You can't fix stupid. You don't shoot somebody for texting. Of course, you don't need to be texting in a movie theater. I would give the texter a pass since it was before the movie started, but during the movie I wish people would respect others and leave the theater if a call or text is so important you can't miss it.

:spock: you don't have to be batshit crazy to be a bad driver or make bad decisions. There is a reason most 70 something people live in a elderly care home

An armed society is a polite society. Or something.

All of this and a bag of chips.

The funny thing about this is that he was so butthurt about a guy texting before the movie out of fear of missing the movie that he started a confrontation that ultimately made him miss the whole movie.

There's tons of reasons to hate cops. Intimidating scumbags who make their living preying on others is not one of them.

before the movie? wtf is somebody getting on anybody's case BEFORE the freaking movie?

This is why I don't go to the theatre anymore.

This is so sad..

This. My dad is 78 years old and this would never happen. Having said that, no sane person does this, so I'd bet the old man's cheese done slipped off his cracker...wonder what HIS wife had to say about it.

That's the crazy part. This sounds like they were watching the coke commercial for the fourth time and the lights were on and the old crazy bastard got mad. I hate people using their phone in the theater but who turns it off before they at least turn down the lights and start the previews? Even during the previews I'd be hard pressed to be annoyed by someone.

This old man had to have been hopped up on Low T medicine and roids.

Maybe the old man was trying to answer the trivia question but could not concentrate due to the texting...

Considering this guy is going to go to jail for the rest of his life I’m not sure where you’re getting this “atmosphere” :BS: from.

If you're a lib in Florida you have to cry about stand your ground even when it's clearly not a duty-to-retreat situation, it's a requirement.

I can almost hear Johnny Cash....

I shot a man in Tampa
Just to watch him die
Now when I see somebody texting
I hang my head and cry...

Texting is what started the confrontation. I assume it went something like this:
"Hey buddy, you mind not using your phone during the movie."
"Yeah, in a moment bub." Guy doesn't look back and continues to text.
"Hey, I asked you nicely not to use your phone. You're in a theater."
"Buzz off pops."
"Excuse me?"
"You'd hear me if you'd pull your dick out of your ear."

Old man runs off to get the theater manager. Which was the appropriate thing to do. He then returns and the guy is still texting...

"I'm not going to ask you again, stop texting during the show."
Guy stands up enraged, "The movie hasn't start yet fucktop. Mind your own damn business or I'll hop over this seat and kick your ass..."

Or something like that.

The bottom line is that we have two grown men who both failed to use common sense and be courteous with each other. Had the guy just put his phone away or at the very least, show some iota of courtesy to the old man, then none of this would have happened. It's simply tragedy that could and should have been avoided.

Lastly, who the **** texts a 3 year-old? What 3 year-old has a phone, the language capacity, and know-how to text?

Texting a 3yr old....I call BS.....

There's really no reason to now. The old dude shot him.

....you're gonna be 70 something someday and I'l guarandamntee you won't be thinking you should be in a home.

FYP

Everyone is different. My mom turned 70 last month and she is in pretty good health. If you didn't know, you'd think she is around 60.

the wife had a hand in it. No free tickets for her.

No hand left!

LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO

Does it matter? I don't care if he is surfing porn during the previews he has every right to use his device until the movie starts. We don't know what happened in the exchange, but unless the texting father put him in danger that was unavoidable there is no defense. If shooting someone because they are an asshole becomes justifiable...Welcome to Thunderdome.

They should have just sent in the camel.

"Hey, Chad! Chad, Chad, Chad, Chad."

I cannot condone shooting a person for being rude in a Theater, I UNDERSTAND IT,


but can’t condone it.

perhaps the babysitter

I would guess the wife was trying to hold her husband back. If the texter threatened the old man, the old man really had no other choice. His choices were shoot or take an ass beating. The problem is, this is all based on my own assumption that the wife being shot in the hand is due to her trying to hold her husband back. I'm trying to wait until we get more info before I pass a judgement.

Watch out for Mahoney.

Hes a real prankster.

I had an old guy start some shit with me during the preview-previews. The lights werent even down and my friend and I were chatting about whatever, and he wanted us to not talk at all. I told him he wasnt the boss of me and I could talk if I wanted to. He fought with me for roughly 5 mins, and I didnt back down at all. He ended up dropping it.

No one has the right to tell you what to do just cuz they dont like it. I dont give a shit who the dude was texting, he wasnt texting during the movie, and even if he was, he didnt deserve to die over it.

I realize CP is trying to regain its "burst", but ****ing A people....

Threatened him how? To kick his ass? Not justified. Unless the victim actually produced a weapon of some sort, there is no justification for shooting him.

The Veteran claimed he was struck by an unknown object, he the pulled out his gun, shot the guy once, then sat back down in his seat and put the gun on his lap. Witnesses claimed no punches were thrown.

One hundred and twelve posts and not one "Ban cell phones!" post. You guys are slackings.


















Ban cell phones!

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Other patrons later lauded Lone Survivor as the most realistic war movie ever.

I try to stick to weekday matinee's, sooo much more enjoyable than being packed in there like a sardine with a bunch morons.

Commenting that they didn't realize it is in 3D.

at 70 if the texter was threatening him physically, it might as well been a threat on his life. A theater is full of stairs. An old person isn't guaranteed to survive a tumble down stairs. There is also the possibility that his body couldn't have recovered from a physical assault. He has no responsibility to sit there and accept an ass beating. People have a right to defend themselves. I would also like to stress that I am only arguing under the assumption the texter was the aggressor. I do not feel enough information has been released to come to a conclusion as to who was at fault.

You'd really rather kill someone than take a few punches?

Jesus christ people will attempt to justify anything.

Or.... you know... an asteroid could have landed on the theater and killed him. Therefore, shoot somebody in the throat...

:facepalm:

if it's just previews sure, but you chatty chicks gotta dial it in once the move starts...

you guys are right. he should have just let the guy beat his ass. what the hell was I thinking...

We werent even talking during the previews, we were talking during the still pictures and ****ing stupid movie trivia shit. I kind of made that clear in my post.

oh, so that is the preview-previews, got it, thanks.

She said as much in her first post.

And LMAO at some of the ****ing loons in this thread applauding/rationalizing this dude's actions.

No, of course the only logical thing to do is kill a man with your gun in a crowded theater.

If you're ever frightened or intimidated in any manner; the best policy is to just shoot until you aren't scared anymore.

:thumb:

Not enough info but we know the guy is guilty no matter what because the guy was "just texting". Was there something that happened between the texting and the guy getting shot? Sounds to me like there was a hell of a lot going on.

sorry, I don't know what preview-previews are... chatty carlota didn't make that very clear. Ironic.

Here's a winning post.

Here, borrow mine. But give it back, I'm counting on it hitting Mile High at 160,000 mph and the first part splintering off and hitting Payton Manning square in his dick!

Hey, think we can get Manning and Brady to go to a theater and start texting each other? Those Colorado theaters aren't exactly gun-free zones either!


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Who the **** are you? You dont talk to people ever??? Why is that Chatty? Go **** yourself you little twat.

Sorry, but your justification is bullshit. I'm a huge proponent of gun ownership. But you do an incredible disservice to the idea of personal gun ownership by alluding that people should kill someone over a disagreement that might have otherwise resulted in fisticuffs.

:)

looks like I pushed the wrong button, sheesh.

What if it was a 71 year old lady? Would fisticuffs be ok then?

Yeah, you insulted me for absolutely no reason. You did it for sport, and Im not going to take your shit. So guess what, you get insulted right back sir.

To paraphrase Chris Rock. I'm not saying he should've killed him but I understand.

I am actually surprised this hasn't ended up in DC yet. It will be there soon enough. Mods must not be around.

He's a Donkey fan, Carlota.

**** him.

This.

Racking up thousands of post over a decade on a Chiefs site.

You are operating under the assumption it went text, text, bang. I'm operating under the assumption that physical force was attempted and this man defended himself. I never said one was logical, and the other wasn't. I said we don't have enough information about the incident. Does it sound logical that a retired law enforcement official, who is far more trained at interpreting the CCW laws of florida than you or I, would illegally shoot a man? He obviously kept up with his training with his gun, and was composed enough to only fire once. Why was the wife's hand in the way of the bullet if she isn't trying to hold her husband back? There just isn't enough info out there to claim beyond a shadow of a doubt that this shooting wasn't justified.

Back in my day, when two guys had a disagreement, they took it outside and settled it like men!

Nowadays, you just get shot inside a movie theater. Kind of takes the bravado out of the whole scenario.

it's really not that many for as long as I've been a member here...

So.... without having all the info, you automatically assume the worst and would retaliate with deadly force?

JFC.....

and I say to you, I have no obligation to take a physical assault without defending myself. There is no guarantee that the attacker will stop, and it IS a life endangering event. Don't want to get shot? Don't start a fight.

didn't mean to "insult" you. Nice chatting with you... I think. Maybe not.

Pussification of 'Merica and stuff.

Guys are scared to take a bloody lip anymore, so they have to shoot anything that intimidates them.

Obviously if I was involved, I would have all the information, and be able to make a judgment. As I was not there, I don't know all the details. Only some, and I'm left to assume the rest.

Yeah, OK George Zimmerman. I thought I was talking to a man who could handle himself...

If it was two men of equal stature, I would agree. If Someone in their thirties attacks a 71 year old man, well, that is different.

...guy must not have seen the ambulamps video...we can debate all day long whether or not he should/shouldn't have shot him...


the real issue is current culture that will stomp you to death for a TV on black friday....things go to eleven almost instantly..self entitlement, looking to be offended, and general lack of common courtesy all make a minor confrontations deadly.

sad....

I think it's pretty clear that this 71 year old retired cop lost his marbles. Instead of enjoying his golden years and a nice retirement after serving his community for such a long time, he's gonna be sitting behind some iron bars, probably until he dies.

All this is sadly true.

I don't go out looking for trouble, and I'm mature enough I don't feel the need to get into "fisticuffs" anymore. If you want to come start shit with me, that is on you. It doesn't make you more of a man to start fights, just like it doesn't make me a man to have a gun in my hand. That's not what this is about. This is about defending yourself. If that's how you judge manhood just move along because we will never see eye to eye.

Well, there was a 28 year difference between the two men.

Are we supposed to assume that a 50 year old man can't reasonably defend himself without a weapon from a 22 year old? Is the difference in age what makes it alright to use a gun to resolve a disagreement instead of engaging in fisticuffs?

Or are you just assuming that all 71 year olds are weak and fragile, and can't fend for themselves?

LMAO

Grandpa stomped the shit out of that guy.

If his only orther recourse is going Dirty Harry, the 71 year old man needs to shut the **** up, move, or step back and let the theater employees handle it. Instead, this dipshit apparently decided to play Billy Badass because the guy threw a bag of popcorn at him, and he'll now be spending the rest of his life at the ironbar hotel.

If you are not prepped for the possibility of getting your ass whupped in that situation should it escalate, then you should not engage and re-engage in a dispute with the other party. If your only plan is to shoot the individual after initiating the dispute should the dispute escalate, then you belong in jail. I mean, perspective. This was over TEXTING in a MOVIE THEATER...

yep, the old man left to find management and could not find any theatre management, and instead of just moving to another seat, he goes right back to where the guy texting is. Then he pulls a pistol out? Like I said, this guy has lost it. He took a very minor situation and turned it into 2nd degree murder and left a child fatherless.