Quantcast

Maryland Police May Have Prevented Another Aurora: Should We Focus on the Killers or the Guns?

Heisenberg 2012/07/27 19:00:00
You!
Add Photos & Videos
Another Aurora-type shooting spree may have been prevented by Maryland police. Do you think we should focus on the killers or the guns?

Washington Post reports: "Authorities have taken a man into custody who referred to himself as “a joker” and threatened to shoot people at his former workplace in Prince George’s County, investigators said Friday."

maryland police

Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/po...

Add a comment above

Top Opinion

  • Scott 2012/07/27 19:34:27
    The guns
    Scott
    +45
    O so much on the guns. Just the other day I was walking down the street minding my own business and suddenly a hand gun jumped out from the bushes and took a shot at me! And my neighbor was in his own backyard and attacked by a rifle! I'm telling you these guns are getting out of hand? Lock 'em all up and throw away the keys?

    The killers? Well, it probably wasn't their fault in the first place. You know, one parent families, they got bullied in school, and they can't afford a cool car. Jeez - it's no wonder! They should be spoken to very firmly, I mean really let them know that we mean business and asked not to do it again.

    Next problem!

Sort By
  • Most Raves
  • Least Raves
  • Oldest
  • Newest
Opinions

  • teamboobooseth 2012/07/28 02:35:49
    The killers
    teamboobooseth
    +3
    Guns don't kill people. People who shoot guns do.
  • Kat 2012/07/28 02:35:04
    The killers
    Kat
    +8
    Billions of guns have never harmed anyone and would never dream of harming anyone. They are inanimate until a psycho grabs one. Focus on why the human wants to kill, not on the gun that wouldn't hurt anyone left to it's own devices.
  • Soundstorm 2012/07/28 02:32:12
    The killers
    Soundstorm
    +8
    Focus only on the joker in the deck.
  • wilsonmja 2012/07/28 02:27:56
    The killers
    wilsonmja
    +11
    A killer can kill without a gun. A gun is incapable of harming a fly without the assistance of a killer.
  • El Prez 2012/07/28 02:14:52
    The killers
    El Prez
    +5
    Good work!!! Too bad more can't caught and stopped BEFORE the go wacko on people!!
  • Gracie - Proud Conservative 2012/07/28 02:11:20
    The killers
    Gracie - Proud Conservative
    +10
    And who fights against taking the scary and mentally imbalanced people off the streets? Yep, those warm and fuzzy liberals!
  • ☆Hitler was a community org... 2012/07/28 02:08:58
    The guns
    ☆Hitler was a community organiz☆
    +6
    oops, wrong answer...Im so ashamed
  • Oaces_b... ☆Hitler... 2012/07/28 04:51:24
  • morgan 2012/07/28 02:02:57
    The killers
    morgan
    +9
    I don't see anyone putting a rifle in a cage for 90 years
  • Jeff Smith 2012/07/28 01:58:31
    The killers
    Jeff Smith
    +10
    Guns are simply tools I could use a hammer or a screw driver. Now they even have battery and butane operated nail guns.It's not the tool it's the psycho behind the tool we need to pay more attention too. I have tools and not one of them have ever killed anyone
  • mrk5panzer Jeff Smith 2012/07/28 03:53:30
    mrk5panzer
    +2
    Hell even someone with a 2/4 can kill and we saw that on TV last yr. so are we going to outlaw power tools,cars,boats even planes we all can't forget that now can we?
  • Teri- Oregon 2012/07/28 01:46:48
    The killers
    Teri- Oregon
    +10
    The only people who would turn in their guns are law abiding citizens. The criminals would still get there guns, just like they got alcohol during prohibition and how they still get drugs now even though they are illegal. If you actually believe that by limiting the ownership of guns would stop people from committing murder than you are living in a dilution that is self made by your own stupidity.
  • Revolution 2012 2012/07/28 01:42:29
    The killers
    Revolution 2012
    +7
    Gun control doesn't work because, like the prohibition on alcohol, people simply do not abide by or circumvent the system anyways. I'm certain that if one or a few of the patrons at the theatre had been well-armed, the fight would have been over with fewer casualties. People are more willing to stand up to an attacker when they are on equal ground.
  • cheshirewayne 2012/07/28 01:02:35
    The killers
    cheshirewayne
    +9
    The biggest home grown terrorist did not use a gun. He used what can be found on any farm.
  • Christo... cheshir... 2012/07/28 01:23:24
    Christopher Kirchen
    +3
    Have you noticed that all these whackos look like geeks who couldn't PAY a woman to get near them?
  • Kat Christo... 2012/07/28 02:36:17
    Kat
    +2
    Yeah, I was just thinking that myself.
  • bosshog 2012/07/28 00:59:12
    The killers
    bosshog
    +6
    We should focus on people and in the work place, school, bars, listen to how some people talk and act and if they keep talking the same subject it might mean someting. But keep in mind GUNS, MAGS, don't Kill PEOPLE, PEOPLE kill in many ways
    Gun Controll will not stop how people think and how they feel, People are going to Kill IF THERE MIND IS SET ON DOING IT KNOW MATTER WHAT, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO A PERSON OR MANY IF ITS PLANNED.
    WE HAVE ENOUGH GUN CONTROLL, a small town in the US passed a LAW that every head of house hold must own and maintain a GUN with AMMUNITION, this city has the lowest CRIME RATE THAN ANY CITY IN THE U.S. FROM 1982/2009 THEY HAD "ONE MURDER", 3 IN 2010 AND THESE 3 WAS COMMITIED BY THE SAME GUY. Mayor Bloomburg, N.Y. IN 25 YRS. HAD 15,000, IN 1990 2,245 ALONE, AND HE TALKS GUN CONTROLL.
    Look it up the city is (KENNESAW, GA.) http://www.kennesaw-ga-gov carry a gun
  • Aingean 2012/07/28 00:53:10
    The killers
    Aingean
    +8
    A gun doesn't pull its own trigger its person behind the weapon that either uses it for hunting or protection or for malice. Banning guns or anything like that wont stop killers from getting guns just makes it harder for law-abiding citizens to get or keep theirs.
  • whocares 2012/07/28 00:51:49
    The killers
    whocares
    +1
    Funny how you didn't report on this nut job conservative that also planned to copy the Aurora murders:

    "A Maine man was arrested when he told authorities that he was on his way to shoot a former employer a day after watching "The Dark Knight Rises," Maine state police said Monday.

    Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Maine, had been stopped for speeding, and a police search of his car found an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns, ammunition and news clippings about the mass shooting that left 12 people dead early Friday, authorities said."

    http://news.yahoo.com/3-arres...

    This appears to be the facebook page (not verified) for Timothy Courtois of Bidenford Main and the picture which he says is of himself at a younger age has the same features and noticeable bottom lip uplift.

    http://www.facebook.com/tim.c...

    younger age features noticeable lip uplift nbsphttpwww facebook comtim courtoisfavoritesnnn

    younger age features noticeable lip uplift httpwww facebook comtim courtoisfavorites

    Images on Timothy Courtois facebook page show a red car with many bumper stickers of a pro-gun "patriotic" nature.

    timothy courtois facebook red car bumper stickers pro-gun patriotic nature

    You can draw your own conclusions as to his political affiliation!


  • Georgia50 whocares 2012/07/28 02:54:19 (edited)
    Georgia50
    +5
    Funny how you didn't mention Eric Holder, proven gun runner to Mexican drug lords who murdered dozens of Mexicans and at least one US law enforcement officer with weapons supplied by the US Attorney General.

    I guess we can draw our own conclusions as to YOUR political affiliation.
    eric holder gunrunner
  • whocares Georgia50 2012/07/28 13:19:35
    whocares
    So you do want more gun regulation- good to know!
  • Georgia50 whocares 2012/07/28 13:27:32
    Georgia50
    +2
    Gun control, not gun regulation...
    gun control means hitting your target
  • whocares Georgia50 2012/07/28 13:31:13 (edited)
    whocares
    You truly are an imbecile- you blame Holder for more guns on the street and then want more on the street.

    My guess is you couldn't hit a barn with a rock and should never be allowed to have a gun!
  • Georgia50 whocares 2012/07/28 13:40:04 (edited)
    Georgia50
    +1
    If everyone had guns, only criminals would lay bleeding on the pavement. Eric Holder placed guns in the hands of criminals. That was his intention with Fast and Furious.
  • whocares Georgia50 2012/07/28 13:49:03
    whocares
    Fast and Furious was started by Bush idiot!

    If everyone in that theater had a gun there would have been many more innocent people killed. Your argument is ridiculous!
  • Georgia50 whocares 2012/07/28 13:50:45
    Georgia50
    +1
    The program terminated under Bush did not place guns in the hands of criminals. Oh wait...you've been listening to Opie, haven't you?
    jay carney
  • whocares Georgia50 2012/07/28 14:15:15
    whocares
    No it was never terminated and was an ongoing program that Obama was not aware of.

    Get your facts straight!
  • Georgia50 whocares 2012/07/28 20:29:43
    Georgia50
    The operation under Bush was Wide Receiver. It began in early 2006 and was terminated in late 2007. That is my assertion. Prove it wrong.
  • zsu2357 whocares 2012/07/29 00:51:58
    zsu2357
    +1
    Then why is he trying to hide it?
  • Frank 2012/07/28 00:43:24
    The killers
    Frank
    +3
    May have, huh. Our Press and Government won't be happy until they try to take citizens guns. If they want to take the guns track down the felons, thugs, and gangs first... Then talk to me about taking guns....
  • Jerry 2012/07/28 00:28:55
    The killers
    Jerry
    +4
    The gun can't fire itself, unless it's dropped correctly.
  • zsu2357 Jerry 2012/07/29 00:53:54
    zsu2357
    +1
    But but but doesn't that only happen in Kalifornia?
  • Jerry zsu2357 2012/07/29 01:38:54
    Jerry
    I've never heard of Kalifornia.
  • apachehellfire65 2012/07/28 00:17:44
    The killers
    apachehellfire65
    +5
    i have a novel idea lets outlaw crime not guns!
  • Katie1234 2012/07/27 23:58:05
    The killers
    Katie1234
    +4
    people are always gonna kill, even if u take away the guns. period
    .
  • Stacy F 2012/07/27 23:56:53
    The killers
    Stacy F
    +4
    If an individual is inclined to kill, they will kill... whether there are guns, or not. They will find ANYTHING to use to harm another person.
    If we, as a society, are going to put a clamp on violence, we need to start with those that would commit violence.
    Making legal, law-abiding firearms owners pay the price, for another's actions, is about as wrong as it can get.
  • bosshog Stacy F 2012/07/28 00:37:45
    bosshog
    +3
    Stacy, I totally agree there is enough gun laws on the books if they would enforce half it would be a full time job. AK 47, large mag., AK 47 are semi-auto not full all your rifles including AK 47 are not heavey dute weapons they are not military grade.
    People kill People not guns, you kill a person with many things if your mind is set on KILLING.
  • blackrings70 2012/07/27 23:56:35 (edited)
  • w2xad 2012/07/27 23:47:44
    The killers
    w2xad
    +5
    The word Killers says it all. There are more ways to kill if there weren't guns, it cannot be stopped.
  • Birthpangs 2012/07/27 23:41:22

See Votes by State

The map above displays the winning answer by region.

Living

2013/05/22 08:13:04

Hot Questions on SodaHead
More Hot Questions

More Community More Originals