# Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428 "2022-01-26T17:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/261 "2022-05-27T20:17:23Z")
“Small arms” fire…? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/262 "2022-05-27T20:34:01Z")
Small hand guns. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/263 "2022-05-27T20:38:03Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Small hand guns. [applause] ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/264 "2022-05-27T21:04:39Z")
I see that a handful of musicians have cancelled playing at the NRA convention this weekend. I was pretty shocked that Don McLean was one of the names. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/265 "2022-05-27T21:36:18Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I was pretty shocked that Don McLean was one of the names. I was as well. Not that it matters a wit, but my opinion of him just hit rock bottom. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/266 "2022-05-28T03:31:48Z")
Yeah, I saw Don McLean’s name and it took me aback. I can’t imagine he would need money that badly; not to mention that his music doesn’t come across as the sort of stuff that would be popular among the sort of people who attend an NRA meeting. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/267 "2022-05-28T03:57:55Z")
I’m a bit startled at [how old all those performers are.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/26/don-mclean-drops-out-nra-texas-shooting/) Those who’ve withdrawn because of Uvalde include > [@](#): > > McLean, 76 […] Lee Greenwood […] 79 […] Larry Gatlin […] 74 […] Larry Stewart […] 63 […] T. Graham Brown (67) and Danielle Peck (a mere 43) [have apparently also withdrawn,](https://fortune.com/2022/05/27/who-is-speaking-at-texas-nra-convention/) leaving one singer still booked (Jacob Bryant, only 26!), but apparently the entire concert has been canceled now? [There are apparently about 500 protestors](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/27/nra-gun-control-protest-houston-texas-school-shooting), but tens of thousands of attendees. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/268 "2022-05-28T06:30:57Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > {…} his music doesn’t come across as the sort of stuff that would be popular among the sort of people who attend an NRA meeting. What? You’ve never heard _Shooty, Shooty Night_? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/269 "2022-05-28T12:04:47Z")
AFAIC those clowns destroyed their reputations by agreeing to play at the NRA conference in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/270 "2022-05-28T12:37:01Z")
What? I expected Kid Rock and panty pisset Nugent. Instead, it was a bunch of country geezers who had songs about guns [and trucks, women who left, dogs, trucks, booze, trucks…]. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/271 "2022-05-28T12:39:43Z")
7-year-old brings loaded handgun to school. > **[7-year-old with loaded handgun at SC school was 'not by accident,'...](https://www.wltx.com/article/news/crime/new-details-in-investigation-of-7-year-old-with-loaded-handgun-at-northeast-columbia-school/101-b9cbaa15-d8c0-4907-99d1-5b62be5660ff)** > > We're learning more about what deputies say led a seven-year-old to bring a loaded handgun to a Northeast Columbia school. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/272 "2022-05-28T13:43:13Z")
Exactly. I thought the headliners would be those two sets of animated truck nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/273 "2022-05-28T15:52:17Z")
At this point, I really can’t blame the 7 year old for bringing a handgun to school in his backpack. After all, it’s pretty clear that if a deranged gunman gets into his classroom, the little kid can’t count on the police to do fuck-all for him. It’s every 7 year old for himself. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/274 "2022-05-28T16:06:07Z")
That’s what I was thinking. Do you punish a 7 year old for bringing a gun to school to protect themselves from school shooters? I mean, they were wrong for a number of reasons to do so, but they are 7, I give them a bit more leeway than I do an supposedly fully functioning adult who is terrified to go to the local Wal-mart without being armed. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/275 "2022-05-28T16:09:00Z")
“We don’t see any difference whatsoever between the two cases you’ve described. Both the child _and_ the adult WalMart shopper have our full support” –NRA spokesperson /s ---
**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:** [May 28, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/276 "2022-05-28T16:24:22Z")
Offer void where prohibited and subject to the paper bag test. –NRA spokesperson ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/277 "2022-05-28T21:13:16Z")
From the article: “A spokesperson shared a statement sent to families which said they’re dedicated to keeping the campus safe and encourage parents to check their child’s bookbags before school.” I was told that responsible gun-owners keep their weapons locked up. Guess not. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/278 "2022-05-28T21:15:00Z")
You know how it is. You mean to put a banana into your kid’s lunchbox, but you quite understandably mix it up with your Desert Eagle. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/279 "2022-05-29T00:58:22Z")
The owners of Daniel Defense, a manufacturer of budget AR-15 variants, have a tax exempt non-profit called Assets For Christ, Inc. Because of course they do. > ---
**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:** [May 29, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/280 "2022-05-29T01:03:51Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The owners of Daniel Defense, a manufacturer of budget AR-15 variants, have a tax exempt non-profit called Assets For Christ, inc. Looks like the website is suffering from technical difficulties… [https://assetsforchrist.org/](https://assetsforchrist.org/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=15)