# 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:** 59
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1161 "2023-05-07T21:43:42Z")
> **[What we know about the slain Texas mall massacre suspect Mauricio Garcia](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mauricio-garcia-allen-texas-mall-shooting-suspect-what-know-rcna83242)** > > Garcia had a tactical vest and was armed with a rifle of some kind as well as a handgun, one of the senior law enforcement officials said. He was identified as a suspected neo-Nazi sympathizer by authorities. 33 years old–I was guessing he would be closer to 20. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1162 "2023-05-07T21:47:54Z")
The [Shrine Of The Mall Ninja](https://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/) isn’t looking so funny any more. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1163 "2023-05-07T21:49:56Z")
So has Abbott put out a tweet highlighting how the shooter was an American citizen, a neo-nazi and a white supremacist? Or has he just gone with the usual “thoughts and prayers” because the shooter is not an immigrant? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1164 "2023-05-08T02:59:17Z")
Abbott: “Texas has suffered another mass shooting, this time at the hands of a man whose name sounds really Mexican.” ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1165 "2023-05-09T02:05:28Z")
And Louisiana proves, once again, that [simply playing children’s games is a life or death matter\*](https://www.yahoo.com/news/neighbor-shoots-14-old-kids-214729055.html). > A 14-year-old was shot in the head as she played hide and seek, Louisiana deputies say. Now a neighbor is facing multiple charges. > > David V. Doyle, 58, was arrested Sunday, May 7, after the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said he [opened fire on a group of kids](https://www.facebook.com/CalcasieuSheriff/posts/pfbid09XS3ogr6pbcEL2LUW9dhcsoXAZYQR6KvTf3M76iMHuV2bRGekVJKhKnrJgVHq51Ml) playing on his property and “unknowingly hit the girl.” > > Deputies were called about a shooting at a home in Starks early that morning, authorities wrote in a news release. They arrived to find a teen who was shot in the back of the head. > > Several kids were playing in the area and used a neighbor’s property to hide, according to the sheriff’s office. The property owner, identified as Doyle, told deputies he went inside and grabbed his gun after he saw shadows outside his home, the release said. > > Doyle said when he went back outside, he saw several people running from his property and opened fire. _As always, more at the link._ So, let me get this straight. The kids were just playing in his yard. They damaged nothing, vandalized nothing, took nothing, and harmed no-one. But, of course, that, in his mind, justified **shooting a 14-year old girl in the back of the head**. \*I’m referencing the [killing of Yshihiro Hattori in Baton Rouge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Yoshihiro_Hattori). Starks is 154 miles west of Baton Rouge. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1166 "2023-05-09T02:06:11Z")
ninja’d ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1167 "2023-05-09T02:12:01Z")
I beat you to the bang. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1168 "2023-05-09T02:13:37Z")
I yield to your superior posting finger. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1169 "2023-05-09T02:27:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > So, let me get this straight. The kids were just playing in his yard. They damaged nothing, vandalized nothing, took nothing, and harmed no-one. But, of course, that, in his mind, justified **shooting a 14-year old girl in the back of the head**. - Even worse, a large percentage of the comments are _taking his side._ It appears that just trespassing warrants an immediate execution even when there’s no threat. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1170 "2023-05-09T02:29:23Z")
Apparently shooting first, and asking questions later, is totally cool with many. Is that how these people hunt for deer or ducks? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1171 "2023-05-09T02:33:05Z")
I’m no longer convinced they’re hunting for deer or ducks. Those poor critters are simply collateral damage for the adrenaline rush of firing a weapon. Or–and it’s a horrible consideration–they’re collateral damage for practicing hunting humans. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1172 "2023-05-09T02:33:26Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Apparently shooting first, and asking questions later, is totally cool with many. Is that how these people hunt for deer or ducks? Deer and ducks don’t answer anyways. - Halloween is going to be a bloodbath. Masked intruders, going door to door, demanding tribute and threatening vandalism. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1173 "2023-05-09T02:39:37Z")
And, worse yet, \*ringing doorbells". ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1174 "2023-05-09T02:46:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > just trespassing I don’t know about La. but in Va. you are not even legally trespassing unless you have been told orally or by signage that you are not permitted on the property. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1175 "2023-05-09T03:40:38Z")
I did some math and concluded that this year, so far, you have about a 1 in 410,000 chance of being shot to death by a random stranger seeking to shoot some people to death. [data](https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1176 "2023-05-09T03:54:36Z")
David V. Doyle. I find it ironic his name sounds like a court case. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1177 "2023-05-09T05:08:01Z")
Y’all remember [the Michigan State University shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Michigan_State_University_shooting) a measly three months ago? I just got [this in my twitter feed](https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1655537818481852418?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email): > James Harden gives John Hao his shoes after hitting the game-winner in Game 4 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1178 "2023-05-09T10:56:08Z")
Remember when (mostly) conservatives were complaining that kids spend too much indoors on electronics, instead of outside playing like when they were young? Things like this should certainly encourage kids and their parents to put down the tablet. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1179 "2023-05-09T13:27:18Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Remember when (mostly) conservatives Remember when conservatives were supposedly “tough” and not scared little babies that shoot at shadows or god forbid, someone ringing their doorbell? Conservative = COWARD ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1180 "2023-05-09T15:12:34Z")
And yet they say WE are the fragile snowflakes for suing or writing letters to the editor. But yeah what they mean by “being tough” is that they feel they are entitled to be _feared_ and to have things their way by _force_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=60)