# Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729 "2013-01-29T19:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 266
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5301 "2015-07-31T06:01:52Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well, it depends on IF all of the counterpoints is true, and also IF any of the points in my list are true. Mine were cited; I forget, were yours? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5302 "2015-07-31T06:57:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well, it depends on IF all of the counterpoints is true, and also IF any of the points in my list are true. So wait… You post a list, a highly inaccurate list, And your standard is that ALL of the refutations must be accurate and cited, But only ONE of your assertions needs to be true? Yeah, that’s a good standard, I think you need to get a job with a Police Shooting Investigation Board somewhere ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5303 "2015-07-31T11:13:17Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well, it depends on IF all of the counterpoints is true, and also IF any of the points in my list are true. That’s a low bar. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5304 "2015-07-31T15:08:44Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well, it depends on IF all of the counterpoints is true, and also IF any of the points in my list are true. So you are demanding perfection from the rebuttal, but your personal standard is so low as to be almost nonexistent? Keep digging, doofus. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5305 "2015-07-31T15:13:24Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It was entertaining To some, leaving a bag of dogshit on somebody’s front porch, ringing the doorbell, and running off snickering is entertaining. That was on that level. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5306 "2015-07-31T15:17:45Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > So wait… > > You post a list, a highly inaccurate list, > And your standard is that ALL of the refutations must be accurate and cited, > But only ONE of your assertions needs to be true? > > Yeah, that’s a good standard, > I think you need to get a job with a Police Shooting Investigation Board somewhere Well then if he’s right then it means that sometime in history that some Democrat shot someone. which in turn proves that all guns are good or something or other. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5307 "2015-07-31T15:32:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > To some, leaving a bag of dogshit on somebody’s front porch, ringing the doorbell, and running off snickering is entertaining. That was on that level. This was more the equivalent of setting the bag on fire, stomping on it yourself, ringing the doorbell and standing there laughing in the respondent’s face while your shit-covered foot is on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5308 "2015-07-31T15:51:02Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > You never answer even the simplest of questions. Here, shit-heel, I’ll make you a promise: honestly answer the three questions in my previous post > > and I will bow out of this thread permanently. Nor will I ask you those questions in any other gun-related thread. You will be free to continue your “one bad day from murder” nonsense here without me questioning you about your murderous temper again. > What about it, you miserable pile of shit? Will you go away forever if I acknowledge that **ElvisL1ves** is an incompetent moron who would in all likelihood shoot himself in the foot - at the very best - if he were given a gun? ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5309 "2015-07-31T19:07:46Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I think it is more the entertainment of imagining that your bizarre and nonsensical world view has some sort of evidence to support it (even though deep down you know that is just crazy). It’s probably the same kind of entertainment right wingers get from watching Fox News. I read it more as “I’m embarrassed as hell for having a gotcha backfire on me so I’ll say it was…entertaining, yeah that’s it”. “Weaseling out of things is what separates humans from animals. Except weasels.” – H. J. Simpson ---
**Author:** ![camille](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@camille](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/camille)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5310 "2015-08-01T11:34:02Z")
Does this qualify as stupid gun news? [**Texas man shoots armadillo, bullet ricochets back into his face**](http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-bullet-ricochets-back-into-his-face-1.3176390) Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, Texas, at around 3 a.m. local time Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire. “His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo,” Rowe said. The animal’s hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man’s jaw, he said. The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe. The status of the animal is unknown. “We didn’t find the armadillo,” the sheriff said. The only way to stop a bad man with a gun is a good armadillo with a ricocheting armor plate. Will the NRA now lobby for armadillo piercing bullets? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5311 "2015-08-01T11:44:16Z")
But it was coming right at him! He coulda got leprosy! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5312 "2015-08-01T12:00:12Z")
If the .38 Special wasn’t already regarded as inadequate, this clinches it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5313 "2015-08-01T13:47:38Z")
I’ll be teaching my nephew how to handle pistols and how to shoot today. It’s good to know the basics, how to ensure a gun is safe and unloaded, how to safely handle a gun, and basic marksmanship. I’ll be in Santa Clara, CA. Anyone want to join? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5314 "2015-08-01T14:04:49Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ll be teaching my nephew how to handle pistols and how to shoot today. It’s good to know the basics, how to ensure a gun is safe and unloaded, how to safely handle a gun, and basic marksmanship. I’ll be in Santa Clara, CA. Anyone want to join? Will you be teaching him any better than you’ve “taught” us? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5315 "2015-08-01T14:54:29Z")
I bin teechin you purty good. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5316 "2015-08-01T16:40:23Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > But it was coming right at him! > > He coulda got leprosy! Still waiting, chickenshit. Why are you so afraid to answer three very simple, non-incriminating questions? Guilty conscience, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5317 "2015-08-01T16:53:23Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It’s good to know the basics, how to ensure a gun is safe and unloaded, how to safely handle a gun, and basic marksmanship. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5318 "2015-08-01T17:45:13Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ll be teaching my nephew how to handle pistols and how to shoot today. It’s good to know the basics, how to ensure a gun is safe and unloaded, how to safely handle a gun, and basic marksmanship. The nation rejoices at another potential Adam Lanza. Your definition of “responsible gun ownership” is meaningless in light of all the killing done by “responsible” gun owners. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5319 "2015-08-01T18:29:35Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > The nation rejoices at another potential Adam Lanza. > > Your definition of “responsible gun ownership” is meaningless in light of all the killing done by “responsible” gun owners. Ah! Another ElvisL1ves type cretin. Anybody who has a gun is “another potntial Adam Lanza?” Do you own a gun? If not, do you eschew ownership for fear of being “another Adam Lanza?” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5320 "2015-08-01T18:44:33Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > Cite? What are you, stupid? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=267)