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Rubin Reports » What Is The True Lesson of A Tragedy in an Aurora, Colorado, Film Theatre? I really thought there was nothing to say or write about the shootings at the Aurora, Colorado, movie theatre. The prattling, smug, and often unsubstantiated talk filling the airwaves and print pages really added nothing. But then I realized that there is indeed something important to conclude from this tragic episode. And it’s one of the most important things — perhaps the most important of all — to understand about history, civilization, humanity, and society. Human frailty. None of us is perfect. We all have weaknesses and shortcomings. Just read the talk-backs to articles on almost any subject and you quickly find that kind of bickering, meanness, passion overcoming facts, hidden agenda, and the hundred other things that, as Hamlet says, “The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks/That flesh is heir to.”

This is the world we live and die in. And so someone cracks, as happened in Phoenix, Arizona, or in Aurora, Colorado. There is no solution. EXCLUSIVE: Movie massacre suspect sent chilling notebook to psychiatrist before attack. AURORA, Colo. – James Holmes, the accused gunman in last Friday's midnight movie massacre in Colorado, mailed a notebook "full of details about how he was going to kill people" to a University of Colorado psychiatrist before the attack, and the parcel may have sat unopened in a mailroom for up to a week before its discovery Monday, a law enforcement source told FoxNews.com. "Inside the package was a notebook full of details about how he was going to kill people," the source told FoxNews.com. "There were drawings of what he was going to do in it -- drawings and illustrations of the massacre.

" Among the images shown in the spiral-bound notebook’s pages were gun-wielding stick figures blowing away other stick figures. The source said police and FBI agents were called to the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus in Aurora on Monday morning after the psychiatrist, who is also a professor at the school, reported receiving a package believed to be from the suspect. EXCLUSIVE: Massacre suspect James Holmes' gun-range application drew red flag. BYERS, Colo. – Less than a month before carrying out the midnight movie massacre that left 12 dead, suspected shooter James Holmes applied for membership at a private gun range, unnerving the club’s owner whose calls to Holmes’ apartment reached a “creepy, weird” Batman-inspired voicemail message.

“His answering machine message was incoherent, just bizarre, really bizarre -- slurring words, but he didn’t sound drunk, just strange -- I could make out “James” somewhere in it,” Glenn Rotkovich, of the Lead Valley Range, in Byers, Colo., told FoxNews.com. EXCLUSIVE: Gun club application submitted by massacre suspect James Holmes Email from James Holmes to gun club owner “I told my staff, here’s the name -- James Holmes -- this is the person.

If he shows up come get me. I need to talk to him before anything else,” he added. “I said, I’m not sure about this guy.’ When Rotkovich’s wife awakened him on Friday morning with news of the awful tragedy, the name sounded familiar. James Holmes 'incorrect' tea party report: ABC News apologizes. Page 2: Aurora, Colorado Movie Shooting Suspect Had 'High Colume' Of Deliveries At Home, Work. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy John Larimer, a member of the Navy, was also confirmed by his family to be among the dead. The family said they were notified at their Illinois home around midnight today by a Navy notification team that Larimer was dead. Veronica Moser, 6, was killed, according to The Associated Press. The girl's mother, Ashley Moser, 25, is in critical condition after she was shot in the throat and abdomen, said her aunt, Annie Dalton.

Oates announced Friday that Holmes had purchased four guns at local shops and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition on the Internet in the past 60 days. "All the ammunition he possessed, he possessed legally, all the weapons he possessed, he possessed legally, all the clips he possessed, he possessed legally," an emotional Oates told reporters. Eyewitness Accounts "Neighbors report that he lived alone and kept to himself," he added.

Police: 12 Dead In Colorado Theater Shooting During Midnight Showing Of New Batman Movie. Aurora Police Chief: Suspect's Guns And Ammunitions All Legally Possessed July 20, 2012 11:59 PM From our newsroom to your inbox weekday mornings at 9AM. Sign Up NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Many are still searching for answers following a devastating and deadly shooting at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.” Officials held a press briefing Friday night to provide updates on what is being called the “Colorado Movie Massacre.” PHOTOS: Colorado Theater Massacre Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said the outpouring of support from across the country has been tremendous. He struggled to find the words to describe the horror of the situation, called the shooting an “act that defies description.” MORE: Complete Coverage From CBSDenver.com Police said 24-year-old James Holmes walked into a movie theater and opened fire about 20 minutes into the movie.

All were purchased in the last 60 days. “It clearly looks like a deranged individual. The U.S.