UPDATE: Hearing Today for Student in Kent State Twitter Threat Case

KW July 30, 2012 at 03:27 pm

I stupidity really that rampant?

Miriam July 30, 2012 at 04:16 pm

Yes. Yes, it is.

Beverly July 30, 2012 at 04:41 pm

Anymore the police cannot NOT take anyone seriously when they make a threat.It's homegrown terrorism. Don't know if there are that many disturbed kids out there or just wanting their 15 minutes of fame & a criminal record.

Mary July 30, 2012 at 08:40 pm

It's so easy to access guns in this country.

I.M. Wright July 30, 2012 at 11:56 pm

And this guy had no weapons whatsoever.

tom m July 31, 2012 at 02:38 am

i.m wright ...remember that it is illegal to yell fire in a crowded movie theater so yelling im gonna shoot up a school is just as illegal (try screaming I have a bomb on a plane and see where that gets you)

Ralph July 31, 2012 at 02:40 pm

It's not that easy for law abiding citizens to get a gun, Brunstetter-Reynolds. Citizens must go through a background check, criminals just go out and buy guns illegally. Gun control only gets guns out of the hands of those who own carry licenses and take classes for proper use of their weapon. As far as I'm concerned, the anti gunners are accomplices to senseless killings of innocents. Those little "no gun" signs on doors don't stop criminals; it assists them because they know there no one in there able to protect themselves and others. If I was shot in CO, I'd bring charges against the theater for not having adequate security to protect me since they would'nt allow me to protect myself. We've tried gun control for decades and it doesn't work. Bad guys will get firearms whenever they want.

James Vaughan July 31, 2012 at 04:16 pm

I am fed up with the endless BS denial from people who want to have whatever cool gun/toy they can buy! At the root of all of this is a love of or a fantasy about violence. Gun people and the gun lobbies scare me because they have a lot of guns! I like guns. I played with toy guns a lot when I was a kid. I belonged to the NRA for awhile because I was an expert marksmen. The concept that processing high rate of fire assault weapons and combat firearms designed for killing a lot of people quickly is linked to what is specified in the constitution is absurd. Get into a discussion with these firepower peiople and what always comes up is there fantasy that they need to be able to shoot it out with the government if they're 'freedoms' are threatened. There was a ban on assault weapons- and it was repealed. I have no argument with hunting rifles or revolvers or antique collecting. But frankly I have never met a 'gun collector' that didn't have a few screws loose. The second amendment uses the term 'well-regulated' !
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Lets get out of denial people- having a high rate of fire, military weapon in your procession means you intend to, or fantasize about- shooting a lot of people!

James Vaughan July 31, 2012 at 04:35 pm

Ralph- even in my best fantasies about being an armed hero in that Colorado movie theater- how good and effective is my 'return-fire' going to be in an auditorium chocked with panicked people? 'Conceal-carry' is a very dangerous concept. Twelve hours of training is barely enough to get me past the the 'don't shoot my foot off' stage. Anybody who has has much experience with firearms knows the last place you want to be is surrounded by a bunch of people with guns.

James Vaughan July 31, 2012 at 06:41 pm

... rather than rely on some old lady that's got a Smith and Wesson in her handbag- American's need to have a little, realistic, 'crazy-gunman' training.
We all squirm in our seats reading about these horrific nightmares wondering deep down- why didn't someone do something- anything?! Let's take a note from 'those crazy Arabs' ...SHOES ! Seriously folks. Time and again i read accounts of how people in that Colorado theater 'did not know what to do'. Everybody has two shoes, plus car keys. cell phones etc. Ducking from thrown objects is an instinctual response. [1] throw your shoes and everything else not nailed down at the attacker ( we are now talking about 100 to 200 airborne objects coming at the target wacko) [2] while he's busy ducking EVERYBODY rush him and tackle him to the ground! This would all take only a couple of seconds at the most. I know it sounds silly at first. But think about what has happened with airline passengers since 9-11 and United #93. Anybody on a flight that causes a ruckus or acts crazy these days is lucky to escape the wrath of their fellow passengers alive! Training people what to do in a fire is common, schools and institutions have started to practice lock-down procedures. Ralph is right that people have to defend themselves. But I'm a lot more likely to have a hysterical teenager next to me when the carnage erupts than good ol' pistol packin' Ralph.

Ralph July 31, 2012 at 10:21 pm

Society has caused us to become sheep James. No one would've thrown anything at him and doubt he would flinch if a cell phone came his way-he wore body armor and was ready for shoes, keys and whatever was thrown at him. I too am a marksman and would have sent two rounds to his thoratic cavity and if that failed to cease the threat, one to the cranial would've done it. So don't worry James, pistol packin Ralph has your back. That is of course if there isn't a little gun free zone sticker on the window. Then you and your shoes are on your own.

Mary August 1, 2012 at 12:19 am

"I too am a marksman and would have sent two rounds to his thoratic cavity and if that failed to cease the threat, one to the cranial would've done it."
Oh, what a great video game scenario. How many of your shots would have penetrated any of him after he'd already ripped through your flesh with a barrage of bullets from a semi automatic assault rifle? Or the spray from a shotgun? Your much stated dreams of wild west vigilante justice are just plain scary. Not to mention highly unrealistic. And if everyone in the theatre with you believed themselves to be a marksman and was packing heat, how many extra bullets would have permeated the air and subsequent flesh? Just like the mystery of the tootsie pop, the world may never know...

tom m August 1, 2012 at 12:49 am

this coming from someone who post silly comments like this
Mary Lou Brunstetter-Reynolds 5:44 pm on Sunday, July 29, 2012 I wish every vehicle was equipped with either an interlock device or something similar to help prevent those with less inhibitions from doing ignorant, life endangering acts.

Nelly August 1, 2012 at 05:34 am

How about we focus on the fact that he was arrested, and then let out on bail?

Mary August 1, 2012 at 06:55 pm

"It's not that easy for law abiding citizens to get a gun"
Hard to imagine it's that difficult with so many CCW permit holders are roaming the state. Also, have you ever been to a gun show or bought a gun from a private dealer? Not too hard to get a gun.