Im not saying what the guy did right but there is a lot of misinformation running around about what happened. The guy had a 9mm in his bag, it was not loaded but he did have 2 fully loaded magazines in the bag as well along with three knives. He also had 1 knife on him. As far as inducing panic. The guy went in to the theater 30 min before the movie started so nobody was in the theater. An off duty police office though he was suspicious so he approached the guy and asked to search the bag. The guy complied with the officer and when the officer found the weapon in the bag, the guy said "do you want me to go put it in my car". Its hard to say what they guy had planned and he deserves what he gets for bringing the gun in to the theater if there were signs posted, prohibiting firearms.