# 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:** 411
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8202 "2018-04-24T00:45:50Z")
\*“Angry, armed and naked is no way to go through life, son”. \* Though he did have a point, when you got an AR15 with you, nobody minds if you’re wearing a pink housedress. And **Waffle** House, **White** House… it’s really easy to get confused. Pretty sure though there will be a bill or amendment filed to make it so if you act up at the White House perimeter your guns are \*federally \*forfeited. As for James Shaw, sure, he was not setting out to be a hero he owns up that he was not acting altruistically, just saying to himself, “if I’m going down I’ma make him work for it”. Sometimes, Mr. Shaw, that _ **is** _ what it takes… (BTW, I am now over 15K posts…wow…) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8203 "2018-04-24T10:46:04Z")
An example of the difference between Canadian and American methods (10 dead, 15 injured, cop arrests rather than kills the mass murderer). > **[Police say van attack victims were mostly women — but offer no details on...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-van-attack-charges-suspect-1.4632509)** > > The man accused of plowing into pedestrians along a strip of one of Toronto's busiest streets on Monday is expected to be charged with a 14th count of attempted murder in addition to the 10 counts of first-degree murder he already faces. > **[Toronto van attack: Calm actions of police stun US](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43876772)** > > The calm actions of a police officer who did not open fire have prompted praise and astonishment. > **[Toronto van attack: The cop who didn’t shoot - Macleans.ca](https://macleans.ca/news/canada/toronto-van-attack-the-cop-who-didnt-shoot/)** > > Amidst the chaos and horror, a Toronto police officer, now identified as Const. Ken Lam, calmly faced down the driver. It's a moment we should remember. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8204 "2018-04-24T12:34:09Z")
Sad news about the mother accidentally killing her child. I am vexed but don’t have anything constructive to say right now. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8205 "2018-05-03T13:39:34Z")
I get it, I do. You really like your guns. [But they are not sex toys!!](http://www.fox19.com/story/38100038/police-believe-amorous-role-playing-led-to-blanchester-shooting) > [@](#): > > The couple was engaging in “amorous role-playing” and believed the firearm was not loaded, according to a statement from Blanchester Police. I dunno, if he came, does that qualify as “positive gun news” 😉 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8206 "2018-05-03T13:42:26Z")
It’s definitely a money shot. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8207 "2018-05-03T15:45:01Z")
So he cocked, it came off and she was penetrated, resulting as the French say, ‘le petit mort’. Yes, this is going to be a pun fest, shoot away. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8208 "2018-05-03T15:49:35Z")
[I’m simply going to post this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR5ROuf1Uk) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8209 "2018-05-03T15:51:18Z")
Before this thread is spent with everyone shooting their wad on penis/gun puns, there is this: [Man shoots smoke detector](https://nypost.com/2018/05/02/man-tried-to-quiet-smoke-detector-by-shooting-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:** [May 3, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8210 "2018-05-03T16:26:00Z")
I am going to call [this](https://www.idealconceal.com/about-us/) blazingly stupid, though not quite news, as such. It links to a double-barrel (derringer style) .380 handgun that you can carry folded up to look very much like a cell phone. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8211 "2018-05-03T16:29:23Z")
The good news is that it will make it easier for the police to say “I thought he had a gun” ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8212 "2018-05-03T16:37:40Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Before this thread is spent with everyone shooting their wad on penis/gun puns, there is this: > > [Man shoots smoke detector](https://nypost.com/2018/05/02/man-tried-to-quiet-smoke-detector-by-shooting-it/) Sounds like the police were pretty lackadaisical. > [@](#): > > Emergency personnel say they took the shotgun from Mason, who then pointed a handgun at them while demanding his shotgun. Emergency crews disarmed Mason. Where was the shouting of “He has a gun!” and the shooting? Here we have a man who has already shown himself to be a threat to his neighbors by shooting his gun off indoors, and now he is pointing a gun at the responders. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8213 "2018-05-03T16:40:23Z")
White? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8214 "2018-05-03T16:43:00Z")
Yeah, the smoke detector story is going to make it really hard in the other cop thread to show how a running away guy with a gun in his pants was more of a threat than a guy who had already shot a smoke detector indoors and was actually pointing a gun at people. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8215 "2018-05-03T17:11:25Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > The good news is that it will make it easier for the police to say “I thought he had a gun” [NRA]Cellphone guns-Just another legitimate hunting accessory that gun grabbers don’t like just because it looks different.[/NRA] ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8216 "2018-05-03T17:19:58Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > White? Yup. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8217 "2018-05-03T17:35:20Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > White? \*Emergency personnel say they took the shotgun from Mason, who then pointed a handgun at them while demanding his shotgun. Emergency crews disarmed Mason. There were no injuries. [COLOR=“Black”]Mason pleaded not guilty Tuesday and was released.\*[/COLOR] Obviously: he is still alive. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8218 "2018-05-06T01:28:07Z")
The NRA has tweeted out a boycott of a local Dallas restaurant that is donating to "organizations dedicated to implementing reasonable and effective gun regulations.” [https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/05/05/dallas-restaurants-gun-regulation-message-draws-nras-ire/](https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/05/05/dallas-restaurants-gun-regulation-message-draws-nras-ire/) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8219 "2018-05-07T20:58:39Z")
[NRA chooses felon as its new leader](u [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html)) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8220 "2018-05-07T21:30:35Z")
Fixed link: [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8221 "2018-05-07T21:50:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [NRA chooses felon as its new leader](u [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html)) Only until Trump pardons him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=412)