# 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:** 430
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8582 "2018-12-17T17:25:04Z")
Even at the range. Ask Chris Kyle’s widow. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8583 "2018-12-17T20:25:33Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > That makes gun nuts more effective shooters when they decide decide to kill some innocent schmuck, or group of innocent people. Yeah, aren’t we? :rolleyes: Lumping us together with the bad guys, yep, your stupidity is showing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8584 "2018-12-17T20:29:20Z")
“Us” and “the bad guys” again? Do please tell us how to tell the difference. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8585 "2018-12-17T21:17:41Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “Us” and “the bad guys” again? Do please tell us how to tell the difference. The “good guys” are the ones who have guns but haven’t killed anyone yet. When they do kill someone, they’re the bad guys. See? Simple. No True Gun Owner would kill someone except in self defense. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8586 "2018-12-17T21:28:04Z")
I’d love to hear even one of them explain it, in some other way than “Yeah, that guy was stupid, but you can trust _me_.” ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8587 "2018-12-17T23:44:30Z")
haters will be haters. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8588 "2018-12-18T02:00:17Z")
In school today, my son and his classmates drew about how they were feeling. My son, who’s seven, drew a crude tombstone labeled with the dead girl’s name, and he wrote “I feel sad.” ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8589 "2018-12-18T09:46:44Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > haters will be haters. :rolleyes: And handwavers will be handwavers. I refuse to see “hating senseless death” as a fault. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8590 "2018-12-18T14:15:31Z")
[County officer’s gun goes off at a party](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/11-pr-georges-officers-suspended-after-gun-accidentally-fired-at-holiday-party/2018/12/17/b226c8a0-0212-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html?utm_term=.6b51f47b3704) injuring two county police officers, 11 officers suspended. Article may require payment. > [@Washington Post](#): > > Eleven police officers in Prince George’s County have been suspended after a gun was unintentionally fired at a holiday party over the weekend and two officers were injured. > > Several off-duty officers were at a home in Brandywine, Md., on Saturday evening when a privately owned handgun was discharged, according to Prince George’s police. > > […] > > At the party, the weapon fired once, with a bullet injuring one officer in the hand and hitting a second by ricochet, police said Monday. > > […] > > She did not offer details about events leading up to the shooting, saying that the circumstances around why the gun was unintentionally fired were under investigation but that it did not appear anything “sinister” had occurred before the shooting. The gun was owned by one of the off-duty officers at the party, she said. > > Investigators will determine whether alcohol played role, she said. “It was a holiday party,” Donelan said. “I’m not going to be naive and assume that there wasn’t, but . . . whether or not alcohol was involved is definitely part of that investigation.” > > […] ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8591 "2018-12-18T16:13:22Z")
Federal judge rules [NY’s ban on nunchuks](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/18/new-york-ban-nunchucks-unconstitutional-says-federal-court/2347167002/) violates the 2nd Commandment. Said the plaintiff: > [@](#): > > Maloney, a professor at the State University of New York’s Maritime College, said some of his motivation was outrage. “How could a state simply ban any and all possession of a weapon that had a long and proud history as a martial-arts weapon, with **recreational, therapeutic and self-defense utility,** ” he said. Bolding added, along with :rolleyes:. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8592 "2018-12-18T16:16:46Z")
Honestly, I don’t know why they would ban nunchuks anyway. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8593 "2018-12-18T20:01:44Z")
It’s a “martial arts weapon”. Conveniently ignoring the fact that pretty much everything can be a martial arts weapon. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8594 "2018-12-18T20:02:01Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Honestly, I don’t know why they would ban nunchuks anyway. For the same reason they banned lawn darts. I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say nunchucks hurt those wielding them as often as those on the receiving end. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8595 "2018-12-18T21:42:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Federal judge rules [NY’s ban on nunchuks](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/18/new-york-ban-nunchucks-unconstitutional-says-federal-court/2347167002/) violates the 2nd Commandment. Wait, nunchucks are graven images? 😕 :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8596 "2018-12-18T22:11:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Honestly, I don’t know why they would ban nunchuks anyway. No kidding. The only person ever hurt, in the history of nunchucks, is the person swinging them around. Bruce Lee is the only exception. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8597 "2018-12-19T13:25:51Z")
Seems like it would be strange to walk into a store “Yes, I’d like to buy some nunchucks please” “Sorry, they are illegal, cannot buy them” “Oh ok. Can I have 700 guns instead?” “Sure, no problem!” ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8598 "2018-12-19T18:28:48Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Wait, nunchucks are graven images? 😕 :eek: 😃 As I understand it, the breaking of the text varies. In at least one small sect, the first commandment encompasses the graven image thing, meaning the second says “_thou shalt not take the Lord’s cudgels in vain_”. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8599 "2018-12-26T19:18:28Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Update: > > [FBI agent who accidentally shot a man after back flip in Denver club is charged with assault](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/06/12/the-fbi-agent-who-accidentally-shot-someone-after-a-back-flip-has-turned-himself-in) And in closing. [Dancing FBI agent who shot man at Denver bar after doing backflip pleads guilty, will avoid jail time](https://www.foxnews.com/us/dancing-fbi-agent-who-shot-man-at-denver-bar-after-doing-backflip-pleads-guilty-will-avoid-jail-time) > [@](#): > > A dancing FBI agent who accidentally fired his gun, striking a man in the leg after doing a backflip at a Denver bar in June will avoid jail time after pleading guilty Friday to third-degree assault. > > Chase Bishop, 30, struck a plea deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to two years of probation, the Denver Post reported. He also must pay more than $1,600 in fines and court costs. > > … > > FBI spokeswoman Kelsey Pietranton declined to say if he would continue to work at the agency. ETA: Well, probably not the final chapter. I’m sure there’s a civil suit in the works. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8600 "2018-12-26T19:43:40Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > No kidding. The only person ever hurt, in the history of nunchucks, is the person swinging them around. Bruce Lee is the only exception. Somewhere I saw this advice on how to use nunchucks to win a fight. The advice was “Put them down, and hope your opponent picks them up and tries to use them.” ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8601 "2018-12-26T20:54:58Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Somewhere I saw this advice on how to use nunchucks to win a fight. The advice was “Put them down, and hope your opponent picks them up and tries to use them.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nr24V-SF2fM/hqdefault.jpg "EPIC NUNCHUCK NUT SHOT") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr24V-SF2fM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=431)