Sunday night, Veronica and I attended a screening of its wonderful life at the movie theater that’s part of our local shopping mall. My intention was to write a review of the movie first, but I have to talk about what transpired.
Evidently outside the theater, and approximately 715 local time there was a shooting. As of this writing, the perpetrator has not been found. So far there’s no word on the one victim.
To make matters much much worse, tonight was the mall’s annual Christmas tree lighting event. The weather was just around 50° tonight here in Michigan, which is unusual for late November, so it’s quite a large crowd. I can’t imagine what people must’ve experienced when they heard that gun go off.
The crazy part about it is both Veronica and I had heard some screaming as the movie trailers are coming to an end. I assumed it was Noah is coming from one of the screens next to us, like an action movie or whatever.
In about halfway into the movie, some employees from the theater came to explain to us what it happen. They did not turn on the house lights, they did not turn off the movie. But they explained that if we wanted to leave, we would get vouchers for Another showing. One person in the theater asked if the perpetrator had been caught. The employees told us yes. To the best of my knowledge, no one left our screening. I would find out if you’re getting home tonight that the perpetrator still had not been caught. So the theater staff lied to us. 
I’m mad. In fact, I’m pissed off. I’m mad for the families who were there. I made for the little kids who were there to see the Christmas tree get lit. I made for everybody who is excited about the start of the holiday season.
I remember as Veronica and I were making our way from the restaurant that we had dinner at towards the movie theater, I just saw the people congregating outside and thinking to myself “this is really cool“. Who knew that it was going to turn into what it became tonight?
I’m so sick of this crap. I’m so sick of this happening so much that it’s become common place. I’m so sick of living in a country that loves guns more than it loves its own children.
I’m grateful that Veronica and I are both safe tonight. I’m grateful that no one I know, at least to the best of my knowledge, was hurt.
I thought I feel better writing about this tonight, but I’m not sure that I do. I just need to decompress for a little bit.
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