory	Aug 2015	#24
There were 1.2 billion movie tickets sold last year	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#28
It takes only one bullet to kill you. A bullet that has no place in	Cleita	Aug 2015	#29
Or traffic accident	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#41
Not the same thing. You have to go out in traffic.	Cleita	Aug 2015	#45
I'm not suggesting you take a gun anywhere	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#46
Tell that to the families of the victims of the shootings just this year. eom	Cleita	Aug 2015	#48
So whether something is true, depends on how someone feels?	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#49
Agreed	vankuria	Aug 2015	#37
I live 6 miles from a Nuclear Plant... I ain't scared of NOTHING!! :-)	Ghost in the Machine	Aug 2015	#55
The day I have to pack heat to go to a movie theater...	Initech	Aug 2015	#43
Dueling had rules and formalities. This is just free for all. eom	Cleita	Aug 2015	#44
People like Mark Cuban own movie theaters(not saying that is bad).	NCTraveler	Aug 2015	#8
I hope so	malaise	Aug 2015	#16
Gun rights are now messing with corporate America on a weekly basis.	NCTraveler	Aug 2015	#20
Something's got to give	malaise	Aug 2015	#21
Unbelieveable!	sub.theory	Aug 2015	#15
Statistically it's not that bad but the media will frighten everyone	malaise	Aug 2015	#32
I feel like moving to a more civilized country	olddots	Aug 2015	#22
Dammit	Aerows	Aug 2015	#26
Standard response from the Gun Enthusiasts: Tough shit.	Paladin	Aug 2015	#30
The shooting was done by the cops, taking out a hatchet wielder.nt	Eleanors38	Aug 2015	#33
Actually	fifthoffive	Aug 2015	#34
So noted. Probably SBC.	Eleanors38	Aug 2015	#36
H had an Airsoft replica pistol	Crabby Appleton	Aug 2015	#39
And he apparently has three hands	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#47
In his backpack, a "hoax bomb."	Eleanors38	Aug 2015	#63
Suddenly my On Demand Offerings on my TV	HipChick	Aug 2015	#40
Except	jberryhill	Aug 2015	#50
This guy had an Airsoft, pepper spray, and a hatchet.	Snobblevitch	Aug 2015	#52
Apparently he opened fire with the Airsoft	Warpy	Aug 2015	#53
Initial reports said there was a gun battle between the dead guy and the cops.	beam me up scottie	Aug 2015	#54
If it's AP, the weapon will be a .50 Browning aircraft machinegun. Or AR 15.	Eleanors38	Aug 2015	#60
They reported it was a pellet gun.	Lint Head	Aug 2015	#56
got awful quiet	Duckhunter935	Aug 2015	#57
Deal with the lying SWAT cops and the media	malaise	Aug 2015	#58
Or the normal	Duckhunter935	Aug 2015	#59
Reminds me of the Naval Yard killings when MSM reported...	Eleanors38	Aug 2015	#61
I saw that, they did not correct	Duckhunter935	Aug 2015	#62

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