So the newspaper the other day ran an article talking about the local Regal theater implementing a new “check the bags of patrons” in the wake of the Aurora shooting.
Yeah. They really are that dumb.
Two things immediately leaped, leaped, I say! out at me.
1) The only people who bring bags in to the theater are girls. And I can’t personally think of any mass shooting done by a female. Ever.
and of course, 2) MR. BATSHIT IN DENVER DIDN’T EVEN BRING A BAG IN TO THE THEATER. Unless you count coming in through the emergency exit? That’s it! They should implement a “All Emergency Exits Will Be Permanently Sealed Off” policy! It would have been way more effective in this case at preventing Mr. Batshit from coming back in with his guns!
On the plus side, the newspaper interviewed a lady who pretty much pointed out how completely epically failtastic the theater’s policy is. Unfortunately, it appears that the stupid that is Regal is endemic to their entire corporate system. Even more unfortunately, the only other choice of theater in town never has any of the good new releases and hasn’t mopped their floors since 1994, while the Regal really is a pretty swanky place (theater seating, tons of legroom, CLEAN, etc).
Sigh.
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A friend of mine never had any problems regularly visiting our local theater while open carrying. One day, an employee asked him to lose the gun. He went outside, un-tucked his shirt, and went back in. The employee thanked him for putting the pistol in his car…
In less blood-pressure spiking news, I have a small ball of lemon juice curdled paneer draining in my sink almost ready to be pressed into a block for cubing and transformation into this:
http://www.ecurry.com/blog/indian/curries/gravies/paneer-makhani-butter-paneer/
And I found my cheese-making book I had mentioned a while ago.
Yeah concealed means concealed, but sometimes you just don’t want to give an idiot your money either way.
I think I’m going to get my brother a cheese press for Christmas to go along with the rest of his cheese making stuff–hopefully so I can reap the benefits…
It’ll be a cold day in hell before I enter another theater.
Went to a concert in an amphitheater, post Aurora. “Security” was checking waistbands for concealed guns. No wanding, no pocket checks.
I could have walked in with a K-bar knife in my cargo shorts pocket.
The illusion of security.
Coulda walked in with my J-frame…
Gotta disagree on dudes carrying bags. I pack a Maxpedition KISS relatively frequently, specifically because it conceals my S&W 1006 and a pair of spare mags very handily. However, it’d take a bagchecker who’s far more thorough than average to find it.
There’s one in every crowd
But, c’mon, you have to admit that in general my statement holds true.