And still people are in the media trying to shift blame away from our violent gun-happy, shoot 'em up culture!
Ironically, it was said that two new violent action movies were postponed from coming out this weekend because of this Colorado incident.
Still therapists and many people in the acting world say that statistics can't demonstrate a correlation between many years of violent movies, video games and music to weak-minded individuals who just happen to snap, and turn violent out of nowhere.
I guess in this case, it was a coincidence that this young dude was rumored to have been obsessed with the Batman movie.
In the courts, mental illness is usually ruled out whenever premeditation is established. In this case, you can't mount up a small army-like arsenal of firearms, setup a master plan of of mass murder in a movie theatre and boobie-trap your own apartment, and not find premeditation.
Not far from the shootings, I believe is where the 24 year old man, James Holmes purchased his murder weapons. In Colorado, there is very little restriction from purchasing sling shots, hunting equipment and mass murder weaponry that should only be used by our nation's military.
When I think about how more advanced in military weaponry our average thugs are in comparison to our past military personnel who have protected our freedom in past wars, I truly freak out. What a shame that this creep, holmes' grandfather was said to be a decorated Lt. Col. who served in the Okinawa campaign during World War II, and retired in 1963. His murderer grandson used more advanced military weapons to attack and kill the people his grandfather risked his life for in WW II.
And how ANY justification can be found for owning a flame thrower or a 50 caliber machine gun... words can't express! But you can actually purchase these in some states.
None of this should shock people but it should really anger us b/c there's a huge section of the American people that are stubbornly blind. How can anyone say that violence is not on the rise? How can people not see that our society is taking a very obvious nose dive into hellish depravity?
The saturation of mounting accounts in the news of elder abuse, child abuse, spousal abuse, murder-suicides, pedophiles, robberies, terrorism, mass murder, drug cartel related murders, narcotics overdose deaths, etc, etc.
When citizens can literally see what's going on in their streets, read their newspapers for themselves, etc. Someone will always come around and say that violent crime is down by some percentage...
I say, "Don't believe the hype"!
And for those people who defend the notion of a small percentage of people who snap after being influenced by violent media... we have to remember that the individual's goal is to "take out" as many as possible in one sitting! In this case for example, we're talking 70 families that are now affected by this violent trauma to their lives! That doesn't add up to small numbers to me.
Where else do young people not involved in anti-government militias or military training learn how to strap-up and execute a mass murder like this? Could it be the plethora of mass murder simulation video games young dudes are exposed to.. or perhaps all those bloody and gory movies that keep coming out?... nawwww! It can't be!
Then what could it be????.... It's not mental illness.... It's not the anger, evil and mass murder in today's movies... then what could it be?
Truth is common sense ALWAYS defeats statistics. Because you can't rely on statistics. Stats can be biased ... but when you're honest and you have just a humble amount of common sense, you don't need the blind to show you the way or the truth.
Things are bad and the Bible teaches that in the "last days", they're expected to get worst. Question is.... are these the last days?
"... And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
- Matthew 24:12
