# Positive Gun News of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490 "2015-10-22T22:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 65
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1281 "2018-04-30T17:10:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Years ago I found an exploded soup(?) can that smelled up the entire house but was difficult to pin down exact location. Had I called 911 I think I’d have been laughed at, if not to my face, at least behind my back. How many rounds did you put into the can? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1282 "2018-04-30T17:14:23Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Unless these are the arguments that you truly hold and are honestly advancing, it doesn’t seem like these comments are in good faith Of course they are in good faith. I don’t play in “gotchas” The same people who rabidly declare “shall not be infringed!!!” are the same people who are now saying “Oh yeah, I guess it’s cool that it’s being infringed” Doesn’t make any sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1283 "2018-04-30T17:15:55Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > And given there was an intruder who was hiding in the closet, and apparently had been bothering this person before, I’d say it was prudent to investigate while armed. > > In other news, [Armed resident stops attempted home invasion](https://www.wthr.com/article/armed-resident-stops-attempted-home-invasion): > DGU with no injuries. I’m curious how the person came to be in possession of handcuffs, but hey, whatever floats your boat and it worked out well. On another even more serious question, the rule of “Don’t draw your weapon unless you are so afraid for your life that you will kill the thing that is threatening you” is no longer in force? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1284 "2018-04-30T17:18:51Z")
I can think of something even more prudent. Can you? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1285 "2018-04-30T18:10:30Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > I know you guys think you have a couple of “gotchas”, but you don’t. When the secret service secures an area, they take control and watch everything that is going on. They also have their own weapons and are ready to use them. Same with courthouses, where armed security is present. > > Contrast that to so-called “gun-free zones” like schools, some shopping malls, some businesses. There, someone hangs signs up disallowing guns, but does nothing to actually protect the safety of all of the people. Hanging a sign disallowing lawful carry makes it more likely that a lunatic will not encounter any resistance, but does nothing at all to increase safety. Many so-called gun free zones have armed security, such as the resource officers at schools. I would like to see your statistics on posted gun free zones being targeted by armed attackers more often than locations without such a posted policy. I don’t believe it. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1286 "2018-04-30T18:24:15Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I can think of something even more prudent. Can you? Naww. Strange stinky creepy guy dead: what more could you hope for? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1287 "2018-04-30T18:39:10Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I can think of something even more prudent. Can you? I can think of many things that are even more prudent. Can you be more specific? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1288 "2018-04-30T18:47:08Z")
Scroll up. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1289 "2018-04-30T18:54:30Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Scroll up. Oh, I see now. Don’t you arm yourself and go around investigating stuff? Whenever I see or smell something strange, I arm myself up and go investigate it. It’s pretty prudent to do so. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1290 "2018-04-30T19:25:48Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Oh, I see now. Don’t you arm yourself and go around investigating stuff? Whenever I see or smell something strange, I arm myself up and go investigate it. It’s pretty prudent to do so. You’ve obviously never found a groundhog that was torn up pretty badly (likely by one of your own dogs), dragging a necrotic hind end around, and not happy under your porch. In the time I’ve owned my handgun, I’ve shot one deer (hit by a car, laying there thrashing around with a paralyzed hindquarters), lots of targets, and a torn up groundhog. In the time I’ve owned my 16 gauge shotgun, I’ve shot one rabid fox, one rabid raccoon, a few dozen clay pigeons, and a bat that was flopping around on the ground outside. I’ve owned my two guns for ~25 years. ETA: I have a circular saw that I’ve used less frequently over the same time span. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1291 "2018-04-30T19:42:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ETA: I have a circular saw that I’ve used less frequently over the same time span. Groundhog? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1292 "2018-04-30T19:43:06Z")
I don’t own a dog. And if I see a rabid animal, I run or stay in the house. Same with a bat flopping around on the ground outside. Clay pigeons haven’t bothered me yet. I’ve never seen a deer still alive after being hit by a car. And if I did, I probably wouldn’t notice it as I drove by. I use my circular saw a lot, though. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1293 "2018-04-30T19:43:34Z")
tasty ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1294 "2018-04-30T23:56:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You’ve obviously never found a groundhog that was torn up pretty badly (likely by one of your own dogs), dragging a necrotic hind end around, and not happy under your porch. How about in your closet? You know, like in the case we’re discussing. And even so, which of them made an odor bad enough to be scary _before_ dying and ending any possible threat they posed? Yes, certainly a gun is a necessary tool for some rural dwellers; nobody here has said otherwise. That fact is a diversion from the topic, however. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1295 "2018-05-01T01:18:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Would you pull a gun to defend yourself against a bad odor? > > At some point she decided there was a threat from an intruder, and went to get her gun \*instead of \*calling 911. Somebody is dead because of that. Someone is dead because they broke into someone else’s home. You don’t break into someone’s house, you don’t risk getting shot by the homeowner. It’s really quite simple. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1296 "2018-05-01T10:08:43Z")
Remember, kids: the penalty for _any_ crime is death if you can make up the right story afterwards. Burglary? Death. Mugging? Death. Selling illegal cigarettes? Death. Speeding? Death. Smoking dope? Death. Walking with Skittles? Death. Just say “Hey, that person shouldn’t have done ”. That’ll get you out of jail free in most instances. I mean, it’s not like they can contradict your account of events. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1297 "2018-05-01T11:46:41Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Someone is dead because they broke into someone else’s home. You don’t break into someone’s house, you don’t risk getting shot by the homeowner. It’s really quite simple. When was burglary made a capital crime, and when did homeowners get charged with being police, judge, jury, and executioner? I must have missed that part in Civics class, although it’s been in a lot of bad movies and TV shows. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Just say “Hey, that person shouldn’t have done ”. That’ll get you out of jail free in most instances. I mean, it’s not like they can contradict your account of events. “He was coming right at me!” works too. Even if it’s an exploded soup can. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1298 "2018-05-01T12:01:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “He was coming right at me!” works too. Even if it’s an exploded soup can. To be fair, the soup can was in a Yeti cooler. It had it coming. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1299 "2018-05-01T12:11:55Z")
How many years does a soup can need to stay in a closet for it to explode? Maybe the doomsday supplies need to be replaced once in a while. It had already sprayed botulin toxin all over the place. Shooting it would have just spread it further. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1300 "2018-05-01T12:57:09Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How many years does a soup can need to stay in a closet for it to explode? Maybe the doomsday supplies need to be replaced once in a while. > > It had already sprayed botulin toxin all over the place. Shooting it would have just spread it further. Heh. It was a dented can purchased for pennies at BigLots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490.md?page=66)