Crime

Suspect in ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Shooting Identified

Batman shooting suspect James Holmes

Image source: ABC Denver

Federal law enforcement officials have identified the suspect in the mass movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. as 24-year-old James Holmes, according to the Associated Press.

(Complete Blaze coverage of the ‘Dark Knight’ shooting)

Officials believe Holmes, described as a “white American,“ is responsible for killing 12 people and injuring dozens more at the opening of the new Batman film ”The Dark Knight Rises.” Witnesses said the shooter was wearing a mask and set off some sort of gas in the theater before opening fire.

Holmes is in police custody. According to ABC News, the FBI said he has no significant criminal history. Officials do not believe the shooting is tied to any terror groups.

Police said he was found near a car behind the theater with a gas mask and an assault rifle, shotgun and two pistols, according to the AP.

Police have given no information on a possible motive, and said there is no evidence of a second shooter.

According to ABC, a San Diego woman identifying herself as Holmes’ mother said she had not been aware of the shooting but “immediately expressed concern that her son may have been involved.”

“You have the right person,” she said. “I need to call the police…I need to fly out to Colorado.”

U.S. Army spokesman George Wright posted on Twitter Holmes has no record of service in the Army, Army Reserve or Army Guard.

A spokeswoman for the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver told the Associated Press Holmes had been a student there until withdrawing last month. CNN reported Holmes had been pursuing a Ph.D in neuroscience.

Police released a statement from Holmes’ family in San Diego, stating: “Our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the families and friends of those involved. We ask that the media respect our privacy during this difficult time. Our family is coopering with authorities in both San Diego, California and Aurora, Colorado.”

UPDATE:

The AP has new information as a result of recently-held press conference:

Police said 71 people in all were shot.

Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the gunman wore a gas mask, a ballistic helmet and vest as well as leg, groin and throat protectors. He said he had an AR-15 military-style, semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and two pistols.

While some witnesses said the gunman entered through a side-door emergency exit at the front of the theater, a federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Holmes bought a ticket and went into the theater as part of the crowd.


This post has been updated since it was first published.

Comments (362)

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  • destrecht
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:58am

    Ghost of Jefferson has it right.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:14am

      Thank you. I wish I didn’t have to be commenting on a story like this at all.

      Pray for the victims and the families.

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    • Halloween
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:29pm

      GHOSTOFJ..

      Wow, you didn’t have to comment on this subject, but you did! Your are a saint! This world would be thrown into darkness if you did not grace us with your words and piety.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:49pm

      GhostOfJefferson

      You little punk quit trolling and telling people how to act and feel.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:10pm

      So full of humanity, the both of you.

      I can’t “tell you how to feel”, I can suggest perhaps considering sorrow for the murdered and prayers for the children and other people killed as a better action than political lens viewed anger. But clearly, you won’t have that. That’s too bad. I thought the Left was the domain of the emotion driven teeth gnashing haters who view everything through a Soviet political lense. Now I know it’s not a disease restricted to their side of the debate.

      If you listened to Beck today you‘d hear he was saying essentially the same thing I’m saying. Oh well. Good luck with living life viewing everything as politics.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:15pm

      Of course we should have respect for the victims and family members. Im in Texas. 500 miles from Aurora. There aint no victims around here. Your multiple comments reak of trolling. Your right, we are the right, not the crazy left. But we can still talk about all this and speculate.

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    • MittensKittens
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:12pm

      FU and the horse you rode in on…

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  • TWO BITS
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:53am

    I wish to express my condolences to everyone impacted by this tragic event.
    This predator was cunning enough to prepare for self-preservation if he was in fact wearing a bullet-proof vest. That indicates he has likely disguised his evil intentions.

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  • aorian
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:35am

    I don’t know that there is a connection, but isn’t it funny when Major anti-Firearm ownership bills are about to be signed, we have these mass murders take place. On July 27th, Hillary Clinton is to sign the U.N. Small Arms Treaty, which will essentially gives the U.N. the power to supercede the U.S. Constitution‘s Bill of Rights’ 2nd Amendment and order the registry of ALL Firearms own by private American Citizens, under penalty of a felony charge and jail time. There has been growing concern among Tea Party types and sympathy from non-Tea Party against signing this treaty, which will have the same legal power as a “Constitutional Amendment”, unless the Senator votes to reject it or the President kills it. It might all be just a wild coincidences that this man would going on a killing spree one week before, but one can’t help but wonder!

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    • ZengaPA65
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:38am

      What an amazing “coincidence”.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:43am

      Please, don’t politicize this. Let the facts come out. Stop dancing in blood for a political agenda.

      Pray for the families and the victims. Let your heart soften for them. People before politics.

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    • SR1911man
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:47am

      The initial report was that he was named Mohammad Alam, and Iranian immigrant. The information was then taken down. Original link here- http://www.varight.com/news/unconfirmed-reports-colorado-movie-shooter-idd-as-iranian-born-mohammad-alam/

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    • momrules
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:50am

      It would be a coincidence if I believed in coincidence anymore.

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    • ZengaPA65
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:55am

      Yeah that’s right people before politics, that’s what Obama is going to say as he takes the guns in memory of these poor souls. /sniff/cry/sob

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:59am

      GhostOfJefferson Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:43am said:
      Please, don’t politicize this. Let the facts come out. Stop dancing in blood for a political agenda.

      Pray for the families and the victims. Let your heart soften for them. People before politics.
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      ———————————–
      If you want to be believed then help stop the bill from being passed… seeing as we need time to soften our hearts (no sense in any politics going on, like it is presently going on like a bulldozer)… news flash: when you bend over, that’s when they kick you in the arse and knock you all the way down… get you head up and on a swivel to make sure not to be suckerpunched with another “progressive” sneaky bill… they will be spinning this tragedy to their benifit… all we have to do is expose them and stop ANYONE from spinning it… but we already know who is doing that and they want to take our guns so we can’t say no to their nonsense… (because they will have all the guns and armies with them).

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:03am

      Unbelievable. I expect “the other side” to dance in blood. It really bothers me that there is fresh death on the floor and so many cynics on “my side” are here making political hay.

      God forgive people without mercy for the plight of those wrongly murdered.

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    • momrules
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:45am

      GHOSTOFJEFFERSON………….I believe we all are praying for the victims and their loved ones. None of us are happy about this tragedy but we also are well aware of the political climate that we live in today. We know how the liberals will spin this and use this horrid event to advance their own agenda. To deny this would be hiding from the truth.

      I believe you heart is in the right place but everything that happens now is politicized and usually to the detriment of the Christian, conservative side.

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    • Allieann
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:54am

      Yes, extremely interesting that BHO has already jumped to become part of the event! Funny how he picks and chooses what is worthy of great TV time and photo ops. Stay on your toes everyone, there are a lot of good sites that are having people petitioning to have the UN arms vote negated. If you need links, I am sure we can come up with some. I want everyone who has any pull to ask this administration why they cannot go on national TV and tell these roving hyena gangs, to cut it out. People are going to get killed. When they strip an Albertsons in Oregon and a Walmart in Florida, it can happen in your neighborhood anytime. Who is agititating this situation. It is not really random, someone is behind it and I want to know? Soros, BHO, the NBPanthers, these kids are being used for some agenda. Meanwhile the POSPOTUS does not comment on this in any way? What is wrong with this picture? They are not driving lots of cars to these scenes, are they being transported, how does that many people suddenly appear without a lot of commotion, where there are warnings that can be sounded, stores locked down, etc. There are parents with kids and older people just shopping, this is going to end badly. IS the Prez too busy setting up kissing scenes to comment to these hoodlums with a very STRONG warning. Or is he behind it?

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    • Allieann
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:59am

      If we begin seeing many roving gangs from Oregon to Florida, intimidating, stealing, shooting, then some event such as this, is it all a planned set up that will increase until BO can declare martial law, not allow the elections? All just a little too coincidental.

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    • AnAmericanToo
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:09am

      GhostofJefferson posted “Don’t politicize….soften your heart for the victims”.

      One can send one’s thoughts to the victims — and can also immediately see the political mileage that the gun grabbers will go for. (Hint: look at the mileage the Al Sharptons got out of the scene in Florida — let us not wait for facts but, even with facts, let us not distract us from our agenda. One person even said the victim could be his son. Right now we have the same person stating we must protect our people but MORE people have been killed in the USA by illegal aliens at our borders than those in the Colorado movie theater. WHERE is the concern to protect the citizen from illegal aliens?)

      Compassion for the Aurora victims — sure. But look at what the media did 18 months ago when a federal judge and a US Congresswoman were killed in Tucson….a rush to blame speech for the killings.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:35pm

      This has false flag ops written all over it. Black Bloc is government.

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    • mercenary4freedom
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:06pm

      I tend to agree with you WAKEUPUSA. How much you want to bet that this guy “kills himself” in jail before he can talk.

      If you people don’t think the CIA is capable of hypnotizing people into doing outlandish things, guess again.

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  • svan71
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:34am

    His race is not an issue, just like with the flash mobs.

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    • antitheist
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:37pm

      Oh you guys are so cute saying that you would have stopped the shooter if you were there. Never mind the confusion and chaos that theater was in, everybody knows that bullets automatically target the bad guy.

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    • Robert Hawk
      Posted on July 21, 2012 at 7:51am

      Antithesis automatically identifies the writer as a believer in the dialectic (Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis) which is the doctrine of Hegel and his students which included Marx & Engels,and their system of theocracy known as Communism. Svan is a language spoken in Georgia of the former Soviet Union.

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  • RamonPreston
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:31am

    Who turned off the alarm and let the gunman in? Those doors have alarms when opened.

    At first you think “Nut case.” Then I wonder about our own government. First they have somone create a false-flag operation and we have the public screaming for protection just like 9/11. We are quick to sign away our freedoms for so-called “protection.” This shooting will create an opposition to the 2nd amendment, our right to bear arms.

    I read an article yesterday. The bankers openly state that they are building a world government (NWO) and have “dispensed with any pretense of trying to hide their agenda as it is finalized.”

    Be afraid, very afraid. It’s going to come down soon.

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    • RamonPreston
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:38am

      http://www.infowars.com/bankers-declare-u-s-europe-conquered/

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    • Diane TX
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:54am

      Ramon, could you change your avatar to a less scary face? It scares me. A picture of “you” would be much better. I use an actual picture of “me” at a Red Hat Party. That’s a party for women over the age of fifty. I was over the age of fifty at that party, but I believe that I still looked “good enough”. Nothing spectacular, but presentable.

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    • Halloween
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:34pm

      I think the avatar for his postings is fitting for some old coot that is distorted from paranoia and unrational fear of the unknown. It could not be any more accurate if he put his own picture there.

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:00pm

      Unrational huh? Are you a product of the publik skewl sisum or is that unpossible?

      Strap on you spacesuit, Obamanaut, it’s almost time to join your comrades in the Gulag.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Halloween

      Most doors are alarmed. The alarms could have been turned off by staff or management because they take out trash that way. Or Ramon could be on to something. You on the other hand strike me as a deer in the head lights. I would rather deal with Ramon than someone like you who is like Sigismundo.

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:02pm

      If the alarms were disabled then the insurance policy for the theater would be negated……I highly doubt a packed theater would do such a thing considering the liability aspect of such a move in this day and age. Something stinks.

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  • razvedka
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:30am

    Here it comes. The communist party, better know as the DEMOKPAT party, will use this event to begin its antigun campaign to confiscate all guns, and our fearless leader, Comrade President Obama will be leading the charge.

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  • Rodhaines
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:30am

    I GUARANTEE that the MSM will tie this guy to a right-wing militia group that loves Romney and hates Obama…..

    Mark my words!

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    • netmail
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:41am

      Conspiracy? Inside job? Or natural consequence a sick culture?? I think ‘natural consequence’ that is being used and manipulated by those in power today. Top down, bottom up….we haven’t heard that in awhile, but I definitely believe this tragedy will be milked for all it’s worth to take even more liberties away from us. We are practically being forced to accept that we must be protected from ourselves now.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:44pm

      He is apparently part of the Black Bloc … not a true part of OWS as they hate the Black Bloc as well.

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    • RGFROMTEXAS
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:53pm

      JHRUSKY

      You are correct. OWS has disassociated it self with Black Bloc;

      Who is the Black Bloc?
      The black block is a self-styled anarchist tactic. It is not an identifiable organization. It is a method of creating violence and chaos in the streets. They desire to be an effective street-fighting force to oppose the police. They think they’re being bold revolutionaries, when in actuality, they’re cowards hiding behind masks, wearing a terrifying uniform.
      That uniform is generally all black clothing, and they often carry dowel rods to which black flags have been affixed.
      They start fights with the police, they destroy property, they attack other occupiers, and they give the police an excuse to attack us.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:33pm

      It will be interesting to see if this kid has a history of mental illness and has made express threats that were ignored or minimized.

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:12pm

      The modus operandi has the earmarks of an IRA or Radical Islamist type act of senseless violence (for the sake of doing something, anything).

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on July 21, 2012 at 11:42am

      Looks to be very similar to Ted Kacynski. People are painting this kid as brilliant, but socially withdrawn. It appears this kid may present with either schizoid personality disorder or a delusional disorder. Young adulthood is when schizophrenia manifests in full.
      It doesn’t look like politics or ideology are to blame. It appears this kid didn’t quite fit in, but was curious about human behior. It will be telling whether he wanted to distiniguish himself or engage in some murderous experiment. I suspect his mental health history will continue to be minimized; this is why Loughner was able to remain both free and crazy: No one ever acted to have him further evaluated or detained. What do we not yet know about this boy?

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on July 21, 2012 at 11:55am

      What’s telling is how predictably stupid, fearful, opportunistic and egocentric people behave after an event like this:
      “If I go to the movies, I will be shot.” Wrong.
      “Therefore, there should be enhanced security at the theater.” Careful what you wish for…. need I remind you of the TSA.
      “It’s all about me!” No, it’s not.

      “We need to surround movie houses and search young adults.” Wow. This last bit was actually spewed by a mustachioed cop in last night’s FOX Report. Yep. Time to profile the kids. ‘Cause now they are probably carrying bombs, guns and tear gas in addition to drugs and alchohol (which was also insinuated by this fine agent of the state). Never let a good tragedy pass without taking advantage of it, right?

      “Guns are bad.” Wrong. Guns are tools.
      “All people who have guns are bad and potentially dangerous.” Wrong. Replace ‘guns’ with ‘cars’ (or any other tool).
      THEREFORE
      “Only the state should have guns.” Brilliant. Yep, if guns are bad and only bad people have guns, the logical conclusion is to arm only agents of the state. Once again, careful what you wish for.

      Too many people are craven little bugs and the media loves it. Disgusting.

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  • planecrashlaw
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:26am

    And you need an AK-47 for what reason?

    You people have blood on your hands.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:34am

      I need an AK because I’m a citizen and have that right. And it’s you people that use tragedy to push your iedology are nothing more than ghouls feeding in the corpes of the dead

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    • bravjim
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:38am

      To protect ourselves from idiots like him, and your precious government thugs that you love so much.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:38am

      You’re an animal using a tragic event for your own political agenda. You should be ashamed of yourself.

      My heart goes out to the victims and families of victims.

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    • shogun459
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:39am

      Where in the news did it say he had an AK-47?
      It says Rifle, handgun and one other weapon, injuries indicate the other weapon was a shotgun.
      If you are going to lie, do it where the known facts aren’t written down this close to your Troll lies.
      Go Troll terrorist websites and try to be a usefull ‘citizen’ instead of a ‘usefull idiot’ for whoever.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:49am

      Hmm… generally speaking, when only the state is armed, people historically will die in astronomical numbers. See the continent of Africa, SE Asia, WWII era Germany, China, etc.
      Murdering dogs should be dealt with swiftly and harshly. Whether it be the private citizen or the state.
      I’ll tell you why the state believes it needs assault rifles: To shut you up and shut you down if and when it pleases.
      This issue is a little more complex than saying all gun owners are culpable. You assume this kid was even a legal owner. Details are lacking.
      Guns, like govt., are tools. Yes, they can be misused. Just like cell phones, cars and ladders. To assert that, because of the misuse of any tool that can and will kill others or get you killed, ALL such holders of any given tool are ‘bad’ and need to be punished is a logic argument that doesn’t pass the smell test.
      This is a stupid tragedy. And, as usual, the knee jerk reaction from folks ruled by emotion is to assert something must be banned. This is the zero tolerance creep that makes us less and less free.
      As I said, govt. is a tool. Historically, it was envisioned (in the U.S.) as a tool to protect the collective from the one harmful goon such as this shooter. Use it as you would a scalpel. But it’s just so much easier (and apparently comforting) to use it as a sledge and assume ALL all guilty.
      Ban guns, cars, ladders, cell phones and prescription drugs; your world wil be a safer place, yes?

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    • Landon410
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:01am

      I own 1 AK 1 AR a large bore lever gun, 1 semi auto small bore rifle, a hand gun 2 shotguns and a combound bow, why? because I can, because I enjoy the sport of target shooting, and supplying meat for my family.
      I can get 100lbs of meat for $30 this way.

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    • tk1955
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:11am

      Moron, you don’t have to have a reason…. the 2nd amendment guarentees us that right…. you have a lone nut go on a rampage…..and the first reaction is ban all guns…..

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:21am

      Think Harder. You still seem to think the Gun was the problem….

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    • tzion
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:38pm

      Let’s think for a moment. Murder is against the law so the man is a known lawbreaker. If owning a gun was illegal, why would that law, for which the penalty is no doubt less severe than murder, act as a deterrent when the illegality of murder, an infinitely more serious crime, did not.

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    • jrose1967
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:19pm

      Rights are not based upon needs. Rights do not have to be justified.

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    • HxConservative89
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:26pm

      The second amendment isn’t for hunting, it for protecting the country for the government! It would be hard to remove a dictator with a black powder rifle!

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    • Do The Right Thing
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:59pm

      Ah yes, plane crasher. The second amendment to the US Constitution sez I can posess my guns, so I do, as do ALL of my neighbors, and we’re very good with them. What do you posess, a deficient mind? I don’t need assault weapons, I desire to own them. You seem to be one of those unfortunate Americans that doesn’t understand the difference between needs and wants. I own steak knives, too. They are made to cut meat, I guess that perhaps you should work for laws banning them as well, as I really don’t NEED them, but I wanted them, so I bought them. Doesn‘t mean I’m going to use them on human meat …

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:21pm

      PLANECRASHLAW, to protect one’s self from malicious left wing crazies like this guy.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:21am

    We can not let “Fast and Furious” fall along the wayside. Although it had nothing to do with this particular incident, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, and “Big Sis” all wanted to use F & F as a means to ban gun ownership from law abiding citizens. They will try to use this incident as a reason to ban guns from law abiding citizens.

    Oh, if ONLY no one could buy guns – everyone would be safe. Not True! People who randomly kill people, are NOT law abiding! I would agree that ANYONE on a pysch medication should be banned from owning a gun. Anyone that has to medicated to be “normal” should not be able to purchase a gun. What if the medication is interrupted for some reason? I’m not being political in any way. If a person is delusional when off their medication, that person should NEVER have access to a gun.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:27am

      From the looks of it they had quite a gun show going themselves. We may have to go across the border and buy some of them back for Americans.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:31am

      No what we need to do is string this guy up by his neck right in front of the theater. let him switch and twitch til he‘s dead and then tell the family you can come and get him down or we’ll dump his butt in the land fill for you. There’s no need for million dollar trial when he was caught red handed without a shadow of a doubt. And even if he has mental issues don’t care publicly hang his butt and make an example of him. The people in that down need to march on the station and drag him out and do it themselves if the police won’t hand him over willingly. Time for real justice give him a rope not free housing,clothing,food,healthcare,dental,gyms,library,legal advice,….ect.

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    • Tigress1
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:53am

      @DianeTX, I agree, but they also want to try to remove all stigmas from being “mentally ill”. They have even put out ads trying to get people to believe that just because mental illness is an “illness” that these people are normal! In some segments of our society people think it is a status symbol to be taking the latest drug for the latest “fad mental illness”.

      Don’t forget about #38 and #39 of the “45 Communist Goals”:

      http://rense.com/general32/americ.htm

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:50pm

      @ johnjamison

      [quote]And even if he has mental issues don’t care publicly hang his butt and make an example of him. The people in that down need to march on the station and drag him out and do it themselves if the police won’t hand him over willingly.[/quote]

      So, you want to live with mob rule? Is the mob always right? If not, whom decides when they are not right? Who gets punished when they are wrong?

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  • branch manager
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:15am

    Manchurian Candidate.

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    • Rodhaines
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:30am

      Amen. And he will be a right-wing militia leader who hates Obama and blacks and loves Romney. Mark my words!

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:46am

      Nobody knows anything about him as of yet. Stop playing politics. Let the facts come out. Use the time you’re devoting to hate, to rather pray for the families and victims affected by this. Show some compassion.

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:26am

      @GhostOfJefferson

      Quit wearing your heart on your sleeve. And telling others to do the same. It’s unbecomming. And rude.

      Some of us can do two things at once.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:42am

      Good Lord, THX.

      And we call the left Blood Dancing Ghouls.

      I’ll speak as I will. Don’t assume you can dictate to me when to speak. I was asking people to put aside politics for just a few scant moments. Apparently that’s too much.

      Go dance in your blood pool, as you seem to want to do.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:44am

      Oh yeah, by the way: PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND/OR IN THE HOSPITAL AT THIS EXACT MOMENT.

      Sure, you’ll take time to pray. Sure. Prayer goes so well with screaming hatred at others over politics.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:53pm

      In cases where “manchurian candidates” are possibilities, do they not always pull out a handgun and kill themselves when they’re about to be caught? And, in the case they don’t have time and/or are surprised by police, “death by cop” seems to work well.

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:28pm

      “Don’t assume you can dictate to me when to speak.”

      Right back atcha, schmuck…

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:32pm

      “Oh yeah, by the way: PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND/OR IN THE HOSPITAL AT THIS EXACT MOMENT. ”

      Yeah, tens of thousands of them. What about *them*? Shouldn’t I be publically crying for all the people some moron shot in the last 24 hours?

      They came unarmed. Perhaps the survivors will know better next time…

      Pious dufus…

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:15pm

      Thank you for the ad hominem THX. For some reason I was confusing you with folks on my side of the debate (conservative/libertarian). Since you wish to snidely condemn and belittle somebody for suggesting compassion and prayers for the dead men, women and children of this monster, I gladly wish you on your way down the path of Soviet inspired political hate (you think Orwell was making up the Minute of Hate in 1984?). You clearly have a bigger problem with me asking others to pray for the victims and to await the facts, than you do with those who have already made this into a d@mned political p*ssing match. Clearly, we’re not on the same team.

      Slainte

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  • blackyb
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:15am

    Someone said he was Persian? Was that a joke or what? I have nothing to tell me otherwise. Maybe he changed his name. The tales are flying.

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  • BaltimoreJoe
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:14am

    What loving psychotropics was in his little prescription bag…..

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    • blackyb
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:31am

      That synthetic pot. They are either doping Americans, dumbing them down, shooting them, causing division, lying about them. These people are a pack of loons. They do nothing to secure this country and when they do catch them, I am thinking they will hire them for the government. Lol.

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:11am

    Kill him with the same guns he used on his innocent victims.I think a person should die the same way they kill others instead we lay thier sorry buts on a table and make them go nite nite the easy way.No wonder they don’t fear the punishment if any.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:54pm

      The easy way? Really? You think lethal injection is a nice way to die?

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    • whatthecrazy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:40pm

      @JHRUSKY Why yes sir i do,much easier than say a fireing squad,hanging,electrocution,being murdered in cold blood in a movie with your family and no possible was to shield them.So yes JHRUSKY prove me wrong,it’s just my opinion.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:39pm

      @ whatthecrazy

      [quote]Why yes sir i do,much easier than say a fireing squad,hanging,electrocution,being murdered in cold blood in a movie with your family and no possible was to shield them.So yes JHRUSKY prove me wrong,it’s just my opinion.[/quote]

      I cannot prove your opinion wrong … only stupid.

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    • whatthecrazy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:04pm

      Back at ya Rusky

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  • 2AFirearmsDealerDotCom
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:10am

    1) God bless all the people killed, injured and affected by this horrific tragedy.

    2) Please refrain from following the liberals lead and don’t make guesses as to who this person is. Let the details come out before jumping to judgement.

    3) This is a horrible act performed by a dispicable person, but there were 89,999,999+ people in the country that did NOT commit a horible act with firearms.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:47am

      Well stated.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:56pm

      [quote] This is a horrible act performed by a dispicable person, but there were 89,999,999+ people in the country that did NOT commit a horible act with firearms [/quote]

      Uhm in a country of 330,000,000 people, are you saying that 240,000,001 did commit a horible [sic] act with firearms?

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:51pm

      Don’t be so lazy Rusky…the number of registered firearm owners is in the vincinity of 90 mil….a number which I suspect is well below the actual fact.

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  • awheelguy
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:01am

    So, so sad and evil. Let’s remember who is the real Hate Zen in our country today? Everything will resemble Hell between now and November 6th. And of course? A long time following! It’s all sick now.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:59am

    About most of my life I would never have looked for an ulterior motive, but in the last few years reading and hearing government agent‘s who have left their jobs makes me wonder if it isn’t a set up of some kind to ram more control down our throats. It scares me to even have such random thoughts go through my mind, and I’ll be looking for more information. Better that it be one of those crisis things to good to waste by the left, than an actual set up. Crazy, I’m praying a nut is befind this and nothing else. What happy thoughts. God bless those suffering families, what a true nightmare for them.

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    • branch manager
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:25am

      I feel the same way. You are not alone.

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    • pwatkins
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:35am

      Same thoughts here. I pray for the families and our country at the same time. Obama did jump on this quickly, unlike the 49 shot in one weekend.in Chicago.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:56am

    Well that was scary. I checked out your link, and a nephew of mine was there as a possible friend. I hope that it’s a different “James Holmes”.

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    • Diane TX
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:33am

      That’s weird. The comment that I replied to , is no longer here.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:52am

    The calls to ban all gun sales and importation of guns will start from the gun grabbers on the left,always does after some whack job goes off.The current regime in power would love to be able to confiscate all the guns in this country,excluding of course the military and police,they’ll be used to crush any dissent.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:10am

      If they would just enforce the 2000 laws they have on the books, it would cut down on quite a bit of gun crime. Instead, our government ships thousands of firearms to cartels in mexico , and in the same breath, tell me we need “comprehensive gun legislation”. Hell, we just read about the New Black Panther member (that put the bounty on Zimmerman, dead or alive) who, as a convicted felon, was arrested for carrying a firearm and only served 150 days in jail. By the end of the day, there will be countless grandstanding on this tragedy, calling for additional gun control.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:48am

    The shooter is James Holmes. He is a 24 year old white male. We will soon know what his favorite color is, and what he likes for breakfast. We will also be told that he exists because of the NRA.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:56am

      You are so right, and “they”, of course, are so wrong. *sigh*

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    • sWampy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:03am

      I’d bet he came from the terrorists training camp in Murfreesboro, TN.

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  • momrules
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:43am

    We all need to wait for more information other than the shooter’s name and age. That said, this episode will be used to justify more gun control in America.

    My guess is that someone will try to tie him in with the Tea Party just as they did the Giffords shooting in Arizona. The Administration will not let this golden opportunity go to waste.

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    • PaBowHunter
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:13am

      CNN already did. One of the “newscasters” already said they looked up a James Holmes from the area who was somehow affiliated with the Tea Party. But they qualified it by saying they “weren’t sure if this was the shooter”.

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  • obrien871
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:37am

    It‘s Sarah Palin’s fault.

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    • drbage
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:44am

      Maybe, or is it Bush’s fault. Probably, the progressive arm of the Democrat Party aka the lamestream media will push the envelope a bit further and try to spin it so that it is Romney and Bain’s fault.

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    • bravjim
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:47am

      Will it be Banes fault, or Baines fault? Perhaps he was hired by Bane to help promote the violence he wanted to incite in Gotham. Could just be a comic book geek or something. In the end, I’m sure they will try to blame either Romney, Bush, Glenn Beck, or Rush Limbaugh. But my bet would be that it is one of those OWS cats who has finally gone over the deep end.

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  • sooner12
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:34am

    Does Colorado have the death penalty? This act should qualify.

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    • tj1961
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:25pm

      Yes, Colorado does have the death penalty……

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:33am

    Hang him.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:32am

    Prayers for survivors!

    JESUS GOD, we need YOU here with us. In YOUR sweet and mighty name we pray, amen.

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    • momrules
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:01am

      Morning Kick…….Every day brings more news of some horror here in America and across the globe. I feel great sadness for all of us, evil seems to be winning. Yes, we should all be praying and turning back to God. He really is the only answer.

      Blessings on you Kick, my prayers will join yours.

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    • RamonPreston
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:36am

      My Bible says that 90% of all humans on earth will be dead when Jesus returns and if He doesn’t return when He does there will be “no flesh left alive.” You really want Jesus to return? It’s going to get a lot worse before that happens.

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:37am

      @kickagrandma

      Leave God alone, he’s got a lot on his plate. Right now he’s helping Tim Tebow train for next season.

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    • StoicsWife
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 3:38pm

      @Vanceuppercut….”Leave God alone, he’s got a lot on his plate. Right now he’s helping Tim Tebow train for next season” You are a poor excuse for a human being with your comment. 14 people died and dozens were injured and you have no compassion for them or their families???

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:06pm

      @ ramonpreston

      “My Bible says that 90% of all humans on earth will be dead when Jesus returns and if He doesn’t return when He does there will be “no flesh left alive.” You really want Jesus to return? It’s going to get a lot worse before that happens.”

      Well, considering what is going on in the middle East and that Israel is about to strike out at Iran which may well be the spark in the tinderbox, and considering N. Korea has nukes and a delivery system, and Iran is awfully close, or already does, once WWIII begins over there and N. Korea and/or Iran lobs a few nukes in our upper atmosphere from just outside the boundary waters, it’s a good possibilty 90% of you here in America will be dead within a year (I say “you” because myself and those around me are quite prepared for any roving gangs that happen our way … you may be too and I hope you are, but sadly most are not and will not be). That all said, 90% of the world’s population could cease breathing fairly soon.

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  • randy
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:31am

    Yep, just what I thought….. Fits the mold of an OWS Protester!

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    • lel2007
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:36am

      How is that?

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    • chips1
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:45am

      Did he have an Obama sticker on his car?

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    • John 3:16
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:51am

      Well let’s see hummm. OWS people have shown they have a propensity for violent acts so I would not be surprised much if it was.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:53am

      He’s 24 years old white and male, just like some of the OWS protesters and at least two million other people. Nothing we know so far proves that he doesn’t fit the mold that Randy would prefer to see him fit into.

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    • Rayblue
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:58am

      OWS are violent, non-respecters of law and have mentioned using terrorist tactics more than a few times. Just like their brothers in arms black panthers, al qaeda and syria.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:58am

      Indeed! and, betting on the obamamita sticker somewhere. Unless, of course, he was hired by them which means he conveniently will have Tea Party and Bush stickers and paraphernalia all around.

      PRAY for the LIGHT to scatter the darkness which threatens to overcome us.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:02pm

      @ rayblue

      [quote] OWS are violent, non-respecters of law and have mentioned using terrorist tactics more than a few times. Just like their brothers in arms black panthers, al qaeda and syria. [/quote]

      I believe the vast majority of OWS people are NOT violent. Certainly some are, but even the OWS people do not like the Black Bloc whom seems to have infiltrated OWS. I am not a fan of OWS by any means, but I am a fan of truth and honesty. Even the Daily Kos is against the Black Bloc and the Daily Kos is about as radical as one can get.

      Let’s try to be honest instead of radical right-wing nutjobs which continue to give the progressives more and more ammunition to make their opposition look bad.

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    • randy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Told you so!

      A radical far Left-Wing and Registered Democrat and avid Obama Supporter, “Occupy Black Bloc Member James E. Holmes Shoots Up Aurora Co Movie Theater Killing 12 And Wounding 50.

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    • randy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:12pm

      @CHET HEMPSTEAD Seems I was right Chet old boy :)
      Whatcha got to say now?

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