Another violent attack has happened at a theater
Nashville movie theater assailant shot, killed by policeThis violence follows a deadly shooting last month at a movie theater in Louisiana and the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado. A gunman who had a hatchet and a hoax device was killed in a shootout with cops after he unleashed pepper spray in a Tennessee movie theater, police said.
A more feasible security solution, he said, would be hiring law enforcement and armed security personnel to guard the lobby and parking lot areas.
Aaron said that Montano, who bought a ticket to the movie, was wearing a backpack on his chest and had a surgical mask on his face when he sprayed pepper spray containing red dye inside the theater. There’s always the chance that big movie studios could share the costs of extra security with theater chains to protect their business model, but it’s unclear how likely an outcome that might be. These incidents are leading people to ask if it is time for security at movie theaters. “We want to be proactive and we think this is a big first step”, said Georgetown 14 GM Lee Freedman. While the movie theater remains a statistically safe place for family entertainment consumption, will these latest tragedies scare people from bothering anymore. They remind you that this can happen anywhere.
Dorn also said that in a situation like a movie theater, security enhancements could result in longer wait times to get in. Smith is the president of Cannon Street Security Consulting in San Francisco.
Coming soon to a theater near you: metal detectors and pat-downs. It’s not going to happen here.
“These kind of random things are going to happen, and I don’t like it. It’s definitely upsetting, but I’m not going let it affect how I live my life”, said Rick Banas of Churchill. Moviegoers aren’t necessarily ignoring the possibility, but many say they don’t want to deal with metal detectors when they go to the movies.
“Like I said we’re a small town”. The added cost, the GM said, will not be passed on to the customer. A single metal detector can run between $3,500 and $7,500, not counting installation and training.