cell phone jammers v. guns

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Gun stops a text. Starts a second-degree murder trial.
Voices were raised. Oulson threw a bag of popcorn at Reeves, according to a police report, and then the former Tampa Police Department officer took out a .380 semi-automatic handgun and shot Oulson.

A retired cop, no doubt getting control of the situation so he feels comfortable.
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I really am torn in a showdown between a movie cell phone user, and a cop.
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Maybe he was allergic to popcorn. Stand your ground?
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No Stand Your Ground here. He won't be able to prove his life was in jeopardy unless there was a grenade in that bag of popcorn.

Just a bad combination of a guy who shouldn't have been armed (He's been retired for 20 years!!!!!), and an asshole with a sense of entitlement (Previews or not, put your fucking phone away, and who throws a bag of popcorn at someone? You know expensive that shit is?).

Lots of lives ruined for no reason.
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Grrrr. I have to side with the cell phone user on this one. If it happens during the movie the guy deserved a good beating and/or forcible ejection, but that isn't a capital crime.

During the previews the offense is even less.
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And which previews? Those early previews that still have the lights on and are mostly coke commercials? Or the real previews with actual movie trailers?

I think texting during the former is fine. Texting during the latter is rude but not a crime. During the movie is right out, of course.
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I think we are in agreement.
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I think texting during the former is fine. Texting during the latter is rude but not a crime. During the movie is right out, of course.


I was about to respond "and punishable by death", but then I remembered...
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Why the fuck does one even go to a movie theatre anymore?
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Malcolm wrote:Why the fuck does one even go to a movie theatre anymore?
Because they know you wont be there... zing!

I like the big event movies when I don't want to wait for the BD. Also it is an excuse to get together and go out with friends sometimes.
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