On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:32:27 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
Florida gunman at movie screening says he feared attack



MIAMI (Reuters) - The man charged with shooting and killing a fellow

moviegoer during an argument over cellphone use in a Florida theater is

a retired police officer who says he feared being attacked.



Curtis Reeves, 71, a former Tampa police captain, was charged with

second-degree murder after Monday's shooting.



He was denied bond during a video appearance from jail before a circuit

court judge in Pasco County on Tuesday afternoon and faces possible life

in prison if found guilty.



The killing occurred before the showing of a new combat drama "Lone

Survivor" that stars Mark Wahlberg and tells the story of four Navy

SEALs on an ill-fated covert mission in Afghanistan. The movie is based

on a New York Times non-fiction best seller.



The Pasco County sheriff's office said Reeves was watching coming

attractions with his wife when they got into an argument with

43-year-old Chad Oulson and his wife, who were seated directly in front

of them in the Tampa-area Grove 16 movie theater.



Oulson was using a cellphone to text message or make a mobile video call

to a daycare center or babysitter looking after his 3-year-old daughter.



According to an arrest affidavit released by the sheriff's office,

Reeves said he brandished and fired his .380-caliber semiautomatic

handgun after Oulson stood up and struck him in the face with an unknown

object.



Oulson's wife, Nicole, was wounded in the hand by the same fatal gunshot

that hit her husband in the chest, police said.



Although the affidavit quotes Reeves as saying he was "in fear of being

attacked" when he fired his gun, witnesses said Oulson had only thrown a

bag of popcorn at him.



Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told reporters outside the movie

theater on Monday that it was "absolutely crazy" for an argument over a

cellphone to escalate so badly out of control.



Lawyers for Reeves could not be reached for immediate comment, and it

was not clear whether he would seek immunity from prosecution under

Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.



The statute allows people to use deadly force to defend themselves from

serious injury, rather than retreat to avoid confrontation, if they

believe their life is in danger.



(Reporting by Tom Brown; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Steve Orlofsky)



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And for old friend Gene, a real troll:



WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)�A new study released today indicates

that Americans are safe from the threat of gun violence except in

schools, malls, airports, movie theatres, workplaces, streets, and their

own homes.



Also: highways, turnpikes, libraries, places of worship, parks,

universities, restaurants, post offices, and cars.



Plus: driveways, garages, gyms, stores, military bases�and a host of

other buildings, structures, and sites.



National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne LaPierre applauded the study,

saying that it reinforced his organization�s long-held position that the

United States does not need additional gun laws. �This study makes it

abundantly clear that Americans are in no danger of gun violence except

in these isolated four hundred and thirteen places,� he said.



He added that he hoped that the study would spark a conversation �about

the root cause of mass shootings: people who recklessly show up at

places where they could be shot at.�







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What could be a more appropriate response to having a bag of popcorn

tossed at you than to whip out your pistol and shoot the popcorn tosser

dead?





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