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My daughter and I went to see Logan today and were sitting in the back row. It was a small theater where this back row would have been only a few rows behind the middle in some of the larger ones. This was a dollar theater. Anyway, about 30 minutes into the movie the fire exit opens from the outside about 15-20 yards to my right and slightly behind me. There is a large walkway area behind me where people come into the theater from the inside. It is where my daughter and I entered after getting our tickets.

My daughter was sitting on my right and my left hand reached up over her left shoulder and pulled her part way down to the floor and across my lap, while my right hand grabbed the grip of my sidearm. The guy walked straight through and out the regular entrance into the rest of the theater in 3-4 seconds and was out of my sight. He made no move to do anything else other than walk through that I could tell. I could make out his shape and see his arms, but no features or further identification.

When I went out to tell someone that worked there and ask them if that door was supposed to be able to be opened from outside I didn't see anyone that might have been the guy. They said that the door is not supposed to open from outside and asked what the guy looked like. I said, "Okay, well you need to check that door and fix it if it needs it and did you just seriously ask me what someone looked like in a dark theater?"

My daughter asked me later how I was going to be able to aim and hit anyone in a dark theater. She forgot that I have night sights and didn't know that my holster allows me to have my TLR-1 mounted. I assured her I could hit what I wanted in that situation.

But WOW! That was tense for a few moments.

romeofox wrote:If you're going to a 30.06 posted theater bring your perfectly legal tactical light. Blind the attacker, a dose of peperspray or mace might give yours and everyone else a fighting chance.

CHLLady wrote:We don't attend theaters that are 30.06, so at least we will have a chance to fight back.

At or near the top is probably a good choice. It would give you more reaction time and a better field of view. It's not the best for viewing the movie and it has its pros and cons. Some theaters don't have an exit up there, so you're trapped in that case. Some do and someone could come up behind you even if you're in the last row.