# 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:** 413
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8242 "2018-05-11T21:59:09Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > That’s near me. It’s some dude with a history of controversial signs. > > Another link: [http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bs-fe-sign-calvert-county-trump-20180508-htmlstory.html](http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bs-fe-sign-calvert-county-trump-20180508-htmlstory.html) I hate both sides in the comments section on that article. History of controversy or not, this particular sign is a terrorist threat. He’s threatened to kill people if they don’t give in to his political demands. He is now a terrorist. ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8243 "2018-05-14T13:46:14Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > He is now a terrorist. No he’s not. He’s white. ---
**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 15, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8244 "2018-05-15T16:09:28Z")
[Texas Student with Autism Arrested for Firing ‘Imaginary Rifle’](http://www.newsweek.com/imaginary-rifle-autism-texas-923316) > [@](#): > > A 12 year old boy with autism was arrested for allegedly pretending to fire an imaginary rifle at his art teacher. Good thing he didn’t have a pop tart or he’d be being held without bail. ---
**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 15, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8245 "2018-05-15T16:13:22Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > [Texas Student with Autism Arrested for Firing ‘Imaginary Rifle’](http://www.newsweek.com/imaginary-rifle-autism-texas-923316) > Good thing he didn’t have a pop tart or he’d be being held without bail. Anybody know what law was broken in order to necessitate an arrest? ---
**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 15, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8246 "2018-05-15T16:58:06Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > [Texas Student with Autism Arrested for Firing ‘Imaginary Rifle’](http://www.newsweek.com/imaginary-rifle-autism-texas-923316) > Good thing he didn’t have a pop tart or he’d be being held without bail. Too bad the teacher wasn’t armed. Could have saved all the time and frustration of arresting him and trying to deal with his mother’s concern about his disability. If he had just been shot dead, things would have been much simpler for all involved. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8247 "2018-05-15T17:17:19Z")
IOW, we’d be told it was a DGU with one death. ---
**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 16, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8248 "2018-05-16T12:31:26Z")
Daddy teaching four-year-old how to shoot a semi-automatic pistol (video). > **[ItemFix - Social Video Factory](https://www.itemfix.com/?r=ll)** > > Social Video Factory ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8249 "2018-05-16T12:53:03Z")
Looks like Dad has control of the pistol and kid is just pulling the trigger. Which is better than I thought it would be. ---
**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 16, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8250 "2018-05-16T12:58:14Z")
The poll and the comments reek of hate. ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8251 "2018-05-18T05:06:11Z")
[Oregon man fires AK-47 at neighbors because kids are noisy.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/franklin-tomes-ak47-noisy-kids_us_5afdfb46e4b0463cdba01297?ked) > [@](#): > > An Oregon man is facing charges of attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly fired an AK-47 rifle at his neighbors because the small children upstairs were making a lot of noise. > > Franklin L. Tomes of Newport was arrested Tuesday night after a five-hour standoff that started when the 59-year-old reportedly became angry over the noise that kids who lived in the upstairs apartment were making, according to The Oregonian. ---
**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 18, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8252 "2018-05-18T12:57:51Z")
Those are the kind of people you WANT as neighbors. The kind that stand up to ignorant noise pollution. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8253 "2018-05-18T14:26:01Z")
[Guy goes into the Trump National Doral Miami resort, spouts anti-Trump rhetoric, and starts shooting into the ceiling](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/doral/article211409674.html). Five cops respond, shooting and wounding the guy. My two reactions: 1. Naturally, if only there had been a good guy with a gun in the club, they certainly could have shot the attacker well before the cops showed up. 2. For years, the gun nuts have been telling us we need guns to protect ourselves from government tyranny. Is this what they had in mind? 'Cuz, this is pretty much what it looks like. Some people want to protect themselves from a government that colludes with hostile foreign powers, views elected offices as a revenue stream, and herds immigrant children into military detention. Others want to protect themselves from affordable health care and a modestly graduated tax system. This is what the NRA expected, right? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8254 "2018-05-18T14:30:35Z")
Oh. And another school shooting today. > **[Alleged shooter at Texas high school spared people he liked, court document...](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/us/texas-school-shooting/index.html)** > > Nine students and a teacher were killed in a shooting Friday morning at Texas' Santa Fe High School, a law enforcement official said. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8255 "2018-05-18T15:21:11Z")
Fuckers. Another one and soon the cries will come out: “It’s too soon to talk about gun control!” “Gotta arm the teachers!” “Haw, haw! You libs don’t know about guns! This weapon would be legal under laws you want to make!” Whatever, it all boils down to children dying so that you gun nuts can fantasize about being Dirty Harry. ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8256 "2018-05-18T15:29:07Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > 1. For years, the gun nuts have been telling us we need guns to protect ourselves from government tyranny. Is this what they had in mind? 'Cuz, this is pretty much what it looks like. The only “government tyranny” that people care about is the kind that wants to come and take their guns. Some future President could march all minorities in the country 2000 miles to a concentration camp, and that wouldn’t raise as much of an outcry as a web site saying “Obama gonna take muh guns!” ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8257 "2018-05-18T15:31:21Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > The only “government tyranny” that people care about is the kind that wants to come and take their guns. Some future President could march all minorities in the country 2000 miles to a concentration camp, and that wouldn’t raise as much of an outcry as a web site saying “Obama gonna take muh guns!” They didn’t rise up the first time the government rounded up citizens and stuck them in camps, so why would they do it now? ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8258 "2018-05-18T15:35:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > They didn’t rise up the first time the government rounded up citizens and stuck them in camps, so why would they do it now? That’s exactly my point. ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8259 "2018-05-18T15:45:47Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Those are the kind of people you WANT as neighbors. The kind that stand up to ignorant noise pollution. The only thing he did wrong was that he didn’t have a silencer. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8260 "2018-05-19T03:20:46Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Oh. And another school shooting today. > > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/us/texas-school-shooting/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/us/texas-school-shooting/index.html) …and May 18th is a twofer. Georgia school graduation [shooting](https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-multiple-people-shot-mount-zion-high-school-police-say/fKmGV5rP6tZA1QthMTtyCN/) - two shot, one dead. ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8261 "2018-05-23T22:16:33Z")
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