# 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:** 478
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9546 "2021-06-03T12:16:03Z")
> [@](#): > > The toddler had found a gun legally owned by his father in a TV stand and accidentally shot himself in the head, according to Joliet police. The father was at home at the time of the incident. > [@](#): > > Police said the shooting was an accident, but the case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed. It was in the TV stand, how much more secure does it need to be? I think that they learned their lesson, and the death of their child is punishment enough for their negligence in the death of their child. /s, BTW ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9547 "2021-06-03T12:27:01Z")
So here’s one that could actually be positive gun news of the day, if @MEBuckner wants to use it. > **[Guns, trucks and cash: West Virginia takes vaccine incentives to new levels](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/guns-trucks-cash-west-virginia-takes-vaccine-incentives-new-levels-n1269352)** > > The program will run from June 20 through August 4 and will be paid for using federal pandemic relief funds. > [@](#): > > Residents who enter the state’s new vaccine incentive lottery will have the opportunity to win prizes such as custom hunting rifles and shotguns May be the case that these guns actually end up _saving_ lives. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9548 "2021-06-03T21:50:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > A 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl broke into a home, found weapons and opened fire on deputies. Florida, doncha just know. Here’s a video, but hard to understand: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/trkwiboPxsU/maxresdefault.jpg "Deputies Shoot 14 Year Old Shooting at Police") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trkwiboPxsU) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9549 "2021-06-03T23:02:52Z")
I’m always the first one to come down hard on the cops, and that video was clearly edited down to 9 mins what must have actually been hours. But, from what I saw in that video that’s how police work should be done. That was some nice work. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9550 "2021-06-04T05:09:52Z")
When I used to ride my somewhat deer-colored horse during hunting season, I wore a blaze orange jacket, hung a bell on my tack, talked or sang loudly as I rode, kept to open ground, and stayed the hell out of the woods. If I rode outside at all, even in areas supposedly closed to hunters. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9551 "2021-06-04T05:20:46Z")
I have a blaze orange jacket with a random branch like pattern in black, bought from Cabelas hunting catalog because it looks wicked cool (I get lots of compliments on it from people), and there’s plenty of clothing out there that combines camo patterns with blaze orange if one really cares about safety and not just looking bad-ass. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9552 "2021-06-04T10:29:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > hung a bell on my tack Heh. My gf has “jingle bells” on a big leather horse collar thing for deer season. You hear her coming on horseback a mile away. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9553 "2021-06-04T13:35:37Z")
We wear fluorescent vests while hiking during deer and elk hunting season. We’d prefer not to be out during those times, but it tends to be beautiful hiking season. If it gets too cold, we go to the upland bird hunting grounds which are safer for hiking/biking: Their shotguns don’t have the range that the drunken Idaho redneck’s 30 ought six does. And yes, I’ve seen them drinking whiskey at 7 AM while riding their horses in to hunt. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9554 "2021-06-05T03:38:50Z")
> **[Canton police: Boy, 9, dies after younger sibling shoots him; mother faces...](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/06/04/canton-police-mother-faces-charges-after-sons-shooting-death/7542596002/)** > > After a Canton 9-year-old boy was shot and killed by his 2-year-old sibling, who found a gun in the car, police said the mother would face charges. From another article the toddler was his sister. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9555 "2021-06-05T03:52:21Z")
Guy shoots his wife in a domestic dispute. She lives. They take his gun away. A few months later they give it back. He shoots her again and kills her. > **['He shot me': Why did Alabama give Jason McIntosh back his gun?](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/state-alabama-took-his-gun-away-when-authorities-gave-it-n1269234)** > > Alabama authorities took his gun away after a violent domestic incident. Nine months later they gave it back, and he used it to shoot and kill his wife. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9556 "2021-06-05T16:03:51Z")
He’s a cop, and the first time he shot her he said he thought she had a cellphone in her hand, and they struggled for it. Guess this is one of the generic excuses they give cops when they shoot anybody. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9557 "2021-06-05T18:07:22Z")
A federal judge appointed by Dubya overturns California’s 30 year old ban on assault rifles, comparing them to Swiss Army knives, > **[Federal judge overturns California's ban on assault weapons and likens AR-15...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/05/us/california-gun-ban-overturned/index.html)** > > A federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday in a ruling that likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9558 "2021-06-05T18:32:56Z")
This is a man to never ask to open a bottle for you. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9559 "2021-06-05T19:50:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A federal judge appointed by Dubya overturns California’s 30 year old ban on assault rifles, comparing them to Swiss Army knives, [Homer Simpson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8T3DafeOdk) agrees with him. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9560 "2021-06-06T02:59:45Z")
We, he must be right, in that you can’t bring Swiss Army Knives aboard an airplane either. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9561 "2021-06-15T00:06:14Z")
Cashier fatally shot following argument over requirement to wear a face mask in an Atlanta grocery store. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-cashier-fatally-shot-argument-face-masks-78276668](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-cashier-fatally-shot-argument-face-masks-78276668) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9562 "2021-06-17T02:00:01Z")
Woman brandishes handgun in a Washington shopping mall because some kids are arguing. Link is to Twitter, I don’t know if you need a Twitter account to see it. Police determined the gun was not loaded; she was charged with displaying a firearm. > ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9563 "2021-06-18T01:54:37Z")
Weird news: > While a fatal robbery and the case of a 3-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself wouldn’t appear to be connected, authorities said Thursday the same gun was used in both, leading police to arrest the boy’s father for the robbery. > > Nicholas Thomas has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Miguel Vasquez, who was killed in front of his daughter as the two walked out of a Dave & Buster’s restaurant on Easter Sunday, four days before Thomas’ son shot himself. The boy survived. > [https://www.chron.com/news/article/Boy-s-accidental-shooting-leads-to-arrest-in-16255668.php](https://www.chron.com/news/article/Boy-s-accidental-shooting-leads-to-arrest-in-16255668.php) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9564 "2021-06-18T02:13:53Z")
You would think that police officers would know about best gun safety procedures: > **[‘It is felt by everybody in our agency’; Elon officer’s 3-year-old child dies...](https://myfox8.com/news/it-is-felt-by-everybody-in-our-agency-elon-officers-young-child-injured-in-guilford-county-investigation-underway/)** > > WHITSETT, N.C. (WGHP) — An Elon officer’s young child died of a gunshot wound in Guilford County, according to a Guilford County Sheriff’s Office news release. Chief Kelly Blackwe… ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9565 "2021-06-18T02:35:43Z")
C’mon. With 23 posts in the _controversial law enforcement_ thread I would think you would know better! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=477) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=479)