Letter: Theater should inspect all or none for weapons
Theater should inspect all or none for weapons
Recently I went to a 7:15 p.m. movie and was asked to open my purse for inspection. I did, and when I asked why, I was told it was a weapons check.
As we proceeded, I noticed that my teenage niece wasn’t asked to open her shopping bag, which could have easily contained an array of weapons.
After the movie, I watched dozens of patrons, mostly under 21, enter without being asked to open purses or shopping bags. All males entered free of any weapons check.
I’m a 50-something female, with no criminal record, nor under suspicion of any illegality, and do not fit a theater-shooter profile. I would venture to say that the probability of weapons among the crowd entering as I left was pretty high, yet I did not see one person checked.
This smokescreen intent to create a gun-free zone is a big fail. Either check all or none for weapons. While at it, management can ditch the illusion of safety by dumping the “gun-free zone” signs.
Janice Kelly
Cheektowaga
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