# 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:** 45
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/881 "2023-02-21T16:57:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There’s the slightly greater danger of a first-grader or a kindergartener finding the gun instead of a responsible, mature third-grader. - Well, yeah. They don’t handle the recoil as well. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/882 "2023-02-21T17:43:07Z")
It’s also perfectly reasonable for a child to think that it is a toy. Why would a real gun be laying around in the elementary school bathroom? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/883 "2023-02-21T17:57:26Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > It’s also perfectly reasonable for a child to think that it is a toy. Why would a real gun be laying around in the elementary school bathroom? - I’m curious as to why the superintendent is using a student bathroom and not the one in the office? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/884 "2023-02-21T18:07:47Z")
“Spock’s eyebrow rose inquisitively.” ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/885 "2023-02-21T18:41:23Z")
I don’t know, but I do know that the schools I went to did not have bathrooms in the office. Teachers and admin used the same facilities as the students. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/886 "2023-02-22T02:20:51Z")
When you’re full of it, you probably need to avail yourself of the nearest facility. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/887 "2023-02-22T11:19:18Z")
> **[Texas superintendent resigns after 3rd grader finds his gun unattended in a...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-superintendent-resigns-3rd-grader-finds-gun-unattended-school-ba-rcna71567)** > > The boy found the gun at Rising Star Elementary School. Robby Stuteville resigned as superintendent of the Rising Star Independent School District following backlash. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/888 "2023-02-22T12:34:49Z")
It was either that or add a book to the library: ‘Where’s Walther?’ ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/889 "2023-02-22T12:37:21Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > It was either that or add a book to the library: ‘Where’s Walther?’ - ## 👍 ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/890 "2023-02-22T13:11:17Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > It was either that or add a book to the library: ‘Where’s Walther?’ You’re a real pistol. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/891 "2023-02-22T13:25:46Z")
He just had to take a PP, 'K? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/892 "2023-02-22T13:31:46Z")
You! Go to your room and think about what you’ve done. The Superintendent was a public servant and men of his caliber are hard to find. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/893 "2023-02-22T15:21:36Z")
> “He took a lot of pride in his job, and it was an accident that happened and he felt extremely bad about it,” Jones said of Stuteville. With guns, you’re only allowed one accident, and it doesn’t matter how you feel. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/894 "2023-02-22T22:59:00Z")
He had an overwhelming urge to go boom-boom. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/895 "2023-02-22T23:46:53Z")
Alabama congressman introduces bill to make AR-15 the ‘National Gun of America’ > **[Alabama congressman introduces bill to make AR-15 the ‘National Gun of America’](https://whnt.com/news/alabama-news/alabama-congressman-introduces-bill-to-make-ar-15-the-national-gun-of-america/)** > > There are several distinct American things: American football, country music, biscuits and gravy. However, Alabama congressman Barry Moore wants to add to that list. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/896 "2023-02-23T00:50:45Z")
I’m honestly surprised, given the state of todays Qliban, Y’allqueda, GQP, Grifting o’ the People party, that he is not advocating the AK-47 for that dubious honor. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/897 "2023-02-23T01:48:34Z")
In other news, baseball is no longer the national pasttime, having recently been replaced by _death_. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/898 "2023-02-23T03:03:09Z")
Um, I gotta wonder how feels about the Army taking steps to replace the AR-based M16 and M4 at the tip of the spear with [something else](https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/04/19/army-chooses-sig-sauer-to-build-its-next-generation-squad-weapon/)? (seriously, we’ve been using Stoner’s plastic fantastic baby in one form or another for nearly 60 years… I think we have to go back to the flintlocks to beat that) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/899 "2023-02-23T03:08:37Z")
Great…another caliber to keep track of. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/900 "2023-02-23T14:19:18Z")
6.8mm? What kind of anti-American Commie bullshit is _that?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=46)