# 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:** 498
**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 30, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9948 "2021-12-30T18:22:25Z")
He seems to suggest that the gun belonged to a visitor who left it on the seat without his being aware of it there. Because, why look bad when you can fob it off. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9949 "2021-12-30T22:02:03Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Good guy with a gun made a little mistake. This tragedy is the real gun reality. The selling point from the NRA is, “oh, Ima Cowboy and nobody is going to mess with my house and my family. See? Look at my bright shiny new gun! Using ammo that has been field tested and proven to take down deer at 100 yards… now in a convenient back pocket size!”. Its a solution for a problem that for many people just doesn’t exist\* . \*The way that three thirds = 0.9999999999999 = 1 because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 1, 0.000000000000000001 = 0, because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 0. . The only problem that person had was that he couldn’t stop his 16 year old daughter from sneaking in and out of his house late at night. There are many tools that can help with that: communication, family counselling, etc. You can even turn on the porch light so she knows that you know that she left the house. A gun is the wrong tool to solve teen curfew issues. Yes, a gun is a tool. We all have tools to fix, repair, build things, and to help us with our hobbies. But we all know that using the right tool correctly is the key to any project. You don’t use chisels as pry bars. You turn off the electricity before you work on anything electrical, you don’t use your wood working tools on metal, you don’t use your metal working tools on wood. And you don’t use guns to make your children mind you. . ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9950 "2021-12-30T22:04:14Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > The only problem that person had was that he couldn’t stop his 16 year old daughter from sneaking in and out of his house late at night. There are many tools that can help with that: communication, family counselling, etc. You can even turn on the porch light so she knows that you know that she left the house. A gun is the wrong tool to solve teen curfew issues. Are you sure about that? It seems like he will never have to worry about his teen sneaking out ever again. Family counseling or leaving the porch light on aren’t nearly so permanent solutions to the problem. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9951 "2021-12-30T22:33:49Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Are you sure about that? It seems like he will never have to worry about his teen sneaking out ever again. Family counseling or leaving the porch light on aren’t nearly so permanent solutions to the problem. “Hi, Mr. Babale? It’s Bruce from The Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company. It looks like we won’t be paying the claim on your daughter’s policy…” ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9952 "2021-12-31T02:01:31Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Its a solution for a problem that for many people just doesn’t exist It’s the solution that creates its own problem that it’s the solution to. > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > The way that three thirds = 0.9999999999999 = 1 because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 1 Oh no, let’s not go starting THAT up again! ---
**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 31, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9953 "2021-12-31T14:09:13Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > \*The way that three thirds = 0.9999999999999 = 1 because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 1, 0.000000000000000001 = 0, because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 0. They are not virtually indistinguishable, they are **[identically the same](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...)**. There was another huge thread on that somewhere around here so let’s not exhume it further in this one. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9954 "2022-01-01T05:21:24Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > There was another huge thread on that somewhere around here so let’s not exhume it further in this one. There were several threads, one of which went on and on ad (nearly) infinitum. I will kindly not link any of them here. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9955 "2022-01-01T12:58:14Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Good guy with a gun made a little mistake. Who knows, she might have been robbing the place. We’ll never know now. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9956 "2022-01-01T13:24:14Z")
Probably a good thing he stood his ground. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9957 "2022-01-01T15:06:39Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > The way that three thirds = 0.9999999999999 = 1 because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 1, 0.000000000000000001 = 0, because the difference is virtually indistinguishable from 0. So you admit there’s a difference? 😈 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9958 "2022-01-01T15:58:41Z")
I once knew this guy named Zeno who claimed .999… didn’t equal 1, among other things, . . . so I shot him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9959 "2022-01-01T16:02:27Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I once knew this guy named Zeno who claimed .999… didn’t equal 1, among other things, . . . so I shot him. - He only did things halfway. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9960 "2022-01-01T16:40:06Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I once knew this guy named Zeno who claimed .999… didn’t equal 1, among other things, . . . so I shot him. You once shot a man named Zeno just to see him die? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9961 "2022-01-01T20:05:13Z")
Fortunately for him, the bullet had to go half-way to him before it could hit him, so he was safe (even if he couldn’t move out of the way of the bullet for the same reason it couldn’t hit him) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9962 "2022-01-06T14:41:40Z")
And still another story proving that kids and guns don’t mix, from the small town of Wamego, Kansas. > **[Wamego woman critically injured in accidental shooting involving small child](https://www.wibw.com/2022/01/05/wamego-police-investigating-accidental-shooting/)** > > Wamego Police investigate a Wednesday morning shooting at Riverside Estates. > A Wamego woman is fighting for her life after officials say she was accidentally shot by her small child. > > According to the Wamego Police Department, emergency responders were called to a home at 105 E. Valley St., Lot 8 at 8:22 a.m. Wednesday. > > When crews arrived, they found a 31-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper chest area. > > She was rushed to Stormont Vail in Topeka with critical injuries. > > Officials say evidence indicates the woman was shot by a handgun fired by a small child. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9963 "2022-01-06T16:34:12Z")
Classic Good Toddler with a Gun. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9964 "2022-01-06T16:44:41Z")
> **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/609jr0)** ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9965 "2022-01-06T16:46:17Z")
OMG, Stewie finally shot Lois! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9966 "2022-01-06T18:24:10Z")
Now, if only I could have Lacey Chabert voice Meg Griffin, it would be a Perfect Day! ---
**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:** [January 13, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/9967 "2022-01-13T10:48:45Z")
Following a minor traffic accident, Florida man rams his BMW into a Prius, then pulls gun and shoots at it. Prius driver draws his own gun and a shootout ensues. BMW driver shot dead, widow says he was “assassinated”. > **[John Kuczwanski killed in Tallahassee road rage incident](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/485132-john-kuczwanski-killed-in-road-rage-incident/)** > > Kuczwanski was arrested for a separate road rage incident at the same intersection in 2014. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729.md?page=499)