I thought the machine gun ownership was fascinating. More crazy gun guys
demonstrating the gun culture failure.
From MSNBC.com:
Maine police arrested a heavily armed man driving on the state turnpike who carried clippings about the cinema massacre in Colorado and claimed he attended the new "Batman" film with a loaded gun, authorities said on Monday.
Timothy Courtois, 49, was driving 112 mph on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns and several boxes of ammunition in his car when state police pulled him over about 10 a.m. on Sunday, said Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.
He told police that he was headed to Derry, N.H., to shoot a former employer, McCausland said in a statement.
Courtois told police he had attended the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," at a theater in Saco, Maine, on Saturday night with a loaded gun in his backpack, he said.
Police found clippings in his car about the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., where 12 people were killed and 58 wounded by a gunman at a Friday showing of "The Dark Knight," he said.
At Courtois' home in Biddeford, Maine, police found several additional guns, including a machine gun, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, he said.
Courtois was slated to appear in court on Monday in Springvale District Court on initial charges of speeding and carrying a concealed weapon, McCausland said.
From MSNBC.com:
Police: Man was driving 112 mph on Maine Turnpike with AK-47, 4 handguns, boxes of ammo
Police: Man was driving 112 mph on Maine Turnpike with AK-47, 4 handguns, boxes of ammoMaine police arrested a heavily armed man driving on the state turnpike who carried clippings about the cinema massacre in Colorado and claimed he attended the new "Batman" film with a loaded gun, authorities said on Monday.
Timothy Courtois, 49, was driving 112 mph on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns and several boxes of ammunition in his car when state police pulled him over about 10 a.m. on Sunday, said Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.
He told police that he was headed to Derry, N.H., to shoot a former employer, McCausland said in a statement.
Courtois told police he had attended the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," at a theater in Saco, Maine, on Saturday night with a loaded gun in his backpack, he said.
Police found clippings in his car about the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., where 12 people were killed and 58 wounded by a gunman at a Friday showing of "The Dark Knight," he said.
At Courtois' home in Biddeford, Maine, police found several additional guns, including a machine gun, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, he said.
Courtois was slated to appear in court on Monday in Springvale District Court on initial charges of speeding and carrying a concealed weapon, McCausland said.
If the movie is triggering violent reactions in people, shouldn't we ban the movie?
ReplyDeleteHi Joe! Welcome to commenting on Penigma!
ReplyDeleteI had wanted to ask you the source for a claim you made that was reposted over on Mitch's blog, the one about the details of the shooter's supposed bullet proof vest being a turkey shooter style vest. The law enforcement public statements have pretty consistently used the term ballistic armored vest, which usually means either bullet resistant or bullet proof -- which they also stated.
Do you have info on that which contradicts the Aurora authorities?
I am not aware that the movie is triggering violent reactions in people, what do you base this on? The mass shooting seems to be triggering copy cat attempts, not the movie.
James Holmes made his violent preparations long before the movie was shown on a screen, and we do not at this point in time know why he did what he did.
Are you always this weak on understanding causation?