A few days after the Aurora shooting, my mom and I went to a theatre and they asked to check our purses. My mom and I (politely) refused. The young man kept telling us he had to check our purses and we kept refusing on the basis that having our person effects checked was not within the theatre’s rights. We did not agree to have our belongings searched in order to see the movie, if that was a requirement then a sign needed to be posted. The poor guy was so flustered, he was just trying to do his job, but what finally got him to let us through was I said, “All you’re going to find is a bunch of tampons.”

He let us through without another word.

We were totally sneaking candy in.