# 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:** 31
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/601 "2022-10-12T12:31:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I gots these here dangly bits that I gots to prove as they is dangling there! Usually they are chrome plated and attacked below the trailer hook. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/602 "2022-10-12T12:36:36Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > attacked below the trailer hook. ow… ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/603 "2022-10-12T13:07:49Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > ow… I know. Typos hurt…! ( it was supposed to be “attached”, not “attacked”.) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/604 "2022-10-12T14:45:05Z")
Unfortunately, both shooters lived. If one of them had died, this story would be in the Positive Gun News thread with it being a glorious example of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun. _not being sarcastic_ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/605 "2022-10-12T15:15:21Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > with it being a glorious example of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun. …and it wouldn’t matter which one died! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/606 "2022-10-12T15:16:40Z")
It appears they are both white, so nope, wouldn’t matter which one. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/607 "2022-10-12T15:20:59Z")
I don’t think that you are getting the right message from this story. The correct message is that you should arm your 5 year old daughter, so that she can protect herself while in your backseat. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/608 "2022-10-12T15:25:38Z")
An armed society is a polite society. They weren’t fully armed and so, not very polite. I think this proves that hypothesis. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/609 "2022-10-12T16:09:20Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > **An armed society is a polite society.** They weren’t fully armed and so, not very polite. I think this proves that hypothesis. - That doesn’t explain Canada. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/610 "2022-10-12T21:58:07Z")
They’re all loons up there. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/611 "2022-10-12T22:08:20Z")
Darwin Award Winner: Long Game Division. “You’re blood line has just been ended. You’re Welcome.” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/612 "2022-10-12T23:13:06Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > They’re all loons up there. _They refuse to be tarred with the epithet ‘loon’ just because they have a pet beaver called Eric!_ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/613 "2022-10-13T00:06:06Z")
You mean [this guy?](https://youtu.be/sekLEG8xsOs) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/614 "2022-10-13T00:34:57Z")
I always thought that that was the ‘Were-Beaver’ version of Ryan Reynolds… ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/615 "2022-10-13T02:09:50Z")
Actually, I was kind of riffing on _something completely different_, sorry for being too obscure for this board. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/616 "2022-10-13T13:30:35Z")
_I_ got it. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/617 "2022-10-13T23:39:50Z")
welp, we has another random thingie > **[Police ID 5 killed, including officer, in N. Carolina shooting; suspect critical](https://www.ky3.com/2022/10/13/police-scene-active-shooting-raleigh-nc/)** > > The shooter who killed five people along a walking trail in North Carolina’s capital city is a 15-year-old boy who has been hospitalized in critical condition, police said Friday. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/618 "2022-10-14T01:20:27Z")
> **[2 Connecticut officers killed in AR-15 ambush after apparent phony 911 call:...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-officers-killed-injured-overnight-shooting/story?id=91430674)** > > Two police officers were shot and killed and one is seriously injured following a shooting in Bristol, Connecticut, officials said. My niece is a dispatcher for the police/fire there in Bristol, CT. She is really bummed out. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/619 "2022-10-14T03:47:59Z")
A judge has ruled that removing the serial number from a gun is legal because there were no serial numbers when the Second Amendment was passed. > **[Following Supreme Court’s Lead, Judge Finds Right to Remove Serial Numbers...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/supreme-court-ghost-guns-serial-number-clarence-thomas.html)** > > More fallout from Justice Clarence Thomas’ radical Second Amendment decision last June. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/620 "2022-10-14T04:44:40Z")
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