# 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:** 66
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1301 "2023-07-05T10:12:05Z")
All of which are Totally Responsible Gun Owner moves. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1302 "2023-07-05T14:30:51Z")
But did he take the canoli? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1303 "2023-07-05T21:01:01Z")
\< Artist’s conception of dinner that night. \> https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppjyB2MpxBU&ab\_channel=Movieclips ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1304 "2023-07-06T15:36:52Z")
> **[Boy, 7, shot and killed during Florida jet ski dispute; grandfather wounded...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-shot-dead-tampa-florida-jet-ski-dispute-grandfather-wounded/)** > > An argument over jet skies ended with a 7-year-old boy dead and his grandfather injured in Tampa, Florida. One group complained the others were riding their jet skis recklessly near children. Shots were exchanged. Grandpa tried to protect the boy by pulling him into the truck. The truck was not adequately armored. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1305 "2023-07-06T16:16:31Z")
Fortunately, Florida lawmakers have addressed the issue. > [@](#): > > Just days before the shooting, a new law went into effect in Florida allowing people to [carry guns without a concealed weapons permit](https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/floridas-new-permitless-carry-law-goes-into-effect-this-weekend/). ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1306 "2023-07-06T16:52:36Z")
“an armed society is a polite society” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1307 "2023-07-06T17:52:23Z")
What does the “retired” column count? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1308 "2023-07-06T18:39:57Z")
people not going home tonight (deaths) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1309 "2023-07-06T19:22:45Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > What does the “retired” column count? Means the poster is a Blade Runner. No one is killed, they are retired. (Sure I know the lingo. Every good cop does.) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1310 "2023-07-06T23:39:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Means the poster is a Blade Runner. But, human or replicant? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1311 "2023-07-07T01:49:35Z")
Ask him about his mother. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1312 "2023-07-07T07:17:31Z")
Do replicants have belly buttons? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1313 "2023-07-07T07:50:06Z")
Do androids dream via electric sleep? ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1314 "2023-07-19T12:52:52Z")
3 year shoots and kills 1 year old sibling. Not even going to joke about this one. Lock up your guns if you must have them and don’t be a dumbshit like these parents. > **[California toddler kills 1-year-old sister with handgun found in home, police...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-diego-toddler-shoots-kills-1-year-old-sister-with-unsecured-handgun/)** > > Deputies arrived and confirmed a 3-year-old got ahold of an unsecured handgun and accidentally shot their 1-year-old sister, according to the sheriff's department. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1315 "2023-07-19T14:29:21Z")
> It is not clear if any adults were in the home at the time of the shooting. That’s a bit confusing. Who called the police? I wonder if there will be criminal charges for the parents. Even without considering the shooting, leaving those children at home alone would be negligence in itself. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1316 "2023-07-19T15:50:58Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Even without considering the shooting, leaving those children at home alone would be negligence in itself. Hey, the 3 year old was armed, so could drive off any one breaking in. Too bad the baby got caught in the line of fire, but it’s hard to teach toddlers to check for a clear line of fire. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1317 "2023-07-19T18:19:23Z")
Figuratively meets reality. > **[Blaze editor who tweeted 'shoot guns and watch college football' in 2023...](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/blaze-editor-shoots-self-foot/)** > > An editor at the Blaze said she shot herself in the foot after tweeting that in 2023 she was going to shoot guns and watch college football. Haw, haw! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1318 "2023-07-19T20:15:40Z")
“_Accidentally_” yeah, knock that shit off, CBS ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1319 "2023-07-19T20:38:41Z")
Excellent point! I’m sure the responsible gun owners also “accidentally” didn’t secure the killing device. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1320 "2023-07-19T21:40:21Z")
Well, it was an accident as opposed to being on purpose, but it was _not_ an accident as in “nobody is at fault, these things just happen.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=67)