# 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:** 456
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9104 "2019-12-01T19:30:34Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > The booby trap story is hilarious and sad. Booby traps are illegal, just about everywhere in America. I feel for someone who’d been the victim of theft enough that they felt it necessary to emplace one to defend their property. I might have a bit of sympathy for the guy if it turns out he really was the victim of multiple home robberies/invasions, or even lived in a bad neighborhood. My suspicion is that he was worried about something that wasn’t going to happen and died because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9105 "2019-12-01T20:11:44Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I might have a bit of sympathy for the guy if it turns out he really was the victim of multiple home robberies/invasions, or even lived in a bad neighborhood. My suspicion is that he was worried about something that wasn’t going to happen and died because of it. I have no idea of his prior history. Many of the people who’ve made it into textbooks for their booby traps and ‘spring guns’ working well, installed them because they’d gotten robbed over and over. The police are…well, apologetic is about the best you can hope for. Clearance on domestic burglaries is something ridiculously small, like under 10 percent. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9106 "2019-12-01T20:47:01Z")
Trust me, there are no bad neighborhoods in Van Buren, ME. I grew up in The County. There are barely neighborhoods in Van Buren, ME. ---
**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 1, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9107 "2019-12-01T21:02:58Z")
The police department said > [@](#): > > Other unknown devices were also discovered alarming investigators to contact the Maine State Police Bomb Squad. > > […]it was determined that Mr. Cyr had been shot as the result of the unintentional discharge of one of his homemade devices. His house had multiple such devices. I am guessing there may have been some mental illness in play here. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9108 "2019-12-01T21:19:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Trust me, there are no bad neighborhoods in Van Buren, ME. I grew up in The County. There are barely neighborhoods in Van Buren, ME. Looks like it’s basically Canada. Hard to get closer to it than they are anyway. The kind of place where everyone knows everyone, and the people who moved there in 1983 are still called , ‘that new family who moved into the Johnson’s place.’ His situation reminds me of that one, heavily booby-trapped, house in Fallout: New Vegas. Only without the scorpions. I agree, he sounds like he was mentally ill. Well, he’s cured now. I feel for the poor people in Public Safety who had to clean out the house. ---
**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 1, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9109 "2019-12-01T22:12:31Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Booby traps are illegal, just about everywhere in America. I believe there is no “just about”. Every structure must accessible to emergency services. Those that have things like barrels of HazMat or dangerous equipment are normally required to inform the city/county of what needs to be avoided. There are probably big fines for anyone who harbors any kind of major unreported hazard on their property – if they get caught hiding it that is. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9110 "2019-12-02T18:34:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Those that have things like barrels of HazMat or dangerous equipment are normally required to inform the city/county of what needs to be avoided. And to visibly post it. ---
**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 2, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9111 "2019-12-02T18:53:26Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > OP was worried about :mad: **Gun Control** :mad:. Think of it!! Some Americans might be forced to trade in the 30-round magazines for their AR-15’s for 20-round magazines. _The horror! The horror!_ When twenty-ONE armed home invaders, uhh…, invade your home, you’ll thank them for their foresight! In the meantime, the National Tracing Center, the place that traces weapons used in a crime, is not allowed to have a computerized database of all the paperwork it has, lest it be used to GRAB ALL THE GUNS!!! So, it takes manual searching to trace the origin of a gun, slowing down crime investigations. Really annoys me, that one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9112 "2019-12-03T14:53:11Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > When twenty-ONE armed home invaders, uhh…, invade your home, you’ll thank them for their foresight! And think of those poor souls who will be helpless against the onslaught of [30-50 feral hogs](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-50-feral-hogs)! 😃 ---
**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 3, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9113 "2019-12-03T15:07:55Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And think of those poor souls who will be helpless against the onslaught of [30-50 feral hogs](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-50-feral-hogs)! 😃 Plus after you save your family from that hog onslaught, you have to fight the dreaded Boss Hogg! ---
**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 3, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9114 "2019-12-03T20:34:20Z")
30-50 might be an exaggeration, [but not by much.](https://youtu.be/Q2PZh7mcaUs?t=623) And they will absolutely and completely fuck you up. [Feral hogs in Texas attacked and killed a woman outside a home](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/us/feral-hog-death-trnd/index.html) > [@](#): > > A Texas woman was found dead after pre-dawn attack by a group of feral hogs outside a home, the Chambers County sheriff said. > Christine Rollins, a 59-year old caregiver to an elderly couple in Anahuac, failed to show up at her normal time on Sunday, the sheriff’s office said. The 84-year-old homeowner found her lying in the front yard between her car and the house. Certainly it’s rare, but I can tell you from personal experience on my own property, feral hogs are a rapidly growing menace. 20 years ago there were no signs of hogs at all on my property at all and very few on my neighbors. Last time I went out I found indications of at least 2 packs and I’ve only got 60 acres. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9115 "2019-12-04T13:23:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And think of those poor souls who will be helpless against the onslaught of [30-50 feral hogs](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-50-feral-hogs)! 😃 Mmmmmm…porketta. ---
**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 4, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9116 "2019-12-04T21:46:18Z")
Kids having a nerf gun fight, when Uncle Drunky says “_Here’s what a real one looks like_” and [shoots one of the kids in the leg](https://www.wesh.com/article/child-playing-with-nerf-gun-shot-by-intoxicated-man-in-sanford-home-officials-say/30083088). But he is an alcoholic, so that makes it ok. ---
**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 5, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9117 "2019-12-05T03:25:23Z")
Second Amendment icon George Zimmerman is suing the family of Trayvon Martin for defamation, abuse of civil process, and conspiracy. He is seeking $100 million in damages. > **[George Zimmerman sues family of Trayvon Martin, publisher, prosecutors for...](https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article238030539.html)** > > George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of homicide charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, is suing Martin’s family, prosecutors and others involved in the case he claims rested on... I guess he already blew the $250K he made by auctioning off the gun he used to kill Trayvon. ---
**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 5, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9118 "2019-12-05T13:35:27Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Kids having a nerf gun fight, when Uncle Drunky says “_Here’s what a real one looks like_” and [shoots one of the kids in the leg](https://www.wesh.com/article/child-playing-with-nerf-gun-shot-by-intoxicated-man-in-sanford-home-officials-say/30083088). > > But he is an alcoholic, so that makes it ok. The clear solution is to ban nerf guns so tragedies like this don’t happen again. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9119 "2019-12-05T21:43:07Z")
Memphis woman pulls a gun at a McDonald’s because she got ketchup instead of jelly. [McDonald's Customer Pulls Gun When Given Ketchup Instead Of Jelly: Police | HuffPost Weird News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-vester-gun-ketchup-mcdonalds-jelly_n_5de97073e4b00149f73dcc7e)? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9120 "2019-12-06T03:15:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Memphis woman pulls a gun at a McDonald’s because she got ketchup instead of jelly. > [McDonald's Customer Pulls Gun When Given Ketchup Instead Of Jelly: Police | HuffPost Weird News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-vester-gun-ketchup-mcdonalds-jelly_n_5de97073e4b00149f73dcc7e)? To be fair, I feel that strongly against ketchup myself. But I would not have pulled anything worse than a knife. ---
**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 6, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9121 "2019-12-06T14:41:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > To be fair, I feel that strongly against ketchup myself. But I would not have pulled anything worse than a knife. That’s old school. The new weapon of choice is a narwhal horn. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9122 "2019-12-08T07:03:58Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > That’s old school. The new weapon of choice is a narwhal horn. Fire extinguishers at 10 paces. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9123 "2019-12-11T20:04:15Z")
[Clutch Catch](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1204587125280313352): A couple of morons shopping for a gun leave an infant on top of the shop counter. While the morons’ attention is focused on their fetish, the shop manager moves in just in time to prevent the infant from falling head-first onto the concrete floor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=455) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=457)