# 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:** 79
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1561 "2023-12-12T11:33:28Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Would governments be willing to pay, I dunno, $10 per gun to have them destroyed? You’re not wrong and I get your POV. Could the individual pay a “$10 disposal fee” at the time of the donation so all the parts would be destroyed? ( Don’t oil change places charge something like that for the proper disposal of used oil? ) … anything to keep parts and “kits” out of the hands of the next “Howdy Doody” Rittenhouse murder moron… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1562 "2023-12-12T12:44:44Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I get your POV Just to be clear, I am explaining the _de facto_ economics, not saying I think it’s a great idea. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1563 "2023-12-15T02:12:07Z")
[Toddler dies from self-inflicted gunshot](https://www.aol.com/news/michigan-man-charged-toddler-fatally-042357626.html) > **Michigan man charged after toddler fatally shoots self with his gun, prosecutors say** > > A Michigan man has been charged with illegally possessing the handgun that a 2-year-old used to fatally shoot himself in a car, as well as with the subsequent burning of the vehicle, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. > > A grand jury returned an indictment against Avis Damone Coward for counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, conspiracy to tamper with evidence and tampering with evidence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said. > > The child shot himself while the vehicle he was in was parked at a Lansing gas station on Oct. 24, the prosecutor’s office said. If you can stomach it, there’s more at the link. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1564 "2023-12-15T13:40:23Z")
I will not follow the link, but were those all the charges? Nothing about reckless endangerment or endangering the welfare of a child by leaving a gun around? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1565 "2023-12-15T17:25:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > If you can stomach it, there’s more at the link. This is quite the combination of surname and sentences in the story. > Coward handed off the child to someone else, who took the boy into the gas station, the U.S. attorney’s office [said in a statement](https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2023_1213_Avis_Coward_Indictment). Then, Coward picked up his gun, used his fist to break the window where the bullet had exited and drove away, the office said. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1566 "2023-12-26T22:44:34Z")
Dispute over Christmas gifts ends with brother shooting brother who shot sister. > **[Florida woman killed by brother, who was then shot by sibling, during fight...](https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-woman-killed-brother-then-shot-sibling-during-fight-christmas-gifts-sheriff-says)** > > Abrielle Baldwin, 23, was shot and killed by her teenage brother while she had her 10-month-old son in a carrier, Pinellas County authorities said ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1567 "2023-12-26T23:33:25Z")
Just one more (good) guy with a gun there, and this all could have been prevented. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1568 "2023-12-27T02:32:35Z")
If only it had a high capacity magazine. It could have been fun for the whole family…! /s ---
**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:** [January 4, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1569 "2024-01-04T19:00:35Z")
…and here we go again: first day of new semester, right before opening bell. > **[LIVE UPDATES: Police confirm shooting at Perry High School](https://www.kcci.com/article/perry-high-school-shooting-iowa/46284615)** > > Police in Perry, Iowa, say there was a shooting at the city's high school Thursday morning, the first day back for students after winter break. Goddammit… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1570 "2024-01-05T00:39:17Z")
Current reports say a sixth grader was killed, and several others wounded. The shooter, a 17 year old, is also dead. Hopefully he hadn’t sired any kids himself. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1571 "2024-01-05T19:32:40Z")
Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead: [**Wayne LaPierre resigns as CEO of NRA**](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/us/wayne-lapierre-nra-resigns/index.html) Nothing left to do but defend yourself against corruption charges from Letitia James! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1572 "2024-01-05T19:43:49Z")
From what I’ve read, the corruption was pretty blatant (for example, spending nearly $40,000 of NRA money at a Beverly Hills Zegna store). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1573 "2024-01-05T20:58:44Z")
I’m of two minds here: 1) good; he’s a soulless bastard and B) like I give a shit if he bilked a bunch of toothless rednecks. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1574 "2024-01-05T21:40:59Z")
Also, all of the money he stole (and the hundred million or so that the NRA spent on defense lawyers) means that much less money going to fight reasonable gun laws. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1575 "2024-01-06T08:35:13Z")
Did this appear yet? Dusty Hawckert, GOP state senator for South Dakota gave his son an AR-15 for Xmas. His son is six. It went exactly as could be predicted, and his son shot him in the foot. Merry Xmas! > ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1576 "2024-01-06T10:36:30Z")
I think that’s a satire page. I can find no confirmation that such a person exists. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1577 "2024-01-06T10:45:52Z")
Doh. You may be right. Apologies to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1578 "2024-01-06T13:41:44Z")
Hopefully, those Iowans aren’t still thinking about that shooting. As Trump [said](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-perry-school-shooting/), they need to get over that. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1579 "2024-01-06T14:32:18Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Did this appear yet? > > Dusty Hawckert, GOP state senator for South Dakota gave his son an AR-15 for Xmas. > > His son is six. It went exactly as could be predicted, and his son shot him in the foot. Merry Xmas! > > [https://twitter.com/HalfwayPost/status/1741509318707405229](https://twitter.com/HalfwayPost/status/1741509318707405229) Ah, a brain shot! Fortunately Hackwit felt no pain… Dan ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1580 "2024-01-06T14:34:36Z")
Ooops, perhaps should of read further - however, the sentiment was heartfelt. Dan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=80)