AURORA: Asking the Right Questions

07-24-2012 • http://www.veteranstoday.com, by Martin Maloney

First, let’s look at the weather. According to weather.com, the temperature at 12:05 AM was 77 F. The Weather Channel

The “uniform” of the typical male attendee would have been T-shirt and cut-offs. Yet we are supposed to believe that the shooter, fully-dressed from head to toe, moreover wearing a helmet, a gas mask, gloves, a bullet-proof vest, a groin guard and a throat guard, furthermore carrying a rifle and a shotgun, would not have attracted any attention. Yep, he bought a ticket and waltzed right in, and no one thought that there was anything strange.

That’s the official take on it:

“Witnesses said the gunman entered the theater at Aurora Town Center through an emergency exit door. But a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press that the suspect bought a ticket and went in as part of the crowd. He is believed to have propped open an exit door as the movie was playing, the official said.”

Does this pass your smell test?

Let’s move on to the shooter’s weaponry. Again, from the article on the MSNBC Web site:

“Holmes was armed with two .40-caliber Glock handguns, a Remington 870 single-barrel pump shotgun, a Smith & Wesson AR-15 assault-style rifle and as many as 6,000 rounds of ammunition, Oates said.”