After writing about a lawsuit in which a movie chain won a suit lodged against it by a man who broke a tooth on unpopped popcorn, I somehow became the movie incident man. I recently began getting emails about theaters now going through the purses, handbags and backpacks of moviegoers. The theaters are looking for explosives and weaponry. Hmmmm.

Here’s a somber thought: Anyone bringing explosives or weaponry into a theater would likely have the doorway into a theater as a perfectly fine discharge…