# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 320
**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:** [February 10, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6391 "2023-02-10T21:31:26Z")
If ever I could be a fly in the wall, it would be to witness how on earth that firearm could have somehow managed to discharge into Brazilian lawyer’s stomach. Squicky-looking laptop repairman could maybe use [eyebrows\*, for starters.](https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Paul+Mac+Isaac&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=AJOqlzXO1XRUGV5t1bnSjNRP5O599GctyQ:1676064217508&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicqbji8Yv9AhUXHTQIHUz8DPsQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=834&bih=568&dpr=1.56) So one of his middle names is “Mac”, then? \*ok so they’re a light wispy blonde, then. Sure, still gross, creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6392 "2023-02-10T21:42:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > You wear a gun because what is the point of having the privilege to carry one if you don’t do it? I have a concealed carry permit, because I couldn’t get one in my native home. I have a CCP because I _can_ have one. But I never actually carry a firearm. Haven’t even been to the range in like 15 years. My card is a novelty. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6393 "2023-02-10T21:52:03Z")
Same with me. Well, actually I let my CPL expire (Concealed Pistol License is what they call it around here), it’s a hassle to renew it and I never carry anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6394 "2023-02-10T22:01:03Z")
That’s probably what they call it here, too. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6395 "2023-02-10T22:17:20Z")
I think they call it that because it’s specifically for pistols (well, revolvers too, so it should be called a Concealed Handgun License I guess). It doesn’t cover things like knives. It seems wacky but I can carry a gun legally but not a fixed-blade knife of any length in Washington State (at least not concealed, you are fine if it’s on your hip in plain view). I read of a case where a girl was charged as a minor for just carrying a paring knife in her pocket. Also, depending on the city, I can’t carry a folding knife with a blade longer than 3 1/2 inches (and to be safe, I make sure not to carry any knife anywhere with a blade longer than 3 inches). That’s what happens when you have pro-gun lobbyists, but no pro-knife lobbyists. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6396 "2023-02-10T22:19:10Z")
I see we are in the same state. CPL seems strange to me. I should be able to carry my AR-180 under my coat! **LOL** ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6397 "2023-02-10T22:24:15Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Why the fuck do you need a firearm for your mother’s MRI? Because you never know when the Shit Is Going to go Down. Gotta be ready when the madman boyfriend of the MRI tech decides to come in and shooot everyone. Without a Goodguy With A Gun ™ then what? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6398 "2023-02-10T22:24:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Good lord. This freaking moron was allowed to carry a weapon? I mean ANYWHERE? > I mean if you don’t already know that metal is a big no no even being near an MRI. You shouldn’t be allowed to carry a slingshot. “Are you carrying anything metal?” “How dare you ask me! I have the God-given Constitutional right not to answer that question!” “Suit yourself…” ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6399 "2023-02-10T22:33:58Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I think they call it that because it’s specifically for pistols (well, revolvers too, so it should be called a Concealed Handgun License I guess). It’s different now in Texas (open carry, so there’s no more Concealed Handgun License but a License to Carry Handgun) but back in the day, the CHL had two classifications, one that did not cover semiautomatics and one that covered all handguns. The distinction hasn’t been important for several decades but it wasn’t really high on the list of priorities to change, either. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6400 "2023-02-10T22:48:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Without a Goodguy With A Gun ™ then what? Turn on the MRI machine. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6401 "2023-02-10T23:06:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Turn on the MRI machine… Well sure, Dr Science! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6402 "2023-02-11T01:43:41Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > It’s hijacks all the way down, young man! so, ahem … entering lowjack territory? > [@Atamasama](#): > > That’s what happens when you have pro-gun lobbyists, but no pro-knife lobbyists. Just wait until the swiss at Victorinox get wind of this > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Because you never know when the Shit Is Going to go Down. Gotta be ready when the madman boyfriend of the MRI tech decides to come in and shooot everyone. Without a Goodguy With A Gun ™ then what? No Goodguy necesary … the MRI will take his weapon away - consistently and very convincingly … (but then again, he might get away with a Glock-Quality-Firearm ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6403 "2023-02-11T02:25:46Z")
A 14 year old girl in New Jersey was assaulted in school, and the school never notified the police. She then committed suicide a few days later. And now the school superintend is claiming it’s her fault for doing drugs, for having a father who was having an affair, and a mother who committed suicide. > **[Superintendent Tears Into Family of Bullied Student Who Took Her Own Life](https://www.thedailybeast.com/high-school-superintendent-tears-into-family-of-bullied-student-who-took-her-own-life)** > > Adriana Kuch died two days after a video appeared on social media showing a group of students striking her with a water bottle while shouting insults. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6404 "2023-02-11T02:44:50Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > Just wait until the swiss at Victorinox get wind of this I thought they already were packing. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6405 "2023-02-11T02:52:44Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I mean, “pulled the lawyer’s weapon was pulled”? Shot “in the tummy”? (c’mon people, “abdomen”? “gut”?) Crap factory. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6406 "2023-02-11T03:44:37Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Why the fuck do you need a firearm for your mother’s MRI? It might find cancer cells in her, and you want to have that thing loaded and chambered so that you will be able to shoot those damn interlopers dead on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6407 "2023-02-11T15:00:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought they already were packing. I am sure Victorinox is sharp to get their slice of the cake … I suspect they might even try to steel some marketshare from gun sales ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6408 "2023-02-11T16:12:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That’s what happens when you have pro-gun lobbyists, but no pro-knife lobbyists. Historically, wouldn’t the right ‘to bear arms’ include edged weapons? Thinking man-at-arms. So since Alito goes back to the 13th century for abortion law, I would think laws restricting my right to carry the edged weapon of my choice must fall, also (and possibly bashing weapons like maces, also). ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6409 "2023-02-11T16:22:40Z")
This is where I begin to totally regret the unwieldiness of my trebuchet. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6410 "2023-02-11T18:32:42Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Crap factory. It didn’t hit him in the head, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=321)