# 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:** 50
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/981 "2023-03-29T06:06:21Z")
Not in any way stupid, but kind of niche and maybe too political for the latest school shooting ~~thread~~ topic: > **[WATCH: 'When babies die,' it is time to move beyond prayers, Senate chaplain...](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-senate-chaplain-prays-for-lawmaker-action-after-nashville-shooting)** > > Senate Chaplain Barry Black prayed for legislative action on Tuesday, a day after a deadly shooting took place in Nashville, Tennessee. > During his prayer, Black said, “Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British statesman Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” > > “Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous. Use them to battle the demonic forces that seek to engulf us.” Unfortunately, as far as the GQP is concerned he may as well be spitting into the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/982 "2023-03-29T18:53:35Z")
To the Gop, he sounds imminently replaceable. Dan ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/983 "2023-03-29T19:27:07Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > To the Gop, he sounds imminently replaceable. Worse, he sounds “woke”. And that simply will not do. ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/984 "2023-03-29T20:41:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Worse, he sounds “woke”. And that simply will not do. So would Jesus. Shame that…eh? ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/985 "2023-03-29T20:59:25Z")
“Jesus Was Woke” would make a good bumper sticker. It would probably get the bearer shot, though. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/986 "2023-04-01T22:47:38Z")
Anyone remember? In the Old West days was Texas one of those states where they hung horse thieves? So do Texans feel the same way about truck thieves? > **[Stolen vehicle owner tracks truck using Airtag before shooting, killing...](https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/03/29/stolen-vehicle-owner-tracks-truck-using-airtag-before-shooting-killing-suspect-on-southeast-side-police-say/)** > > A man in his 30s who stole a vehicle from a North Side home on Wednesday was shot and killed after the owners of the pickup truck tracked it down on the Southeast Side and took matters into their own hands, according to San Antonio police. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/987 "2023-04-01T23:22:38Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Anyone remember? In the Old West days was Texas one of those states where they hung horse thieves? > > So do Texans feel the same way about truck thieves? First in to say: Best Post / Username Combo 2023…! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/988 "2023-04-02T00:36:03Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So do Texans feel the same way about truck thieves? Reading the comments (I know, I know) it appears that a lot of Texans do indeed believe in vigilante “justice”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/989 "2023-04-02T03:59:40Z")
“Damn! I wish someone would steal _my_ truck so’s I can hunt 'em down and kill 'em!” ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/990 "2023-04-02T06:37:50Z")
“That guy looks like he’s _thinking_ about stealin’ my truck!” ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/991 "2023-04-03T01:45:32Z")
It will be interesting to see if the truck owner will be charged, in light of Texas law (section 9.41) allowing deadly force if necessary to prevent theft/recover property under certain circumstances when “property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means.” > “I know that it’s frustrating, but please do not take matters into your own hands,” said Officer Nick Soliz, an SAPD public information officer. But that’s exactly what Texas law encourages. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/992 "2023-04-04T04:53:17Z")
[Tennessee state representative asks protestors](https://www.yahoo.com/news/tenn-state-rep-asks-protesters-001918352.html): > What Gun They’d Prefer To Be Shot With The quoted tweets in response to that inanity are pretty good, though. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/993 "2023-04-04T22:16:43Z")
# too soon! too soon! > **[Tennessee lawmakers stripped of committees after joining gun violence protests](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3932428-tennessee-lawmakers-stripped-of-committees-after-joining-gun-violence-protests/)** > > Three Democratic lawmakers in the Tennessee House of Representatives were stripped of their committee assignments and now face expulsion from the legislature after they joined protests against gun … ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/994 "2023-04-04T22:22:19Z")
If there was such a thing as 'legislative malpractice ( and there probably isn’t ) that would be it. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/995 "2023-04-07T01:46:14Z")
Some people can’t take a joke: > **[YouTuber known for pranks shot in the abdomen while filming at a mall,...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtuber-tanner-cook-shot-at-mall-classified-goons-filming-prank-suspect-alan-colie-arrested/)** > > Tanner Cook, who appears on the "Classified Goons" YouTube channel, said he was playing a prank when a man shot him. > **[The father of a YouTuber who was shot while making a prank video in a...](https://www.insider.com/dad-youtuber-shot-dulles-making-prank-video-receives-abuse-online-2023-4)** > > Jeramy Cook, the dad of YouTube prankster Tanner Cook, said he has received hate-filled messages saying his prankster son deserved to be shot. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/996 "2023-04-07T12:00:09Z")
I hate ‘Pranksters’. If I wrote laws, I’d make the practice a felony and fine any medium that allows their videos to be uploaded. That said, shooting people is a stupid response. And that said, I’m not at all surprised that this happened. Obligatory movie quote: “Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’, boy.” - The Outlaw Josey Wales ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/997 "2023-04-07T12:19:47Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I hate ‘Pranksters’. If I wrote laws, I’d make the practice a felony and fine any medium that allows their videos to be uploaded. Jackass gave the wrong message to the wrong people. Pranks _can_ be amusing among friends who will take it in stride and give as good as they get. They are almost never amusing when done to the unsuspecting public. (There are occasionally more “wholesome” public pranks that are okay.) > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > That said, shooting people is a stupid response. > And that said, I’m not at all surprised that this happened. I’ve seen prank videos where someone jumps out of a dark alley to scare someone walking down the street. Those I expect will end in someone being shot, and honestly, I wouldn’t hold the shooter accountable. According to the victim’s father, at the time they were just talking, and even if it was insulting or heated, shooting is not justified, and demonstrates the lack of self control of supposed lawful gun owners. Be interesting to see the footage. If the pranker actually did anything physically to the shooter, then it may be a reasonable reaction. If all they were doing was talking, then it wasn’t. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/998 "2023-04-08T23:33:33Z")
And it takes a Florida man, specifically, a [Florida sheriff](https://www.aol.com/news/florida-sheriff-goes-wild-rant-155702096.html), to set us correct on the cause of gun deaths: > “There are individuals out there viewing, and includes some of you media, that want to blame the one thing that has no ability or the capacity to commit the crime itself, and that’s the gun. These individuals committed the crime,” Woods told reporters. & > “Our school districts, not just here, across this state and nation need to quit minimizing the actions of their students. Hold them accountable. That’s where the failure is,” Woods said. So, it’s the fault of the schools. Who had that on their Bingo card? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/999 "2023-04-09T01:44:01Z")
So by his logic it would ok to own hand grenades, mortars, rocket launchers, tanks, and M-16’s. I need them to protect my family. Military-grade weapons don’t kill people, people kill people ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1000 "2023-04-09T15:08:51Z")
That’s literally my brother’s logic. Military-grade weapons are necessary to overthrow the government, because tyranny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=51)