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Lia Copeland was named after comedy royalty; she ended up pursuing the same dream as her namesake. Very successful, with sold out venues and an HBO special under her belt, she travelled all over the country. The last place she was ever to perform was a club in Aurora, Colorado, where she was playing second fiddle to a Batman premiere. After her second show, she persuaded a couple to take her to the midnight showing.......

"Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting