Heroic Armed Citizen Stops Movie Texting With Gun, Murder

This is terrible...

http://wonkette.com/539065/heroic-armed-citizen-stops-movie-texting-with-gun-murder



JANUARY 14, 2014

PLEASE USE A SILENCER DURING THE FILM 9:39 AM JANUARY 14, 2014

HEROIC ARMED CITIZEN STOPS MOVIE TEXTING WITH GUN, MURDER

by DOKTOR ZOOM

Curtis Reeves, a Responsible Gun Owner in Wesley Chapel, Florida, was ready to defend himself when he went to a matinee showing of “Lone Survivor” Monday — ignoring the Grove 16 Theaters’ ban on carrying weapons in the auditorium, no doubt because he knew, as do all Responsible Gun Owners, that mass killers target Gun-Free Zones specifically because they know they won’t face an armed citizen who can stop them. Or maybe because as a retired Tampa Police captain, Reeves just felt better carrying a gun. And so, when he got into an argument with Chad Oulson over Oulson’s texting during the previews, Reeves was ready for action, and after the argument escalated and Oulson threw popcorn at him, Reeves pulled his gun and shot Oulson dead. Oulson’s wife Nicole was wounded when she raised her hand in front of her husband; the round went through her hand and killed him. Just before Reeves shot him, Oulson reportedly said that he was texting his 3-year-old daughter.

Isn’t the Second Amendment a wonderful thing?

After shooting Oulson, Reeves sat down and put his handgun on his lap; an off-duty Sumter County deputy sheriff who was also attending the movie got up and took the gun from Reeves, who was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Two nurses who were in the audience attempted to give Oulson CPR, but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco said that there appeared to be no justification for the shooting under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which we suppose is something.

CNN reports that after retiring from the Tampa PD in 1993, Reeves also worked as director of security at the Busch Gardens amusement park until 2005, which you might think would have helped him learn something about dealing nonlethally with rude people in an entertainment venue.

Since Oulson was a white, middle-class father who was not wearing a hoodie, we’re not quite sure how the gun-fondling crowd will blame him for his own death; a few commenters at Glenn Beck’s The Blaze have determined that Oulson’s disrespectful behavior was the cause of his death; a few others declared Oulson a thug and said that it’s high time to clean out the animals and Obama voters. All that remains is for Alex Jones to announce that the entire thing was a false flag operation calculated to allow Obama to seize everyone’s guns.

At the risk of being labeled enemies of sacred Constitutional rights, Yr Wonkette would just like to review some rules regarding the use of deadly force: Despite the 2nd Amendment, you do not actually have the right to shoot anyone you are angry at, even during the previews for a movie. No, not even during the feature itself. It is still murder. No, really, it is still murder, even if someone behind you keeps repeating every laugh line or asking “who’s that guy? Is that the guy she saw earlier?” You are actually not allowed to shoot them. It is not even legal to shoot people if they are being obnoxious assholes, even when you are right and they are wrong and you have a gun. We hope this has been a useful review, although we have a sneaking suspicion that the people who really need to know these things don’t read Wonkette.


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  • Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,599
    edited January 2014
    But I thought when everyone was armed we were going to be safer?

    This is a disgusting incident.
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  • Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    happens all the time every single day. Even the news stops reporting this stuff because it's so common. But should it be harder to get a drivers license than a gun? Of course.
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  • Posts: 19,309
    Maybe he saw the movie God Bless America recently ...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07koWDo7-P0
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  • St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    when is wayne lapierre going to show up for an nra rally?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

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  • Posts: 12,225
    It's too bad that all of the movie goers weren't armed. That way, a full blown firefight could have broken out and everybody would have been safe.
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  • Earlier in the week, he was online and admonishing 'idiots for punishing law abiding citizens' when they suggested measures of gun reform.

    Everybody is law abiding... right up to the point when they snap!
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  • Posts: 16,881
    edited January 2014
    And how do you start a thread? I was going to kick in the most recent elementary school shooting story in New Mexico:

    http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/12-year-old-in-custody-after-2-students-shot-at-new-mexico-middle-school

    Inmates running the asylum.

    Seriously.

    * Edit: Searching through the haze... I see the 'New Discussion' tab. I figured it out. I know how to start a new thread.
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  • Posts: 44,461
    " I feared for my life"


    So throwing popcorn is a deadly weapon and requires deadly force to stop it?
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  • Posts: 2,317
    edited January 2014
    Cosmo said:

    It's too bad that all of the movie goers weren't armed. That way, a full blown firefight could have broken out and everybody would have been safe.

    A funny and quite powerful remark, Mr Cosmo.

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  • Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I will not admit to laughing at Jason P's post.
    I will not admit to laughing at Jason P's post.
    I will not admit to laughing at Jason P's post.

    Ah man, ok, I have to admit it- shooting someone dead for texting might be an exception to my anti-gun opinions.
    Which is why I don't go to movies anymore.


    :-/ Does he mean because he might shoot someone or because he hates texting in movies?
    [-( Don't ask he's in one of those weird moods again.

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  • This is why more guns is not the answer. I realize he was a former policeman or whatever, but regardless, anyone with a gun is capable of doing dumb shit with it when their emotions get the best of them.

    Taking away guns isn't the answer either. A discussion is needed but many Americans are too stubborn and closed-minded to even discuss the future of guns in America.
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  • Posts: 12,225
    edited January 2014

    This is why more guns is not the answer. I realize he was a former policeman or whatever, but regardless, anyone with a gun is capable of doing dumb shit with it when their emotions get the best of them.

    Taking away guns isn't the answer either. A discussion is needed but many Americans are too stubborn and closed-minded to even discuss the future of guns in America.

    ...
    That has always been my stance. I believe in the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment and Supreme Court rulings in 2nd Amendment cases. I don't think it is Constitutional to take away all guns, which seems to be the only fear stirring arguement point for the NRA based side. I just want common sense gun laws that doesn't allow just anyone to obtain whatever fire power exists.
    And this story clearly illustrates the point... that a reasonable discussion has to take place. A law-abiding, retired police Captain and responsible gun owner who may have had a legal permit to carry a conceled weapon... commits the murder of a 47 year old man who was texting the baby sitter of his 3 year old daughter from a movie theater, during the upcoming movie previews. A good guy with a gun... saved the theater goers from a bad guy with a cell phone.
    This is not a 'Stand Your Ground' case... it is second degree, aggravated murder that should carry a life sentence.

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  • Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    Cosmo said:

    ...
    That has always been my stance. I believe in the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment and Supreme Court rulings in 2nd Amendment cases. I don't think it is Constitutional to take away all guns, which seems to be the only fear stirring arguement point for the NRA based side. I just want common sense gun laws that doesn't allow just anyone to obtain whatever fire power exists.
    And this story clearly illustrates the point... that a reasonable discussion has to take place. A law-abiding, retired police Captain and responsible gun owner who may have had a legal permit to carry a conceled weapon... commits the murder of a 47 year old man who was texting the baby sitter of his 3 year old daughter from a movie theater, during the upcoming movie previews. A good guy with a gun... saved the theater goers from a bad guy with a cell phone.
    This is not a 'Stand Your Ground' case... it is second degree, aggravated murder that should carry a life sentence.

    All done with the thought he shot in self defense, don't be surprised if he's not acquitted.....just wait and see.

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  • Hershey PA Posts: 3,976



    All done with the thought he shot in self defense, don't be surprised if he's not acquitted.....just wait and see.

    Peace



    The legal system here is another discussion (and joke most of the time).

    I Agree with what you said Cosmo.
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  • St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    is he gonna claim "stand your ground"? it's florida right? that bullshit defense might just get this guy off.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    plus, he is a retired cop. "feared for my life"??? must have been a terribly weak cop.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Florida Posts: 10,219
    and this jerkoff ex cop must have taunted the man before he killed him because the wife had enough time to raise her hands in front of the shot. ridiculous. This is supposed to be one of the guys we trust with guns, right?
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  • Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    This is bad for all the good guy with a gun arguments... Looks like this guy was trained, everything. Who knows what exactly happened though.
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,599
    The NRA will argue this is why we need more guns, that all should be armed, because you never know who around you is a lunatic with a gun.
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  • The NRA isnt pushing for more guns or to arm everyone. They just simply want to be able to keep the right to own a gun. Incidents like this happen, just like drunk drivers kill people. I just can't blame the gun. I have to hold the person accountable for their actions. Let's not sensationalize the story and make it about the gun. Let's analyze how and why the person did what they did, try and understand it and learn from it. We need to take a real look, use common sense and have an actual real debate about guns. I'm not a big gun person, but I do think if someone wants one, there should be background checks, and there needs to be some sort of annual or periodic psych test. And we all have to be honest with ourself and understand that sometimes people freak out and do dumb shit. It's happened ever since the dawning of man. They only way to prevent that would be some sort of full government big brother watching everything we do. I don't think anyone wants that.

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