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DENVER — Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie theater massacre as buyers express fears that anti-gun politicians may use the shootings to seek new restrictions on owning weapons.

DENVER — The film studio that released the Batman film playing during the Colorado theater shooting is among the donors that have given a total of nearly $2 million to a fund set up for victims.

It was all perfectly legal and convenient for Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes to turn to e-commerce to allegedly stock his arsenal for a movie theater shooting spree.

AURORA, Colo. — A U.S. Navy veteran who served three tours of duty in the Middle East. A 6-year-old girl excited about learning to swim. A Target employee who shielded his girlfriend and her brother with his own body. They and nine others were killed in the shooting rampage during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in a Denver suburb. Here are their stories:

DENVER — In a world where Amazon can track your next book purchase and you must show id to buy some allergy medicine, James Holmes spent months stockpiling thousands of bullets and head-to-toe ballistic gear without raising any red flags with authorities.

AURORA, Colo. - They began arriving hours before the prayer vigil began Sunday, lugging shattered hearts as a thunderstorm crackled and light rain fell.

By the time thousands had gathered outside Aurora’s City Hall amid noticeably tight security, the sun had penetrated the clouds and the day’s stifling heat had lifted.

As authorities continued to amass evidence in Friday’s massacre inside an Aurora movie theater, Coloradans sought strength in the face of madness, packing church services and coming together as a community to remember the 12 who died.

Mayhem occurs every day in movie theaters. But when the violence moves from the screen to the aisles, as happened early Friday morning during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Colorado, cinema managers are as shocked as audiences.