Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1)

[The_Librarian]

Other cops are the leading cause of death for cops. They don’t seem to mind.

[Babale]

@The_Librarian

Other cops are the leading cause of death for cops. They don’t seem to mind

Got a cite for that? I thought it was covid or, in normal years, cars. Neither of which are unarmed black men, of course.

[mikecurtis]

Here are the FBI stats for 2019.

According to statistics reported to the FBI, 89 law enforcement officers were killed in line-of-duty incidents in 2019. Of these, 48 officers died as a result of felonious acts, and 41 officers died in accidents.

The 48 felonious deaths occurred in 19 states and in Puerto Rico. The number of officers killed as a result of criminal acts in 2019 was 8 less than the 56 officers who were feloniously killed in 2018. The 5- and 10-year comparisons show an increase of 7 felonious deaths compared with the 2015 figure (41 officers) and a decrease of 7 deaths compared with 2010 data (55 officers).
. . .
Weapons . Offenders used firearms to kill 44 of the 48 victim officers. Four officers were killed with vehicles used as weapons.
34 were slain with handguns
7 with rifles
1 with a shotgun
2 with firearms in which the types of firearms were unknown or not reported
. . .
Forty-one law enforcement officers were killed accidentally while performing their duties in 2019, a decrease of 9 when compared with the 50 officers accidentally killed in 2018. The majority (19 officers) were killed in motor vehicle crashes.

Circumstances. The 41 officers accidentally killed died in a variety of scenarios:
19 died as a result of motor vehicle crashes
16 were pedestrian officers struck by vehicles
3 were killed in firearm-related incidents
2 officers drowned
1 officer was reported to have died in the category of an other type of duty-related accident when they were struck by a tire/wheel while assisting a motorist.

So. . .
47 by firearm
40 by car

[mikecurtis]

And last year

More than 100 law enforcement officers – mainly police, sheriffs, and corrections – have died from COVID-19 on the job this year, which is more than from gun violence, car accidents, heart attacks, or other causes, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Overview

[Fear_Itself]

Bad guy with a gun shoots and kills a cop. Good guy with a gun shoots bad guy with a gun. Cops arrive, shoot and kill good guy with a gun. Oops.

Nobody could have predicted that, though.

Bystander who gunned down suspect in Colorado officer’s killing was fatally...

[wguy123]

Wonder if MEB will decide to post this same story in his daily affirmations blog?

[Babale]

@wguy123

Wonder if MEB will decide to post this same story in his daily affirmations blog? .

Looks like instead he posted a tragic story about a man who broke into a mouse’s house, murdered the moose, and claimed self defense

[Mundane_Super_Hero]

@Babale

Looks like instead he posted a tragic story about a man who broke into a mouse’s house, murdered the moose, and claimed self defense

Hickory Dickory Dock
Dead mouse, now to prison (to eat c-ck).
My cellmate looks like The Rock.
Hickory Dickory Dock

[PastTense]

@Babale

Looks like instead he posted a tragic story about a man who broke into a mouse’s house, murdered the moose, and claimed self defense

You know mouse and moose are a bit different size?

[Babale]

@PastTense

You know mouse and moose are a bit different size? .

…I hate autocorrect

[eschereal]

Do not let moose
Lick your car

[Euphonious_Polemic]

A moose bit my sister once…

[BippityBoppityBoo]

@eschereal

Do not let moose
Lick your car

How would I stop them?

[Folacin]

@BippityBoppityBoo

How would I stop them?

Surely you have a (hopefully large caliber) gun? Shoot it!

[eschereal]

It was an actual road sign in AB

[Dandan]

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@PastTense

@Babale

Looks like instead he posted a tragic story about a man who broke into a mouse’s house, murdered the moose, and claimed self defense
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You know mouse and moose are a bit different size?

…I hate autocorrect

Proofreading beats autocorrect.

Dan

[Morgyn]

Yet another road rage incident involving a gun in, no surprise, Texas.

The police, at least, are perceiving an increase in the number of incidents.

Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata expressed frustration about the increase of road rage violence and the limited impact that policing can have on those crimes.

Baby Delivered After Mother Shot in Road Rage Incident: Dallas Police

[snfaulkner]

Getting the thoughts outta my brain before my ADHD screws me beats proofreading.

[JRDelirious]

On a lighter note…

Being almost at the 10K limit I don’t feel like scrolling back to see if he’s also in this thread, but LockPicking Lawyer’s YouTube clips on badly engineered “gun locks” and “gun safes” have been cited in other threads as a source of examples of unsafe gear – and this recent one strikes me as an example of manufacure/design stupidity [1311] StopBox’s AR-15 Chamber Lock - YouTube

(And of how the purchasers should rightly feel stupid for shelling out $150 for it…)

[PastTense]

10 yo boy and 8 yo girl left alone. Boy finds a gun and kills himself.

Police: 10-year-old dies after self-inflicted shooting in Tioga-Nicetown