# Now in the pit: Someone tried to shoot up an FBI office in Cincy {2022-08-11}

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 11, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504 "2022-08-11T18:56:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/61 "2022-08-12T18:19:21Z")

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> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> “Well, I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn’t…"

Now that’s using your head!..  
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vHqsiShgPjM/hqdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vHqsiShgPjM/hqdefault.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/62 "2022-08-12T18:47:35Z")

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This thread is fastener-ating.

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/63 "2022-08-12T18:54:54Z")

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Really? I find it kind of tacky.

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/64 "2022-08-12T19:02:04Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> I wonder if the corn was harvested yet? I know corn fields, I can’t imagine chasing any armed person into one.

Probably not, unless it was sweet corn. At least in the Minnesota of my youth, field corn wasn’t harvested until very late (Sept/Oct IIRC), partially to let it dry in the field.

> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> “Well, I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn’t…"

Probably was thinking (for very small values of ‘think’) a small pointed impact would break it (like the hammer/spike thing EMT types use to break auto glass).

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/65 "2022-08-12T20:14:45Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> This thread is fastener-ating.

> [@OttoDaFe](#):
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> Really? I find it kind of tacky.

As usual, you both are on-point!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/66 "2022-08-12T20:42:39Z")

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> [@RitterSport](#):
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> I’m going to report this post to the moderators – I don’t want anyone getting warnings for being political in MPSIMS

Thank you for that.

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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504/67 "2022-08-12T21:31:50Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> Dead as a doornail?

Stick an ear of corn in him. He’s dead.

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