'Dark Knight' Theater Shootings in Aurora, CO: 'There But For the Grace of God Go We'
"The Dark Knight Rises" plays in theaters everywhere—a reminder that senseless, horrific violence has no hometown.
The Aurora theater shooting news first came around at 5:20 a.m. today in an e-mail alert: NATIONAL REPORT: AURORA CO: @0115 GMT AN MCI FOR 20+ GSW VICS IN THE 14000 BLOCK OF EAST ALAMEDA AVE 'CENTURY 16 MOVIE THEATER' RPTD GUNMAN USED TEAR GAS AND BODY ARMOR (41,AP) -- At first, I saw "Aurora" and thought immediately of our good neighbor, where I have so many friends. Then I was shocked when the news began to play out in the national media about the Colorado theater shootings. It's the kind of senseless violence that we've seen too often in recent years, and I'm sure it will call up images from Columbine and more discussion about the violence we see in films and video games. The Matrix was blamed in the Columbine case. More discussion will…
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