# 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:** 80
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1581 "2024-01-06T17:47:07Z")
Poe’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1582 "2024-01-06T21:58:37Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > 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. Don’t they know they have more important things to think about? Trump didn’t spend all this time in fucking Iowa to let some dead kids screw things up for him. Focus people! ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1583 "2024-01-07T12:28:05Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Don’t they know they have more important things to think about? Trump didn’t spend all this time in fucking Iowa to let some dead kids screw things up for him. Focus people! Yeah! He doesn’t like kids who die. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1584 "2024-01-07T16:35:30Z")
‘I don’t like kids that can’t take a bullet.’ ~ DJT ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1585 "2024-01-10T06:53:35Z")
Another genius, responsible gun owner [dropped the concealed handgun he’d carried into a place of business](https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/video-police-seek-man-after-gun-goes-off-injuring-customer-at-durans-central-pharmacy/) that had prominently posted “no firearms” signs. The gun went off and shot another customer in the back of the head. Security video shows the guy jumping and looking shocked, then picking something up off the floor (presumably the gun) and tucking it away before strolling out. There’s no word yet on how the injured person is, and they haven’t made an arrest yet, but the security footage caught an excellent close-up of his face and a good view of the truck he drove off in. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1586 "2024-01-10T11:35:36Z")
So the gun went off on its own when it hit the floor? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1587 "2024-01-10T13:36:53Z")
Then the guy went off on his own to his truck (and out the door). ( I wonder what the [ringtone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssVj50ombaM) on his phone is?) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1588 "2024-01-10T13:46:30Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > There’s no word yet on how the injured person is, and they haven’t made an arrest yet, but the security footage caught an excellent close-up of his face and a good view of the truck he drove off in. - > **[Police search for man after shooting at Duran's in Albuquerque](https://www.koat.com/article/duran-s-pharmacy-shooting-suspect-accidental/46333311)** > > "If you take a loaded or unloaded firearm into a liquor establishment, or a restaurant, that has a full liquor license, that's a 4th degree felony," KOAT legal expert John Day said. > One person was struck by gunfire and transported to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The bullet pierced toward the right side of his head, with bullet fragments left underneath his scalp. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1589 "2024-01-10T14:45:14Z")
Guns don’t shoot people. Floors shoot people. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1590 "2024-01-10T15:06:15Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Guns don’t shoot people. Floors shoot people. - Don’t blame floors. Blame gravity. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1591 "2024-01-10T21:05:25Z")
I’m down with that. ---
**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 11, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1592 "2024-01-11T23:28:20Z")
TSA seized an average of 18 firearms per day from boarding passengers in 2023 — 93% of which which were loaded. > **[TSA found record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2023. Most were...](https://www.npr.org/2024/01/11/1224213842/tsa-finds-record-number-of-firearms-gun-ownership)** > > The number of firearms found at airport security checkpoints has reached an all-time high. Agency officials said the No. 1 reason passengers give is that they forgot they were carrying them. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1593 "2024-01-11T23:41:49Z")
I would like to know how many were actually arrested. They said they refer them to local law enforcement but it seems to me that attempting to get a loaded gun onto a commercial plane should be a federal offense. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1594 "2024-01-11T23:49:52Z")
‘Of course it’s loaded! What good would an unloaded pistol be if some idiot came on the plane with a loaded gun?’ ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1595 "2024-01-12T02:50:24Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > They said they refer them to local law enforcement but it seems to me that attempting to get a loaded gun onto a commercial plane should be a federal offense. Excellent point. From a [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2022/11/01/52-million-tsa-fines-loaded-guns-airport/?sh=716f2bed6019) article from 2022: > “In New York, somebody brings a firearm to a checkpoint, they’re going to get a perp walk out of the airport in handcuffs,” said the TSA official. “In a more permissive gun state, that’s not going to be the case. Local law enforcement may tell the traveler, ‘Hey, go lock that thing up in your vehicle and then come back and go through security again.’” ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1596 "2024-01-12T03:23:58Z")
It’s a felony in Texas, but only if you intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses a firearm when going into a secured area of an airport. “I forgot” is an ironclad defense. > **[Unlawful Carry of Weapon in Prohibited Place | Airport Gun Cases \[2022\]](https://versustexas.com/blog/unlawful-carry-at-an-airport/#:~:text=In%20the%20state%20of%20Texas,to%20carry%20a%20concealed%20handgun)** > > What happens if you bring accidentally bring gun into an airport in Texas? Here's what you need to know about airport gun cases - Unlawful Carry of Weapon (UCW). ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1597 "2024-01-12T03:56:54Z")
How long would you put up with being continuously walked on by everyone before you snapped? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1598 "2024-01-12T04:24:58Z")
Don’t tread on me! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1599 "2024-01-12T10:39:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > “I forgot” is an ironclad defense. [Steve Martin agrees](https://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77imono.phtml): > [@](#): > > **You**.. can be a millionaire.. and **never** pay taxes! **You** can be a millionaire.. and **never** pay taxes! You say.. “Steve.. how can _I_ be a millionaire.. and **never** pay taxes?” First.. get a million dollars. Now.. you say, “Steve.. what do I say to the tax man when he comes to my door and says, ‘ **You**.. have **never** paid taxes’?” **Two** simple words. Two simple words in the English language: “I forgot!” How many times do we let ourselves get into terrible situations because we **don’t** say “I forgot”? Let’s say you’re on trial for armed robbery. You say to the judge, “I forgot armed robbery was illegal.” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1600 "2024-01-12T13:23:45Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > ‘Of course it’s loaded! What good would an unloaded pistol be if some idiot came on the plane with a loaded gun?’ Funny, but I was hoping to save [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXevnoAciY) for when Rump was fully kicked off the ballot and/or jailed… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=81)