People in the Philly area are a “little touchy” and well-armed.
People in Philly are possibly the rudest people in theaters ever.
The result:
A 29 year old man asked the family in front of him to be quiet. They did not. He threw popcorn at the kid, came around the row and shot the father.
The lesson? Behave yourselves as appropriate for the venue you’re in and be careful to whom you’re rude or you might get shot.

We stopped going to the theater in this article because other members of the audience seemed unaware that movie theaters are for watching movies not for socializing with your friends and talking on your phone.

While I’m NOT condoning random acts of violence in movie theaters (and I am tempted to condemn the shooter for throwing precious popcorn), I am hopeful that this scares people in to realizing that they should learn to behave appropriately and be quiet in movie theaters. A whispered comment here and there is one thing, a full-length narrative of what’s going on on-screen or, worse, a conversation about your boyfriend’s ex-girlfriends son? Unacceptable.

*This is what I turned around and said to the (adult) family behind us one night at the movies who would not be quiet after an hour of shh-ing and glaring at them. It worked. No handgun or other acts of violence required.

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