# 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:** 387
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7722 "2017-07-02T22:23:17Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, just to be on the safe side, I vote he try it again. I hear someone’s got a desert eagle they aren’t using anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7723 "2017-07-03T02:22:24Z")
[Florida man accidentally shoots](http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Florida-man-accidentally-shoots-own-penis-after-11261660.php?ipid=ntk) own penis after sitting on gun, could face charges as a felon in possession of a firearm. :smack: 😃 ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7724 "2017-07-03T03:14:35Z")
Psst! [Post 7703](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20317397&postcount=7703) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7725 "2017-07-03T04:23:51Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Psst! [Post 7703](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20317397&postcount=7703) :smack: Thanks **Projammer**. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7726 "2017-07-03T05:24:42Z")
I thought maybe he’d taken my suggestion and tried it again. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7727 "2017-07-03T05:30:02Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > :smack: > > Thanks **Projammer**. No worries. It was [DEL]probably[/DEL] definitely stupid enough to qualify for at least two posts anyways. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7728 "2017-07-12T15:35:40Z")
Former Anheuser-Busch CEO [August Busch IV was arrested](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article160808049.html) for > [@](#): > > flying his helicopter with four loaded guns, each with a round in the chamber; eight dogs; prescription pills and his wife riding along, according to police accounts and a search warrant application filed Tuesday. IOW, just a citizen exercising his freedoms. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7729 "2017-07-12T17:41:10Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Former Anheuser-Busch CEO [August Busch IV was arrested](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article160808049.html) for > > IOW, just a citizen exercising his freedoms. What were the charges against you, **E**? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7730 "2017-07-13T19:11:36Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Former Anheuser-Busch CEO [August Busch IV was arrested](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article160808049.html) for > . Apropos of nothing, when I see a mention of August Busch, I’m reminded of a set of late 70’s/earlier 80’s commercials for a local Minnesota beer, [Schell’s](http://schellsbrewery.com/). The conceit was comparing the two founders, Augie Busch and Augie Schell (and of course how Schell was better). The one that I particularly remember was that Busch had a baseball team, and Schell had a softball team, and everybody knows that softball players know more about beer than baseball players. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7731 "2017-08-14T16:47:23Z")
Has it really been over a month since we’ve had a stupid gun story? Well, I’m here to help! Two teenagers were walking in a park in suburban St. Louis. They found a gun lying on the ground, as one does. They assumed it was empty and began playing with it, again, as one does. Of course the gun was loaded, because loaded guns are nearly as commonplace as discarded beer cans. Long story short, one of them is now dead. > **[When 2 teens find gun in Festus park, one winds up dead](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/when-teens-find-gun-in-festus-park-one-winds-up/article_acc001f9-9a8c-59e9-85cf-1a12d5b4fdb0.html?utm_content=buffer39dd6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC)** > > The teens took the gun to a home in Festus where the shooting occurred. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7732 "2017-09-28T13:22:51Z")
[Where’s a good toddler with a gun when you need them?](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-toddler-shoots-children-michigan-day-care-50150818) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7733 "2017-10-03T06:11:35Z")
Las Vegas. Gun filth everywhere can all go fuck themselves. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7734 "2017-10-10T17:42:41Z")
Don’t know that the student was legally carrying, but presumably so: [A Texas Tech student shot and killed a police officer after being taken into custody for drugs.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/10/a_texas_tech_student_shot_and_killed_a_police_officer_after_being_taken.html) So happy that my son is at a school that allows students to be armed (not TT, a Kansas school). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7735 "2017-10-10T18:26:32Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Don’t know that the student was legally carrying, but presumably so: [A Texas Tech student shot and killed a police officer after being taken into custody for drugs.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/10/a_texas_tech_student_shot_and_killed_a_police_officer_after_being_taken.html) > > So happy that my son is at a school that allows students to be armed (not TT, a Kansas school). [Ap stories](https://apnews.com/f341980a1aff4da2b6525f20d6631c1b?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP) say it happened at the police stattion, that story implies it happened at the dorm room. Assuming that AP is correct, and the slate story missed that detail, that means that the cop didn’t search for, or at least find his weapon. Either that or he got one of the police’s guns at the station. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7736 "2017-10-10T20:37:20Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > [Ap stories](https://apnews.com/f341980a1aff4da2b6525f20d6631c1b?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP) say it happened at the police stattion, that story implies it happened at the dorm room. > > Assuming that AP is correct, and the slate story missed that detail, that means that the cop didn’t search for, or at least find his weapon. Either that or he got one of the police’s guns at the station. Slate story currently has this paragraph > [@Slate](#): > > The student, identified as 19-year-old Hollis Daniels, was taken to a police station after campus police made a welfare check at his room and found evidence of drug use. When he arrived, he allegedly pulled out a gun and shot an officer in the head, according to the Associated Press. My initial reading of the Slate story also had me thinking the shooting was in the dorm, so maybe it has been stealth updated, but they’re usually pretty anal about noting even minor updates to stories. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7737 "2017-10-10T21:21:56Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Slate story currently has this paragraph > My initial reading of the Slate story also had me thinking the shooting was in the dorm, so maybe it has been stealth updated, but they’re usually pretty anal about noting even minor updates to stories. That’s odd. I had heard the story earlier, and knew the shooting happened at the police station, which is why I took exception to the article’s portrayal of events. I read it a couple of times, even, trying to square it up with what I had heard earlier. That’s why I then went to the AP for the story. Dunno if they changed it, or if I’m just starting to go senile. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7738 "2017-10-11T19:02:51Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Nitpick: You have to have killed yourself to be eligible for a Darwin. But he can always try again. I thought that blowing off your dick qualified if you could no longer procreate. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7739 "2017-10-12T04:48:41Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > I thought that blowing off your dick qualified if you could no longer procreate. That does appear to be true. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7740 "2017-10-12T04:51:39Z")
If you fail to blow your balls off in the process, theoretically you could still procreate. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/7741 "2017-10-12T04:54:34Z")
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