# 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:** 440
**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:** [April 30, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8782 "2019-04-30T16:33:33Z")
Well, some folks still not getting the message: [A lesson on gun safety ended when a man accidentally shot his 6-year-old daughter, police say](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-lesson-on-gun-safety-ended-when-a-man-accidentally-shot-his-6-year-old-daughter-police-say/ar-AAAIH7D) > [@](#): > > But inexperience didn’t stop the Glendale, Ariz., man from cleaning the weapon Thursday for the first time in front of his 6-year-old daughter, whom he was teaching about “gun safety,” according to a probable cause statement published online by [AZFamily.com](http://AZFamily.com). The lesson went awry, however, when he slipped and mishandled the firearm, causing it to discharge. > [@](#): > > Mcinville was arrested Saturday on suspicion of child abuse and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. It was not clear Monday evening whether he had retained an attorney. But he already feels bad about it, so he should get a pass, 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:** [April 30, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8783 "2019-04-30T16:34:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The NRA has decided to stick with whackjob Wayne LaPierre, reelecting him as Chief Executive. Damn. I was hoping this would be the break Ted Nugent needed. Maybe The Nuge can slide into Oliver North’s slimy spot as President, though. At a time like this, the NRA deserves Nugent’s leadership. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8784 "2019-04-30T20:29:43Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Well, some folks still not getting the message: > > [A lesson on gun safety ended when a man accidentally shot his 6-year-old daughter, police say](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-lesson-on-gun-safety-ended-when-a-man-accidentally-shot-his-6-year-old-daughter-police-say/ar-AAAIH7D) > > But he already feels bad about it, so he should get a pass, right? He was giving his _six_ year-old daughter a lesson in gun safety? :rolleyes: Perhaps the idea is that she’ll need to be the family’s gunslinger when she turns eight. _He’s_ obviously not qualified. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8785 "2019-04-30T21:43:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The NRA has decided to stick with whackjob Wayne LaPierre, reelecting him as Chief Executive. LaPierre is not a “whackjob.” He is a highly intelligent sociopath who knows he has a good, a very good, thing going and will go to any lengths to keep it going. And those lengths include being at least indirectly responsible for the deaths of the children mentioned above in this thread. The world would be a better place without Wayne LaPierre.\* \*\*Please be aware that I am \*not \*advocating violence directed at Mr. LaPierre. I just wish he had never been born. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8786 "2019-04-30T23:33:21Z")
I’m really not understanding how “Don’t handle firearms around your children” runs afoul of the 2nd Amendment. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8787 "2019-04-30T23:48:30Z")
If guns were outlawed, only outlaws would accidentally shoot their children. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8788 "2019-04-30T23:48:49Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I’m really not understanding how “Don’t handle firearms around your children” runs afoul of the 2nd Amendment. You can _choose_ not to shoot your children, but if the government tells you not to that’s tyranny. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8789 "2019-05-01T11:37:52Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I’m really not understanding how “Don’t handle firearms around your children” runs afoul of the 2nd Amendment. I believe it is in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence where it explicitly states, " y’all ain’t the boss of me". ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8790 "2019-05-01T23:15:12Z")
School resource officer’s gun goes off in Florida middle school cafeteria. > **[Pasco deputy's gun goes off in Weightman Middle School cafeteria, strikes wall](https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/pasco-resource-officers-gun-goes-off-hits-cafeteria-wall-at-weightman-middle-school-20190430/)** > > WESLEY CHAPEL — A school resource officer's holstered firearm went off Tuesday while he was on duty at Weightman Middle School, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8791 "2019-05-02T13:52:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > School resource officer’s gun goes off in Florida middle school cafeteria. > [Pasco deputy's gun goes off in Weightman Middle School cafeteria, strikes wall](https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/pasco-resource-officers-gun-goes-off-hits-cafeteria-wall-at-weightman-middle-school-20190430/) Isn’t this the same state that just made it easier for teachers to carry guns? BRILLIANT!! ---
**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 2, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8792 "2019-05-02T15:03:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > School resource officer’s gun goes off in Florida middle school cafeteria. > [Pasco deputy's gun goes off in Weightman Middle School cafeteria, strikes wall](https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/pasco-resource-officers-gun-goes-off-hits-cafeteria-wall-at-weightman-middle-school-20190430/) He just leaned against the wall and it suddenly went off!?!? May I the first to call bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8793 "2019-05-03T16:11:17Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > He just leaned against the wall and it suddenly went off!?!? > > May I the first to call bullshit? Seconded. Modern handguns go off one way, someone put his booger hook on the bang switch. ---
**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, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8794 "2019-05-03T16:47:11Z")
Well, you know, when nothing is going on, you might as well lean up against the wall and fondle your penis. ---
**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, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8795 "2019-05-03T16:54:44Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > …someone put his booger hook on the bang switch. Original, or borrowed? I like it. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8796 "2019-05-04T00:42:41Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > …someone put his booger hook on the bang switch. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Original, or borrowed? I like it. Not sure who originated it, but it’s actually a quite popular phrase among [del]gun nuts[/del] firearms aficionados. Guns don’t just “go off”; certainly modern guns don’t. Not even if you drop them. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8797 "2019-05-04T01:01:44Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Not sure who originated it, but it’s actually a quite popular phrase among [del]gun nuts[/del] firearms aficionados. Guns don’t just “go off”; certainly modern guns don’t. Not even if you drop them. No, they don’t. I’ll wait for an official ruling on the cause, but for now, it sounds like somebody’s lying. ---
**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 6, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8798 "2019-05-06T15:02:57Z")
Parents still letting kids get to the guns. [A Georgia girl has died after her 4-year-old brother accidentally shot her, authorities say](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/us/georgia-girl-shot-by-brother/index.html) > [@](#): > > The boy took a gun from the car’s console and accidentally fired it while his mother was outside, striking his sister in the head, the sheriff’s office said. But the parents feel bad, so no sense charging them with anything. [12-year-old charged with murder in shooting death of 10-year-old sibling in Texas](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/12-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-10-year-old-sibling-in-texas/ar-AAAVn1t) The parents feel bad…but they will charge the child. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8799 "2019-05-06T16:39:50Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Parents still letting kids get to the guns. > > [A Georgia girl has died after her 4-year-old brother accidentally shot her, authorities say](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/us/georgia-girl-shot-by-brother/index.html) > > But the parents feel bad, so no sense charging them with anything. > > [12-year-old charged with murder in shooting death of 10-year-old sibling in Texas](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/12-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-10-year-old-sibling-in-texas/ar-AAAVn1t) > The parents feel bad…but they will charge the child. It’s good to see these parents kept their guns cocked with a round in the chamber. Some libtards are so ignorant they’ve suggested uncocking guns in certain situations. :smack: While these children were Standing their Ground, two robbers and a drunk were shot dead over in the Positive thread. It balances out: the woman may have lost a child but her purse wasn’t stolen. Wasn’t it Benjamin Franklin who said “Better that a hundred kids die accidentally than that a purse-snatcher not be shot dead”? ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8800 "2019-05-06T16:47:11Z")
You can have my gun when you pry it from my 4 year-old daughter’s cold dead hands! ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/8801 "2019-05-06T17:44:48Z")
But you have to mop up the pool of blood the child is lying in first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=441)