Colorado Shootings : One Glaring Omission

James Holmes how did he afford all the firepower?

Colorado Shootings : One Glaring Omission
July 21,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, like everyone we are sadden to hear of the events in Colorado and commend the authorities for their quick response to the the crisis which probably averted more deaths. We also commend most of the media for showing restraint except for ABC News which could not resist making fools of themselves by immediately looking to politicize the crisis.

While in the coming days I am sure we will be inundated with the usually cries for gun control with the blame game looking to finger everyone from bugs bunny cartoons, Batman , TV violence, addiction to porn . Bushes fault, Obama’s fault ,the parents ,the Tea Party ,salt ,Slurpee’s , the economy and anything and everything but personal responsibility, because we all know that spoons make people fat.

The usual suspects of Hollywood’s clueless ,agenda driven politicians and bigots and uninformed talking heads will bombard us with their off the mark missives.

Before this all goes south we wanted to mention one glaring detail that as of now has gone unnoticed or at lest unreported To quote Time Magizine of all things “While it does take, primarily, a particularly deranged person to shoot up a crowded theater during one of the most anticipated movie premieres in recent memory, it also takes some serious firepower.” ( https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/21/colorado-theater-shooter-carried-4-guns-all-obtained-legally/ )

And James Holmes had no shortage of firepower . Holmes had four guns on him when he was apprehended an AR-15 assault rifle ,a Remington 8-gauge 1270 shotgun and two 40-caliber Glock handguns. FOXNews is reporting he also had 6000 rounds of ammunition including high capacity clips for the assault rifle . His apartment was also rigged with over 30 explosives and he was wearing a significant amount of body Armour and used smoke grenades.

Far be it for the Ridgewood blog to be cynical but how exactly did and unemployed student afford all this state of the art equipment and where did all that money come from. An AR-15 can cost $900 and $1,500 while the shot gun could run from $250- 500.00 and the Glocks about $500.00 each . A Bullet proof vests runs $450-600.00 so let me get this straight the guy is unemployed, paying rent ,eating , joining porn sites and investing in all this equipment ?

Something to think about over the next couple of weeks while the media starts shoveling the bull .