# 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:** 484
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9667 "2021-07-27T12:27:24Z")
Well, it just goes to show you: you can’t use “The Castle Doctrine” without laying a good foundation first… > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/5hr1kv)** ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9668 "2021-07-28T15:23:04Z")
Baffling shooting at a California movie theater: > **[1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at Corona movie theater during showing of...](https://abc7.com/corona-shooting-movie-theater-regal-edwards-crossing-homicide-investigation/10912386/)** > > Someone opened fire inside a Corona movie theater late Monday night during a showing of the new "Purge" sequel. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9669 "2021-07-29T07:02:35Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Baffling shooting at a California movie theater: Sidebar on that article, with links to other articles, includes article saying a suspect has been arrested. > **[Suspect arrested in Corona movie theater shooting during showing of 'The...](https://abc7.com/movie-theater-shooting-arrest-purge-regal-edwards-corona-crossing-rylee-goodrich/10914021/)** > > A suspect has been arrested in the deadly movie theater shooting in Corona that left Rylee Goodrich dead and a TikTok influencer on life support. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9670 "2021-08-11T22:28:15Z")
> **[Man Charged in ‘Straw Purchase' of Gun Used in CPD Officers' Shooting...](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/man-charged-in-straw-purchase-of-gun-used-in-cpd-officers-shooting-to-appear-in-court/2588091/)** > > An Indiana man facing federal charges after allegedly illegally purchasing the firearm used in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Ella French will be in court Wednesday afternoon. > [@](#): > > According to the indictment, Danzy purchased the weapon from a firearms dealer in Hammond, Indiana in March. He allegedly lied on forms that he signed when purchasing the weapon, affirming that the gun was for his use and that he would be its rightful owner. > > Instead, Danzy is accused of giving the gun to one of the suspects in the shooting, allegedly doing so while knowing that the man was not legally allowed to purchase a firearm because of a previous felony conviction. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9671 "2021-08-13T09:41:04Z")
Florida toddler shoots mom in the head while she is on a Zoom call. > **[Toddler shoots, kills mom during video call after finding gun, Florida police...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-shoots-kills-mom-during-video-call-after-finding-gun-n1276722)** > > The 21-year-old woman was shot in the head during a Zoom call, and Altamonte Springs police believe a toddler found an unsecured gun. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9672 "2021-08-13T14:47:14Z")
> Altamonte Springs police believe a toddler found an unsecured gun. So, there’s the possibility that it was the toddler’s EDC gun? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9673 "2021-08-14T02:42:30Z")
A 19y/o woman shot a man [right in the Kenosha with his own pistol](https://apnews.com/article/oddities-shootings-8d58a17f1db8da3bcb6357b4748985ce) (that he was not legally allowed to have), discovering to her startlement that this cat-laser-toy contained a magazine (and, presumably, a chambered round). ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9674 "2021-08-14T04:22:18Z")
You know how the ammosexuals are always trying to stretch out gun/car analogies? Well, [this one covers the analogy part](https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/one-dead-three-transported-after-shooting-on-citys-west-side?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark) pretty well > [@](#): > > It all started just before 10 p.m. Wednesday night when a driver was traveling at high speed and crashed inro a parked car - and then for some reason she got out of the car and started firing. > > The owner of the vehicle that was hit, a man in his 50’s, and two others came out to see what happened. That’s when the female driver got out of the car and opened fire, hitting all three people. Hit them all, that is pretty good shooting. > [@](#): > > A neighbor came out to help, and ended up shooting the driver of the car, a woman in her late 20’s or early 30’s. She died at the scene. … The man whose car was hit died at the hospital. “Ended up shooting the driver”. I guess it could not have been helped. When things descend into chaos, it is good to have lotsa guns around. Right? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9675 "2021-08-14T12:51:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “Ended up shooting the driver”. I guess it could not have been helped. When things descend into chaos, it is good to have lotsa guns around. Right? She’d already shot three (and killed one). No reason to think she was done. Of course, it would have been better if she wasn’t armed to start with. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9676 "2021-08-14T17:29:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > A 19y/o woman shot a man [right in the Kenosha with his own pistol](https://apnews.com/article/oddities-shootings-8d58a17f1db8da3bcb6357b4748985ce) (that he was not legally allowed to have), discovering to her startlement that this cat-laser-toy contained a magazine (and, presumably, a chambered round). Could have been worse. She could have shot the cat. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9677 "2021-08-14T19:00:12Z")
I love how these descriptions always say “the gun accidentally went off” as if a gun sitting on a table could spontaneously fire. It should say, “The woman pulled the trigger to fire the gun because she didn’t know what the fuck she was doing while handling a deadly weapon.” ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9678 "2021-08-14T22:41:33Z")
I suppose they could say “unintentionally went off”, but I am inclined to say it should read “… and the gun went off.”. No need for qualifiers, and, absolutely, no call for suggesting that there are accidents involving guns. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9679 "2021-08-14T22:43:34Z")
“The deadly weapon was left unattended by some moron ” The onus should be on the “responsible gun-owner”. If there is no one to assume that role it is a failure in regulation. Quit the victim blaming. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9680 "2021-08-14T23:11:11Z")
“…who a witness said had been drinking…” No, really? How unexpected. Really, some people shouldn’t be trusted with a hole puncher, never mind a firearm. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9681 "2021-08-15T01:09:14Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Really, some people shouldn’t be trusted with a hole puncher, never mind a firearm. A firearm _ **is** _ a hole puncher. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9682 "2021-08-15T18:58:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > suppose they could say “unintentionally went off”, but I am inclined to say it should read “… and the gun went off.”. No need for qualifiers, and, absolutely, no call for suggesting that there are accidents involving guns. Through an act of negligence the gun discharged. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9683 "2021-08-16T02:27:39Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > Through an act of negligence the gun discharged. Now _that_ sentence could use a qualifier: “… extreme …” ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9684 "2021-08-16T16:07:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “Ended up shooting the driver”. I guess it could not have been helped. When things descend into chaos, it is good to have lotsa guns around. Right? > [@Folacin](#): > > She’d already shot three (and killed one). No reason to think she was done. Of course, it would have been better if she wasn’t armed to start with. While the driver qualifies this story for this thread, I can’t blame the neighbor for shooting the shooter. The article could have been a little less cavalier in its description, however, ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9685 "2021-08-16T19:40:07Z")
5 YO kills 3 YO. > **[5-year-old kills 3-year-old in accidental shooting: police](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/567911-5-year-old-kills-3-year-old-in-accidental-shooting/)** > > A five-year-old child fatally shot a three-year-old in what police said was an accidental shooting in Minnesota early Friday morning.Cass County Sheiff’s Office said they responded to a call i… ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9686 "2021-08-16T20:12:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/567911-5-year-old-kills-3-year-old-in-accidental-shooting](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/567911-5-year-old-kills-3-year-old-in-accidental-shooting) Sure, “accidental”. Try the little bastard as an adult, I bet he’d been tormenting that kid for weeks. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=483) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=485)