TSA At The Movies Now - Bag And Body Checks In All Regal Theaters
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Regal Cinemas has started checking bags in the wake of two separate movie theater attacks this summer.
The move from the country’s largest theater chain comes amid a larger debate about safety measures that has provoked calls for metal detectors and armed guards. Most major exhibitors haven’t followed suit. While National Amusements has banned backpacks in its theaters, insiders say most chains are hesitant to institute bag checks.
On its website, Regal acknowledged that the move could inconvenience some customers but said in a statement: “Security issues have become a daily part of our lives in America. Regal Entertainment Group wants our customers and staff to feel comfortable and safe when visiting or working in our theatres.”
Other chains didn’t expound upon their practices. A spokesman for AMC declined to comment on its security procedures, and a spokeswoman for Cinemark said the chain had no comment. A spokeswoman for Carmike said the company constantly reviews its safety procedures, but has not instituted bag checks at this time.
The move by Regal is a sign that the exhibition industry is concerned that more measures may be needed to insure that more attacks like the ones that took place this summer don’t become commonplace. The movie business was stunned after a gunman killed two patrons and himself during a showing of “Trainwreck” in Lafayette, La. last July. That attack was followed a week later by a separate incident in Nashville, Tenn., during which a hatchet- and pellet gun-wielding man unleashed pepper spray in a showing of “Mad Max: Fury Road.” He was later killed by police.
Both attacks brought back memories of a 2012 shooting at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo. that left 12 people dead. The gunman, James Holmes, was recently sentenced to life in prison for the attack.
In a recent survey by research group C4, nearly 50% of moviegoers said they would pay $1 or more extra to support additional security measures in theaters. The issue for exhibitors is that installing metal detectors or arming security personnel could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per location and would create problems in terms of seating people in a timely fashion.
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Ain't no movie even worth the hassle to me.
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leftcoastkev wrote: »Ain't no movie even worth the hassle to me.
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Go to the black movie theaters where its safe.
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vagrant-718 wrote: »Go to the black movie theaters where its safe.
Real ? .Downtown Baltimore used to have a theater that all the hood drug dealing people used to go to from East and West.No one ever shot up the theater and I don't even remember any fights.They may have been rude and loud,but I never felt unsafe. -
Hmm. And this decision came about shortly after the "Straight Outta Compton" movie was released??.....
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Hmm. And this decision came about shortly after the "Straight Outta Compton" movie was released??.....
Really?.... -
And ? I can't sneak in food no more nooo
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And ? I can't sneak in food no more nooo
Lol..
We use to sneak in chicken wings, chips, candy, and soda..
I swear white people ? everything up.. -
Dude all in my mans nether regions
No ? Given
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Just won't be going to Regal, but I'm bringing my pistol with me. ? that. They can't stop the shootings, I'll protect myself. If they don't want the CHL guns there, it's not a place I need to be.
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They already do that here. They dont check for weapons in yall cities?
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obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »They already do that here. They dont check for weapons in yall cities?
We don't live in chicago -
obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »They already do that here. They dont check for weapons in yall cities?
We don't live in chicago
They dont have metal detectors but they check our purses. -
They need to start profiling them whiteboys clapping up movie theaters.
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So I Can No Longer Sneak In Jersey Mike's In My Main Bishes Purse?
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Funny.
After 9-11, every indian, arab, middle eastern looking person was being profiled..
If a blk individual do something, all blks are profiled .
Its been nothing but wht ppl shooting up theatres, yet everybody is profiled??
No, check wht ppls bags. -
They late..the Cineplex in Jamaica Queens right next to green acres mall been had metal detectors since I was a kid..
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torrents looking better and better by the min
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obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »They already do that here. They dont check for weapons in yall cities?
We don't live in chicago
They dont have metal detectors but they check our purses.
so how ya'll sneak stuff in? I need to know if wifey need to get that false bottom purse on deck -
clairvoyance wrote: »They late..the Cineplex in Jamaica Queens right next to green acres mall been had metal detectors since I was a kid..
Did...it's shut down now. -
Anybody in Chicago know the theater on 87th been doing metal detectors for the longest.
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I've seen women get their purses checked at the movies for years but that's mainly to make sure they wasn't sneaking any food in. I've never had a body check at a movie theater...
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picture in op looks sooooo crazy...dude look like he examining for ball cancer or some ?
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I'm waiting for someone to come in and say "Well, I'm fine with this because I've got nothing to hide"
Don't mean to sound like a conspiracy guy, but Government has no respect for anyone's privacy and this just looks like another small step taken to get everyone comfortable with them being all up in your business 24/7