I lived in Colorado for a long time, and had a bunch of friends at Columbine--one of whom was shot but lived. I also lived in Colorado when the Aurora theater shooting happened. Oh, there was also a guy who brought a bomb to Southwest Plaza Mall in Littleton when I lived there, and the guy who brought the shot gun to Deer Creek school. And there was the more recent Arapahoe High School shooting there.

Anyway, I'd be lying if I don't think of the shooting every time I go to a movie theater. In fact, I still get scared taking my son to school. His classroom this past year was the very first one you see after you walk in the main doors, and I was terrified about that. I kept thinking, "This is the room I shooter would enter first."

I was going somewhere with all of that. My point is that you can't completely shake off the fear you'll have. You'll definitely think about those things, probably like how some people might still think about 9/11 when they get on a plane. It's hard to forget.

But these type of things, unfortunately, happen throughout our country. Remember how someone was planning on targeting a tree lighting ceremony in Oregon a couple years ago? And there was a shooting at the politcal meet & greet in Arizona, and the one at the mosque in Minnesota. And the bombing at the Boston marathon, and now someone who was planning on shooting at a pride parade. I guess my point is, unless we want to hide out in our homes, there will always be risks. Whenever we go somewhere where there is a group of condensed people, it's a risk. I mean, ball games, amusement parks, malls, schools--it doesn't matter. But what kind of life would we lead if we didn't do any of those things because we were afraid?