Some thoughts on Aurora

What happened at Aurora was a tragedy. It was a tragedy for the people who were shot, the people who didn't get shot, all their families, and the shooter. No reason is forthcoming for the shooting at the moment. Many people are speculating on the reason, but what matters is that it did.

From what I know now, I don't think this was a preventable incident. You can talk about gun control, but guns are available beyond the pale of the law. If he really wanted to get guns, regardless of the law, he would have been able to. He wasn't acting "funny", just being reclusive. We don't have a society like Iran where people spy on each other and report them to the police. God forbid that we should. We need to stay alert in today's world, but he wasn't even a blip on the RADAR of acting weird.

The only really controllable factor in this is that he was able to exit through the emergency exit and return the same way. Perhaps if there had been an alarm on the emergency exit door that alerted someone in the theater to check the door. The shooter had to block the door open or put tape over the locking mechanism to be able to re-enter. If someone had responded to a door alarm, the door could have been re-secured before the gunman re-entered. It took some time for him to get his ballistic suit on, so the tragedy could potentially been averted.

Regardless of all that, take time to pray for the victims and their families. Don't forget to pray for the shooter and his family also. And never forget.