Dan,

I'm totally glad that she is well and can really empathize. Carol and I had our wedding in the DC area around the time of the beltway sniper killings. Three or four shootings took place within a few blocks of my father in law's home. One of Carol's close friends declined to attend out of fear.

But unless you or your loved one is the intended target, there is safety in numbers, your odds of survival are pretty good. There were tens of thousands of other potential victims in Silver Spring, Maryland several million in the DC metro area.

There were probably hundreds of people in that theater, thousands of people in the Denver area watching movies at that time. People are herd animals. There is safety in numbers.

On the other hand, gun laws or not, crazy people will find ways to kill people. Some people go crazy. Taking revenge on a crazy person may be satisfying, but it doesn't make anyone any safer. Legally taking them out of society, permanently, if necessary, makes people safer.

Is anyone else struck by how similar this guy's crime is to that of the villains in the previous two Nolan Batman movies?