# 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:** 49
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/961 "2023-03-20T02:53:41Z")
[Man Convicted for Shooting Amazon Driver Over Disabled Parking Spot](https://people.com/crime/missouri-man-convicted-shooting-amazon-driver-disabled-parking-spot/) I guess his theory was, “I’ll make sure he needs that parking spot in the future!” ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/962 "2023-03-20T03:20:31Z")
Q: What was he doing driving to a store with a gun? Was he going to leave it in the car to get stolen? Bring it inside to rob the place and terrorize people? Maybe shoot old Mrs. H’Wiggins for having 15 items in the 12 items or less checkout? ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/963 "2023-03-20T07:22:55Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Maybe shoot old Mrs. H’Wiggins for having 15 items in the 12 items or less checkout? This thought has entered my mind; usually for far more than 15 items though. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/964 "2023-03-20T14:11:23Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Dashcam video is incredible (for some meaning of incred…) That guy looks like he has never fired a gun in his life. Maybe not ever driven a car, either. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/965 "2023-03-20T14:28:55Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Dashcam video is incredible (for some meaning of incred…) [![](https://images.adagio.com/images2/custom_blends/171265.jpg) ](https://images.adagio.com/images2/custom_blends/171265.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/966 "2023-03-20T16:09:37Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not sure how you get this. It is _never_ acceptable to shoot at or from a moving vehicle. I’m by no means a fan of guns, at all. But certain circumstances make that action acceptable. There is a [Youtube](https://youtu.be/V90hgeYihaA) of a South African motorcycle policeman handling a hot pursuit pretty well. Yes, I know this doesn’t belong in the Supid Gun News thread. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/967 "2023-03-20T21:51:11Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > There is a [Youtube](https://youtu.be/V90hgeYihaA) of a South African motorcycle policeman handling a hot pursuit pretty well. Just because he did it doesn’t make it a good idea. There are lots of ways that could have gone bad. It’s not that easy to ride one-handed in that situation, even more so if you have to made a sudden maneuver. Also not easy to shoot one-handed action hero-style like that (I am not a gun owner). Also not safe to fire a gun at a car on a public road. Suppose you hit the driver. What’s _he_ going to hit? Suppose you hit another car? Also could have shot into a house. I saw a pedestrian at one point. He had plenty of backup at the stop. One thing we don’t know is why the cop was shooting at a fleeing car. Looked like a lone driver. It was not clear if the driver was trying to shoot back. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/968 "2023-03-25T11:19:10Z")
A nine year old’s gun went off inside the day care center he attends after school. > **[Gun brought by child goes off in Happy Days daycare in South Holland,...](https://abc7chicago.com/south-holland-il-gun-goes-off-in-daycare-happy-days/13007640/)** > > Parents of children at a South Holland daycare center were told by staff that a gun discharged Thursday inside the center while children were present. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/969 "2023-03-25T12:53:30Z")
He must have been trying to stop a bad nine-year-old with a gun. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/970 "2023-03-25T13:17:38Z")
Or a school shooter. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/971 "2023-03-25T15:41:21Z")
Damn, a nine-year-old in a daycare center? By the time I was nine, my parents just gave me a house key and let me fend for myself. What is the world coming to? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/972 "2023-03-25T15:52:26Z")
These days your neighbors will call CPS on you for that. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/973 "2023-03-25T16:35:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Damn, a nine-year-old in a daycare center? By the time I was nine, my parents just gave me a house key and let me fend for myself. What is the world coming to? South Holland isn’t as idyllic as the name might imply. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/974 "2023-03-25T21:20:45Z")
Well, these days they give you a gun and let you fend for yourself. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/975 "2023-03-26T04:25:54Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > South Holland isn’t as idyllic as the name might imply. ♫ These are Active Shooters in your Neighborhood! ♫ ♫ In your Neighborhood! ♫ ♫ In your Neighborhood! Yeah! ♫ ♫ These are Active Shooters in your Neighborhood! ♫ ♫ (Gun-Heads you might meet each day…!) ♫ ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/976 "2023-03-28T20:52:12Z")
Update! The gun toting 9 year old is the child of a police officer! 🥳 > **[Harvey police officer's child brought gun to South Holland daycare, where it...](https://abc7chicago.com/village-of-south-holland-happy-days-daycare-harvey-police-department-officer/13031228/)** > > Parents of children at a South Holland daycare center were told by staff that a gun discharged Thursday inside the center while children were present. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/977 "2023-03-28T22:17:49Z")
Someone needs to be packing at the local daycare. Who better? They already have access to a gun and like to conceal carry. Just a little work on the safety and we’ll be all set. Is it normal for daycare to pick up kids from school? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/978 "2023-03-29T00:30:38Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Is it normal for daycare to pick up kids from school? Some do. It can be hard to find, though. Sometimes larger chain places offer it. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/979 "2023-03-29T01:17:46Z")
My local schools have busses that go to some daycares ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/980 "2023-03-29T01:44:42Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > My local schools have busses that go to some day cares - That’s _great_ when it’s available! My colleague is scrambling to find a daycare spot for her daughter in September, and the only nearby place that provides transportation only rarely has openings. A slot just opened up if she grabs it now, but she’ll have to send her kid from now until September even though they don’t need it yet. The larger centers here that used to provide transport, like Children’s World and Kinder Care, aren’t around anymore (at least not in my area). And they were very mediocre (at best) centers. I’m glad to hear that some places have more to offer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=50)