The shooting in the Grand 16 Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana unleashed the sort of temporary soul-searching that always accompany acts of gun violence in the United States, whether in a cinema, church, high school, college, military base or other public space. This week saw another gun incident, this time in Tennessee, where patrons where injured, though the attacker was the only fatality. As so often, The Onion had already grimly distilled the essence of these events in an earlier headline; “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens’.”
Source: Cinemas Can’t Prevent Shootings (But Are Forced To Act) – Celluloid Junkie