# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/501 "2022-08-01T02:53:49Z")
Remember, the gun is _always_ loaded. > **[Man accidentally shoots self while cleaning gun - The Gila Herald](https://gilaherald.com/man-accidentally-shoots-self-while-cleaning-gun/#:~:text=Man%20accidentally%20shoots%20self%20while%20cleaning%20gun)** > > The victim accidentally shot himself with a handgun similar to this Springfield XD-45. By Jon Johnson GRAHAM COUNTY – For the second time in less than a month, a Graham … ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/502 "2022-08-01T20:52:44Z")
The Music Midtown festival in Atlanta has been canceled because the state wouldn’t let them impose a gun ban. > **[Georgia's Gun Laws Are Forcing Atlanta's Midtown Music Festival to Cancel...](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/music-midtown-atlanta-canceled-georgia-gun-laws-1390754/)** > > The annual event takes place in Piedmont Park, a public space where guns are permitted and a short-term tenant of that property can’t enforce its own ban ---
**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:** [August 7, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/503 "2022-08-07T13:03:37Z")
Nine people shot last night in Cincinnati. Thank your SCOTUS, kids… > **[Mass shooting injures at least 9 in downtown Cincinnati](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-shooting-leaves-least-9-injured-downtown-cincinnati-rcna41895)** > > Two more people were shot in Cincinnati’s Central Business District, said police, who didn’t say whether the shootings were related. ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/504 "2022-08-10T20:48:43Z")
Responsible gun owner shoots his neighbor’s 4-month-old black lab for no reason: > According to the filing, investigators also viewed home security footage that captured the small dog named Frijole following what appears to be Schaeffer as he was walking his light-colored dog. In the video, barking is heard from one of the dogs before the person pulls out a revolver-type weapon, points it at the dog, and opens fire once. > > The person then continues walking as the puppy whimpers and runs away. > > “(The witness) stated that the black Lab puppy ran back to the property he was working on, collapsed, and died right there in front of them,” the charging document reads. > > The filing notes that investigators didn’t see the puppy act aggressively toward the gunman in the video. > **[4-month-old black Lab puppy shot to death in Houston Third Ward neighborhood](https://abc13.com/daniel-schaeffer-lab-puppy-killed-houston-animal-cruelty-third-ward-crime/12110196/)** > > The home security footage picks up the sounds of barking, a gunshot and the puppy's yelp as it runs away. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/505 "2022-08-10T22:10:28Z")
That’s not stupid. That’s cruel (to put it mildly). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/506 "2022-08-10T22:43:33Z")
And your own Circle in Hell. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/507 "2022-08-10T22:51:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Responsible gun owner shoots his neighbor’s 4-month-old black lab for no reason: Tragedy could have been prevented if the black lab was armed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/508 "2022-08-10T23:43:31Z")
No way they would sell a firearm to the lab. He’s black. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/509 "2022-08-11T03:14:44Z")
“It may be funny to you, motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me!” > ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/510 "2022-08-11T03:31:30Z")
That just earned him a $25 donation from me. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/511 "2022-08-11T12:13:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And then I went out with a friend skeet shooting one time, and did pretty well there, too, but it didn’t raise a blood lust in me. No blood in a skeet. Dan ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/512 "2022-08-11T12:43:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “It may be funny to you, motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me!” I’m seeing this all over my (admittedly left-wing) social media feeds, especially Twitter. Everybody in the country needs to see this. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/513 "2022-08-13T05:30:10Z")
A suspicious person tried to get into an elementary school in Arizona and the school went into lockdown. Parents showed up and tried to break into the school. Besides the suspicious person, who was arrested, three parents were arrested, and one was tased. One parent had a gun. > **[Suspect who prompted El Mirage school lockdown is in custody. 3 parents...](https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/el-mirage-elementary-school-on-lockdown-after-a-possibly-armed-man-tried-to-enter/75-ec34aafa-9d32-40b0-8755-1cea148cb8b7)** > > Officers were responding to reports of a suspicious person when the school was locked down. Police have since located the suspect. ---
**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, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/514 "2022-08-13T05:40:30Z")
Hmm, maybe now open carry will become even more of a ‘Just how dumb are you?’ intelligence test? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/515 "2022-08-15T03:15:56Z")
Argument at a youth football game leads to a fatal shooting. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-fatally-shot-youth-football-game-dallas/story](https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-fatally-shot-youth-football-game-dallas/story) ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/516 "2022-08-15T04:28:39Z")
Texas. Football and Guns. And maybe an armadillo or two. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/517 "2022-08-15T09:12:54Z")
I get a page unavailable notice. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/518 "2022-08-15T12:47:07Z")
Me, too. Access hacked/spoiled by Texas Chamber of Commerce? Dan ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/519 "2022-08-15T13:29:58Z")
This one works > **[Suspect wanted in fatal shooting of youth football coach turns himself in to...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-fatally-shot-youth-football-game-dallas/story?id=88379853)** > > The man wanted in connection of the killing of another man at a youth football game near Dallas turned himself in to authorities. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/520 "2022-08-15T14:04:52Z")
The suspect in this case, Yaqub Salik Talib, is the brother of Aqib Talib. Aqib was an All-American cornerback at Kansas and played in the NFL for 10 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=27)