# Seattle massacre: What I blame Hollywood for **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314 "2006-03-28T22:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/61 "2006-03-30T18:51:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **UncleBeer** said: > I’m from northwest Ohio - not too terribly far from you. Weird. It’s like in those 200 miles, people’s speech patterns change a considerable amount. Then again things may be changing slowly all over the place, since I was more accustomed to people saying ‘pistol’ and meaning ‘revolver’ when I was younger. Now they pretty much specify which kind they mean. Although not many folks here south of Pittsburgh say ‘handgun’ unless they’re in the media. Maybe it’s because semi-autos are getting more and more popular whereas 20 years ago when I was getting into shooting, few people I knew had semi-autos and most had revolvers. Honestly though, I had never heard the pistol/revolver categories until I looked at Ruger’s site. I have a habit of referring to all my guns by names, like ‘the Ruger’ and ‘the Remington’ and ‘the AK’. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/62 "2006-03-30T20:20:49Z")
Attaway to “let it go”, **Unc**. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/63 "2006-03-30T21:06:54Z")
Yeah, I hear ya, Jack. Additional challenges compelled me to post more. Sorry if you find that irksome. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/64 "2006-03-30T21:39:28Z")
Okay. When the NRA says I’m wrong, then I’m wrong. Ratbastards, I hate you all. Who wants to go to the range shoot something? [http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FireArmsGlossary/Default.aspx](http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FireArmsGlossary/Default.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/65 "2006-03-31T03:38:53Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Okay. When the NRA says I’m wrong, then I’m wrong. Ratbastards, I hate you all. Who wants to go to the range shoot something? > > [http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FireArmsGlossary/Default.aspx](http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FireArmsGlossary/Default.aspx) Going Sattidy, dude. Plan on burning beaucoup ammo. Lotso .45-70. Tonso .223. Then great huge foaming flagons of bock beer. You there? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/66 "2006-03-31T16:22:50Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Going Sattidy, dude. Plan on burning beaucoup ammo. Lotso .45-70. Tonso .223. Then great huge foaming flagons of bock beer. You there? Bummer, no. I cain’t be d’ere. Gonna be in the NW 'burbs of Chicago - where I can’t even take my guns - legally. Illinois has about the most restrictive gun laws of state in the Union. But that’s a rant for another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/67 "2006-03-31T16:43:07Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Bummer, no. I cain’t be d’ere. Gonna be in the NW 'burbs of Chicago - where I can’t even take my guns - legally. Illinois has about the most restrictive gun laws of state in the Union. But that’s a rant for another thread. Well, den we do her sometime soon. I 'bout 20 minutes from Ohio, me. We have us some fun. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/68 "2006-04-01T18:59:48Z")
What exactly is a “Rave”? Because I thought that it was a party where people did “X”. If so, then Kyle and Kelley Moore must be on the top 10 list of worst parents of all time. (If I’m wrong, then they’re merely on the top 100 list.) ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/69 "2006-04-02T07:49:47Z")
> [@JonScribe](#): > > No, I don’t blame Hollywood, in general, for violence such as what happened in Seattle this Saturday. The blame can be spread across a much wider spectrum. > > What I do blame Hollywood, specifically action movies, for is this: > > From the Seattle P-I: "Killer’s taunt: ‘There’s plenty for everyone’ " [Link.](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/264580_shootfolo28.html) > > It’s bad enough Huff was motivated to kill at least six people before killing himself, but Jesus H., why do these people think they have to utter witticisms in the midst of a rampage, like they were Arnold Schwarzennegger or Vin Diesel. > > It makes you wonder if these twisted individuals are so divorced from reality that somewhere deep in their subconscious they think they’re playing a part in a movie and that everyone will get up when the director yells “Cut. Print.” > > And while I’ve got your attention: Fuck the NRA. I agree that movies are too violent (although hypocritically, some of my favorite movies are pretty high on the violence-o-meter), but remember, there are some people that are just screwed up. I think this person does this regardless of movies he’s watched. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314/70 "2006-04-02T20:49:51Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > That ghetto/matrix mode of grip is for pistols… > > As for his shotgun/rifle grip … generally not sideways. > > The person responsible for all this is the actual shooter. Not the media, Not the NRA, Not raves, … just him. Hope he burns in Hell, where ol’ Scratch will cheerfully fire round after round of **various rounds and shells into his sensitive regions**. ‘Cos Ol’ Scratch _has got plenty for everyone_. You’re looking for the term “buckwheat.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-massacre-what-i-blame-hollywood-for/350314.md?page=3)