Bring Your Guns to the Movies

Lifted from Vic at Maybe It's Just Me..., where my evil twin SpyValue deemed too good to pass up.

From Philly.com

Phila. man shot because family talked during movie

By Barbara Boyer

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A South Philadelphia man enraged because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took care of the situation when he pulled a .380-caliber gun and shot the father, police said.

James Joseph Cialella Jr., 29, of the 1900 block of Hollywood Street is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons violations.

"It's truly frightening when you see something like this evolve into such violence," said police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore.

Police were called to the Riverview Theatre in the 1400 block of Columbus Boulevard about 9:30 p.m. where the gunshot victim, a Philadelphia man who was not identified, told police a man sitting near him told his family to be quiet and threw popcorn at his son.

After exchanging words, Vanore said Cialella allegedly got out of his seat to confront the family when the father got up to protect them. That's when the victim was shot once in the left arm, sending others in the theatre running to safety.

Cialella then sat down to watch the movie. Police arrived a short time later and arrested Cialella and confiscated his weapon, Vanore said.

Ok, of course it is outrageous that someone would even bring a gun to a supposedly wholesome place like a movie theater, but the moviegoers in Philly is notoriously bad. Yes, they talk and chit-chat like they are watching the movie in their own home and they do it loud, and if you sshhed them, they will curse you out. I once sat by a couple watching the same movie and when confronted after he talks on his phone, he said he's exercising his first amendment right, now how are you suppose to argue with that? (Guess why Abraham Lincoln was shot? Asshole.)

My past few movie experience had not been ideal and I've pretty much given up if I can't go to the suburbs. But now that things like this happened, I think people will think before they talk in the cinema, and I can also say things like "Did you know that someone just got shot right near where you're sitting for talking during the movies?" It will be soooo gratifying... lol.