# 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:** 27
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/521 "2022-08-15T14:26:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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. This is the result when you have cops afraid to confront an active shooter, like in Texas. Parents think “no one is going to protect my kid, so I have to.” And these days, I’m not sure they’re wrong. ---
**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, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/522 "2022-08-15T14:42:44Z")
I can sympathize with the parents but this creates a more dangerous situation. The cops show up for an active shooter report and see someone brandishing or possibly shooting a gun. Bad guy or parent? ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/523 "2022-08-15T14:46:32Z")
I predict (please let me be wrong!) that within a couple of months cops are going to shoot a parent in a situation just like this one. It’s inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/524 "2022-08-15T14:47:21Z")
I agree; after Uvalde, I can understand why some parents might want to show up themselves to confront an active shooter. It’s still a bad idea to have random armed people at a chaotic situation like that. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/525 "2022-08-15T14:56:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s still a bad idea to have random armed people at a chaotic situation like that I realize I wasn’t clear: I personally don’t think the parents should be running off ready for armed conflict. That was lies madness and one “good guy with a gun” killing another “good guy with a gun”. But I can see why parents would want to. I wouldn’t trust the cops, either. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/526 "2022-08-15T15:06:02Z")
I guess it’s down to arming the kids. [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/18/19/54375633-10528709-image-a-47_1645213821995.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/18/19/54375633-10528709-image-a-47_1645213821995.jpg) Better get the 10 rd mags. 1 round won’t do it. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/527 "2022-08-15T15:08:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I guess it’s down to arming the kids. That looks like one of the fake ads in Robocop. It’s so over the top. “Just like mom and dad’s.” The family that slays together stays together. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/528 "2022-08-15T15:11:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > I guess it’s down to arming the kids. > > That looks like one of the fake ads in Robocop. It’s so over the top. > > “Just like mom and dad’s.” The family that slays together stays together. - It’s real. [https://www.fastcompany.com/90721663/an-ar-15-designed-for-children-shocks-even-the-most-jaded-gun-control-advocates](https://www.fastcompany.com/90721663/an-ar-15-designed-for-children-shocks-even-the-most-jaded-gun-control-advocates) ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/529 "2022-08-15T15:15:48Z")
'Member folks! Toy guns are so dangerous that cops will kill you children at first sight if they’re playing with them, but designing and selling guns specifically for children is a business opportunity! ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/530 "2022-08-23T00:56:16Z")
Child plays with loaded gun, fires it. Another younger child appears afterwards. Does not appear that anyone was hit. This was linked in a Reddit post so I don’t know the original source of the video. [https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UntidyUnselfishJabiru-mobile.mp4](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UntidyUnselfishJabiru-mobile.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/531 "2022-08-23T11:14:10Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Does not appear that anyone was hit. Except maybe the neighbors upstairs. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/532 "2022-08-23T14:07:29Z")
Yikes, the part at the beginning (and preview picture) where one finger is across the barrel with another finger on the trigger… ---
**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 23, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/533 "2022-08-23T18:05:06Z")
A guy and his brother who were killed in a shootout with police had 1000 weapons and 140,000 rounds of ammo in his house. > **[Cops Find 1,000 Firearms, 140,000 Rounds of Ammo After Brothers Fatally Shot...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-find-1000-firearms-140000-rounds-of-ammo-after-brothers-fatally-shot-in-standoff)** > > One of the brothers had threatened to use a propane tank as a bomb if law enforcement attempted to arrest him. ---
**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 23, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/534 "2022-08-23T18:49:43Z")
All because he jumped bail and didn’t want to go back to court. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/535 "2022-08-23T19:55:18Z")
And we live in a society where someone can buy 1,000 firearms and 140,000 rounds of ammo and no one will even notice until they search his home. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/536 "2022-08-23T19:59:26Z")
Honestly I kind of wonder at how much money they had tied up in all of that. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/537 "2022-08-23T20:47:57Z")
I blame Obama. All the gun control legislation he and the demon-crats passed forced them to stock up with guns before all those new laws came into effect. Same with the ammo, Feds were buying it all up so they had to take steps before the counters were bare. Perfectly logical, totally justified, freedom, FREEdom, FREEDOM!!! /s ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/538 "2022-08-23T20:51:05Z")
It is easily into the 6-figures. What a country! ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/539 "2022-08-23T22:27:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Honestly I kind of wonder at how much money they had tied up in all of that. 1000 weapons of a decent quality probably average close to a thousand dollars each. A million bucks, unless they bought junk! Probably maybe $150K in ammo, depending on caliber. So the price of a large house, or a small Ferrari, for something that ultimately never got used. Guns will probably be scrapped. Sp we got two dead guys and the only one that comes out ahead are the gun sellers and manufacturers. Amazing. ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/540 "2022-08-23T22:42:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > So the price of a large house, or a small Ferrari, for something that ultimately never got used. Guns will probably be scrapped. Sp we got two dead guys and the only one that comes out ahead are the gun sellers and manufacturers. > > Amazing. I bet that’s just how they like it too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=28)