by Reality Check » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:10 pm
What did the Baby Boomers and Generation Xers do that contributed to the massacre?
What did they fail to do that also contributed to it?
In this case the shooter bought a ticket, entered the theater and sat down in civilian clothes without weapons, and then exited through an emergency exit and tampered with the exit so it would not close and lock behind him. Thus he was able to re-enter through the emergency door after obtaining multiple long guns and a pistol, a flak vest, tactical weapons and smoke/chemical canisters from his car.
What likely was done was to change and relax laws, regulations and policies related to emergency exits.
At one point in time it was likely both against movie theater policy and against the law to use emergency exits for smoking breaks, take a cell phone call, or use an emergency exit as a more convenient exit to get to one's car, but some of these policies, and some of these laws ( both regulatory and statutory ) were changed over time by Generation Xers and/or Baby Boomers.
They may have also removed, or disabled, loud, obnoxious, alarms that sounded when an emergency exit was opened.
On the inactivity front they likely routinely failed to respond to silent alarms on emergency doors being opened, follow and enforce those policies and laws related to the use and securing of emergency exits that were still on the books.
In short the Generation Xers and Baby Boomers changed some laws and policies for their own convenience and simply ignored other policies and violated other laws when it was convenient for them to do so. They did not hold themselves or others accountable when it came to using emergency exits for purposes that were prohibited.
After all what can it hurt to violate laws or policies that are inconvenient, and, in the case of Generation Xers they also expect to never be held accountable for their actions, or in-actions related to violating laws and rules.
What did the Baby Boomers and Generation Xers do that contributed to the massacre?
What did they fail to do that also contributed to it?
In this case the shooter bought a ticket, entered the theater and sat down in civilian clothes without weapons, and then exited through an emergency exit and tampered with the exit so it would not close and lock behind him. Thus he was able to re-enter through the emergency door after obtaining multiple long guns and a pistol, a flak vest, tactical weapons and smoke/chemical canisters from his car.
What likely was done was to change and relax laws, regulations and policies related to emergency exits.
At one point in time it was likely both against movie theater policy and against the law to use emergency exits for smoking breaks, take a cell phone call, or use an emergency exit as a more convenient exit to get to one's car, but some of these policies, and some of these laws ( both regulatory and statutory ) were changed over time by Generation Xers and/or Baby Boomers.
They may have also removed, or disabled, loud, obnoxious, alarms that sounded when an emergency exit was opened.
On the inactivity front they likely routinely failed to respond to silent alarms on emergency doors being opened, follow and enforce those policies and laws related to the use and securing of emergency exits that were still on the books.
In short the Generation Xers and Baby Boomers changed some laws and policies for their own convenience and simply ignored other policies and violated other laws when it was convenient for them to do so. They did not hold themselves or others accountable when it came to using emergency exits for purposes that were prohibited.
After all what can it hurt to violate laws or policies that are inconvenient, and, in the case of Generation Xers they also expect to never be held accountable for their actions, or in-actions related to violating laws and rules.