{"id":31399,"date":"2012-08-08T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31399"},"modified":"2012-08-08T13:54:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T17:54:39","slug":"going-to-batman-armed-ohio-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31399","title":{"rendered":"Going to “Batman” armed, Ohio man arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a story in Cleveland.com<\/a> that’s linked in the LA Times<\/a> about 37-year-old Scott A. Smith who was arrested in Ohio for bringing a scary-ass Glock to the movies to see the new Batman movie. And then he sat in the back of the theater, as if he was scared of being shot or something. I wonder why he’d think that?<\/p>\n

Anyway, he didn’t have a license to carry a concealed weapon, so I’m glad they picked him up. I want people who are trained properly and certified to carry concealed weapons, not everyone. But this is the part of the story that caught my eye from the LA Times;<\/p>\n

Scott A. Smith, 37, of North Ridgeville allegedly packed a bag with a loaded 9-millimeter Glock, extra ammunition clips and four knives for his trip to the movie theater, according to Cleveland.com.<\/p>\n

A search of Smith’s home following his arrest turned up additional weapons, according to another report on Cleveland.com. That report said those items included eight rifles and handguns as well as “survivalist’s gear” such as gas masks and bulletproof vests. The site additionally said that Smith was believed to have spent some time in the military.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, all of the elements for a crazy-assed shooter at the theater were there; he owned a Glock and he is a veteran, because Glocks are the chosen weapon of spree shooter veterans. Eight rifles and guns at home means nothing. But the fact that he had a Glock just proves he was plotting something dastardly. And let’s not even talk about his use of
\n“extra ammunition clips”.<\/p>\n

“What concerns us is where he was sitting in the theater,” Arcuri was quoted as saying. “If he chose to do something there, all his potential victims were in front of him and he had an advantage over them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It also gave him a tactical advantage over a shooter at the front of the theater, like Holmes in Colorado. He’d be close to the exits and he doesn’t have to worry about who’s behind him. And Holmes came in the emergency exits and faced the crowd when he started his spree. Smith worried the crew at the theater because he got there a half-hour early…I think there’s a household around these parts here which calls that “in Seavey time”. <\/p>\n

While I agree that Smith should be arrested for carrying a concealed weapon without a CCW license, the rest of that story is just bullshit. If the LA Times is scared of every veteran who owns eight or more firearms, sits in the back of the room and arrives everywhere a half-hour early, they’re surrounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a story in Cleveland.com that’s linked in the LA Times about 37-year-old Scott A. Smith … Going to “Batman” armed, Ohio man arrested<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}