Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:49:54 -0700, Terry wrote:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywo...bert-Gun-Free-
Theater-Proves-Concealed-Carry-Doesnt-Work


In the wake of over a dozen murders at a movie theater in Colorado,
film critic Roger Ebert rushed to decry America's "insane" gun laws
in a New York Times op-ed. Within the piece, he pooh-poohed concealed
carry laws by noting that no one in the theater shot back at the
gunman. But Ebert misses an important point. The Cinemark theater
chain has a "gun-free zone" policy.

In the NYT, Ebert chided America for allowing gun ownership for the
common man.

That James Holmes is insane, few may doubt. Our gun laws are also
insane, but many refuse to make the connection. The United States is
one of few developed nations that accepts the notion of firearms in
public hands. In theory, the citizenry needs to defend itself. Not a
single person at the Aurora, Colo., theater shot back, but the theory
will still be defended. [emphasis added]

Of course, if Ebert had bothered to check before trying to use this
murderous crime for his own anti-Second Amendment purposes, he may
have found that no one could have shot back, because the theater
chain does not allow its customers to carry guns in its theaters.

As it happens, the Century 16 theaters at 14300 E. Alameda Ave in
Aurora, Colorado are owned by Cinemark Century Theaters, headquartered
in Plano, Texas, and for several years this chain movie theater has
told customers they are not welcome to bring their firearms into
theaters.

Back in 2009, an Alaska-based member of a gun owner's message board
going by the handle SubNine reported that he tried to enter a Cinemark
owned theater with his open carry weapon but was told he was not
allowed to enter the premises armed because the chain had a
no-weapons policy. It was a "gun-free zone," he was told by the
manager.

A year before the above post, another message board started a similar
conversation. In 2008, the Open Carry forums also noted Cinemark's
"gun-free zone" policy. One message board member even communicated via
email with a Dan Meyers at the corporate offices of Cinemark. That
corporate official confirmed the restriction and added that only
police officers could carry their concealed weapons into Cinemark
theaters. He also asked gun owners not to bother complaining to them
about the policy.

So, as Ebert scoffs that no one returned fire at this theater and
assumed that it that would diminish the efficacy of concealed carry
laws, he didn't bother to find out if anyone was or even could be
armed in that theater. Turns out they couldn't, but Ebert tried to
use this crime and its tragic consequences for his own political
purposes anyway.

Operative word, "concealed". If it is concealed, how are the theater
flunkys to know someone is entering with one?

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dadiOH
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