Lets see I live in a drug free neighborhood and see drug selling on school property.
Colorado man arrested for openly carrying gun in movie theater
By Conor Skelding, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – Mon, Jul 30, 2012
Carrying a gun into a theater doesn't exactly put fellow moviegoers at ease, especially if it comes on the heels of a shooting tragedy in the same vicinity. On Sunday night, Thorton, Colo., police arrested James G. Mapes for openly carrying a holstered firearm into a movie theater, according to the Denver Post. The Thornton theater where the arrest took place is only 25 minutes away from the Aurora theater where James Holmes went on a shooting spree killing 12 people and injuring 58; both cinemas are situated in the Denver metropolitan area.
Fifteen minutes into a showing of "The Watch," a movie in which four suburban guys band together to form a neighborhood watch group and save the world from aliens, Mapes recalled that a woman sitting by him "took a cell phone call and then said aloud that someone in the movie complex was seen carrying a gun." Mapes stood up, walked to the lobby, and raised his hands. Police confiscated the weapon and arrested him.
Section 38-237(b)(1) of Thornton's Municipal Code, under which Mapes was booked, reads: "It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess on or about the person or within such person's immediate reach any dangerous weapon."
Mapes has lived in the area for nine years and said that he's seen movies in the theater before when he's carried a handgun both concealed and openly visible. He is simply practicing the right to bear arms, he said. He added that he has held a concealed carry permit issued by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office since 2003, although the Thornton movie theater doesn't reside in Arapahoe County, so the permit doesn't help his case. Thornton is an open-carry municipality, meaning that there are specific exceptions to the above section of the Municipal Code. In certain limited instances, such as a "person's own dwelling or place of business," a person can lawfully carry a weapon so long as it is visible. Arapahoe County, on the other hand, more permissively allows for concealed carry.
"I've had no problems in the past," he told the Post.
When Yahoo! News reached Mapes by phone for comment, Mapes demurred, explaining that he and his attorney needed to confer further on statements to the media.
In fact there been several arrest on concealed carry permit carriers.
Doesn't matter
Dehart, who was not arrested, said he maintains a concealed-carry license.
Making reference to the Colorado shooting, Dehart described he and Reaves this way: “Just two prior service members making sure everyone was safe.”
After the movie began, Dehart said he was approached by police for being loud in the theater.
“We were asked to be quiet or leave,” Dehart said.
“We watched the first hour (of the movie) and I was not pleased, so we decided to go.”
Sometime afterward, officers discovered the handgun, Dehart said.
College Station Stadium 14 does not have posted signs at its entrance prohibiting the carrying of firearms. A message left with a Hollywood Theaters spokesperson was not returned Tuesday.
Man takes pistol to Ozark theater
An unidentified man caused a stir at B&B Theatres in Ozark on Saturday afternoon when he openly wore a pistol in a holster on his hip and sat down in one of the auditoriums.
Theater employees called police to report the man with a gun.
“My understanding is he actually had a concealed (weapon) permit but he wasn’t carrying it concealed,” Lt. Truman Isbell of the Ozark Police Department explained.
Police officers asked the man to exit the auditorium so they could discuss the firearm. The man reportedly cooperated with them and placed the gun in his vehicle. He would have been allowed to return to the movie theater immediately but decided to leave.
“It’s one of those deals, it’s not illegal. Poor taste, yes, but not illegal,” Isbell said. “It was just really bad timing.”
Isbell says police understand both sides of the Saturday afternoon incident at the Christian County theater. Patrons and employees were shaken by the images of a deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 people dead. Concealed weapons permit holders want to exercise their rights to carry firearms for protection. Isbell advocates for proper training and licensing, and says it may be best for concealed weapon carriers to use discretion.
“I’m always for conceal and carry,” Isbell said. “If people are carrying concealed, people don’t know. Nobody sees, nobody knows.”
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