# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 221
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4401 "2024-03-26T14:37:21Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It’s not like the cops are going door to door to check on this. Just like how I can leave a loaded gun on my kitchen table and, even if that’s completely illegal, it’s not like the cops are magically going to know it’s there and show up at my house to arrest me. The way these things usually get enforced is after the fact if there is an accident they can get you for negligence, or if they are investigating some other crime they can at their discretion\* decide to tack on an another charge if they see an unsecured firearm. \*depending on say melanin content ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4402 "2024-03-26T14:50:02Z")
I can see why he won! Watch him nail this difficult putt from the sandtrap. > ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4403 "2024-03-26T14:54:55Z")
Is he allowed two mulligans per hole when he plays? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4404 "2024-03-26T15:18:25Z")
This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Trump sets up these tournaments, sometimes before the club has even opened, but makes himself the only player, wins and gives himself an award. Something he’s been doing for _decades_. > **[Donald Trump and golf: Fancy resorts, A-list partners, cheating at highest level](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/2023/02/03/trump-and-golf-fancy-resorts-a-list-partners-cheating-at-highest-level/69857594007/)** > > 'Trump doesn’t just cheat at golf,' Rick Reilly wrote in a tell-all book. 'He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies.' > Reilly said in the Vox interview Trump told him whenever he opens a new golf course he plays the first club championship by himself and declares himself to be the champion and puts his name on the wall. > “Trump doesn’t just cheat at golf,” Reilly wrote. "He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies. He fudges and foozles and fluffs. At Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: ‘Pele.’” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4405 "2024-03-26T15:22:24Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The way these things usually get enforced is after the fact if there is an accident they can get you for negligence, or if they are investigating some other crime they can at their discretion\* decide to tack on an another charge if they see an unsecured firearm. True, but I meant that in the hypothetical situation where the cops didn’t have a reason to be in your house already, like if a kid shot someone with a gun you left laying around. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4406 "2024-03-26T16:46:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > To be honest, I am surprised there isn’t a carve out for farmers If the rule is indeed “if you’re not carrying your gun, lock it up” there’s no need for such a carve-out – farmers who use guns to defend against marauding predators (or homicidal cows) would presumably be carrying them. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4407 "2024-03-26T17:26:56Z")
You don’t think they’d just keep it near the door? Plus, I would guess that a lot of farmers trying to keep things like coyotes and wolves away are going to be using a long gun, not something you’d really want holstered to your body when you’re laying on the couch watching TV. Thinking about this a bit more, I think it would be reasonable to only allow this [leaving guns out in your house, on your farm] if there was an additional requirement that no one under 18 can live there or otherwise have unsupervised access to the house. Basically, protect your livestock, but if you have a high school aged kid living with you, the gun needs to be locked up if you’re not carrying it. Regardless, these all seem like mostly reasonable reasons for or against it. So why are the people pushing back against the bill concerned with their kids getting trampled to death by cows? I know that article said there’s only a few deaths per year like that, but I’m curious if being trampled by cows is still a bigger concern than this city kid is aware of or if it was just one stupid comment that went viral because it’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4408 "2024-03-26T18:25:25Z")
i believe brooms are the weapons of choice for bears. [Man Chases Away Bear With a Broom || ViralHog (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gB3tBOCx4) _PERKELE_ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4409 "2024-03-26T18:34:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today on Trump Vs. Reality And here I thought he was running for President, that is when he’s not sitting in a courtroom. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4410 "2024-03-26T19:57:33Z")
I like how in that putting video, El Turdo puts his hands up to his head in total surprise that the shitbird actually sunk that three-footer. I’m sure the cheering was done out of exasperation / derision. Unless, of course, they’re genuine MAGAts. Gotta wonder what’s really going through their heads, sorta like these Russian hockey pros contending with some absolute fucking gimp on skates, here, in the form of Putin. [Potted eight 😆 goals this game.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbI55HdqQs&t=11s) Imagine checking him - what would happen to you? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4411 "2024-03-26T20:18:29Z")
…or give him a good chicken wing in the face. ☺ ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4412 "2024-03-26T20:40:06Z")
The bear is not the weapon, the angry Finnish man is the weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4413 "2024-03-26T21:14:15Z")
Nancy Mace says the ship crashed into the bridge because of Biden’s infrastructure bill. > **[Nancy Mace blames Biden's infrastructure law after ship strike collapses...](https://www.rawstory.com/nancy-mace-infrastructure/)** > > Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) suggested President Joe Biden's infrastructure law was to blame after a ship struck a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse. > > Mace was asked about the bridge collapse during a Tuesday interview on Newsmax. > > "I'm sure... ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4414 "2024-03-26T21:31:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Nancy Mace says the ship crashed into the bridge because of Biden’s infrastructure bill. Good gravy. Did she think the bill would make bridges collision-proof? And do it to all the bridges in the country instantly? And if repairing them all is so important, why did she vote against it? I can’t even believe there are people this stupid _at all_, let alone that they get elected to Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4415 "2024-03-26T21:37:25Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > I can’t even believe there are people this stupid _at all_, let alone that they get elected to Congress. They get elected _because_ people are this stupid. I’ve said before in these situations “They’re not stupid, they just assume/know you’re stupid enough to believe them”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4416 "2024-03-26T21:49:57Z")
Meanwhile, Matt Schlapp says that covid lockdowns caused the bridge collapse, while Sabatini says it happened because of WOKE, and Bartilomo says it was Mexicans. > > > ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4417 "2024-03-26T21:59:45Z")
They’re gonna try to ride this all the way to the election, aren’t they. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4418 "2024-03-26T22:06:10Z")
On the one hand I could see a lawsuit for defamation getting lined up there, which I like. On the other hand, maybe it really was drug-addled Mexicans driven mad by COVID. Who can say? /s ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4419 "2024-03-26T22:10:20Z")
Cool. If they’re blaming Biden for the bridge collapse in Baltimore, does that mean we can blame Trump for the entirety of covid? After all I think Trump can actually be blamed for that due to his dismantling of the pandemic response team. (Please note that there was some controversy at the time over how to describe this action. Some new stories reported they were fired, but it turns out I think some of them were fired but others were moved to other departments. The story linked below seems to be accurate to the best of my knowledge.) > **[Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-barack-obama-public-health-ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and “blindsided the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4420 "2024-03-26T22:50:46Z")
Lee Greenwood and Donald Trump are endorsing the [God Bless the USA Bible](https://godblesstheusabible.com). Yours for only $59.99, more than twice what you would pay for a similar edition. But wait – there’s more: > [@](#): > > **This Bible also features a copy of:** > > - Handwritten chorus to “God Bless The USA” by Lee Greenwood > - The US Constitution > - The Bill of Rights > - The Declaration of Independence > - The Pledge of Allegiance Their website says it ships from Alabama, but doesn’t mention where it’s printed. I emailed them asking about that. I’m not expecting an answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=222)