Okay, stop me if you've heard this one before...

[derby378]

...but if the Cinemark theater had just bothered to have a security guard patrolling the emergency exit doors for the theater - you know, to prevent people from sneaking in to see The Dark Knight Rises for free - don't you think this could have stopped Holmes dead in his tracks, saved a whole bunch of people from being injured or killed, and prevented so many DUers from going apeshit over the same old discredited gun-control arguments all over again?

[Major Hogwash]

1. Except for one thing.

Those aren't discredited gun control arguments.

Holmes was wearing body armor from head to foot.

[WillowTree]

2. If.......if.......if.......

[derby378]

5. That's what theaters are SUPPOSED to do

Cuts into their profit margins and all that if freeloaders sneak in.

[sadbear]

3. One more dead person.

You think Holmes would have let one unarmed mall cop stop him?

[Jackpine Radical]

4. An ARMED security guard to keep the kids from sneaking in?

"Hey, you little shit, I saw you sneak in. Freeze or I'll blow your ass away."

Wow.

[rocktivity]

6. As I understand it, he paid his way in and was dressed normally.

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Then he left through the emergency exit door, propped it open, bought his car around, geared up, and re-entered the theater.

No alarms on the door -- not even silent ones? No surveillance cameras -- not even for the parking lots? No guards -- even at the risk of denting the theater's profit margins?

So what's the solution? Apparently the AMC chain of movie theaters thinks it's to ban customers in costume!


rocktivity[./b]

[derby378]

7. Yeah, that was a real dick move by AMC

And yeah, the guard could have monitored the rear door and intercepted Holmes before he even opened the trunk.

[RC]

8. Banning customers in costume is the cheapest route.

Security alarms and cameras cost money to install and operate. Then if tripped, someone, on the clock, is supposed to go check it out?
They can only overcharge so much for the candy, popcorn and drinks to pay for the security. They are already at that point of resistance.