# 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:** 95
**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 16, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1881 "2025-04-16T22:24:36Z")
Oh, I dunno. Use a .44 and get the shot off right into an eye… I’m sure all those open carry folks practice daily and have achieved superb marksmanship levels, right? /s ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1882 "2025-04-16T22:59:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It sounds like that parent is going to be incarcerated and in that case, how does she expect to homeschool her child? You never saw _Orange Is the New Black_? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1883 "2025-04-16T23:17:48Z")
Nope. ---
**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 17, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1884 "2025-04-17T00:35:22Z")
Two of the prisoners in that show are mother and daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1885 "2025-04-17T00:44:05Z")
She’s probably one of those “homeschoolers” who won’t actually put in the work, but just wants to make sure that her kid doesn’t get an actual education. You can uneducate a kid just as well in prison as you can at home. Sadly, there’s almost no oversight to prevent this sort of thing, and the only way anyone ever finds out about it is when things go horribly wrong, so we don’t even know how common this is. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1886 "2025-04-17T02:03:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > so we don’t even know how common this is. Look at social media. Anyone talking seriously about chemtrails is most likely home schooled. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1887 "2025-04-17T02:53:35Z")
Hah! The only person I know in real life who bangs on about chemtrails on social media is a physics teacher with a PhD. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1888 "2025-04-17T10:40:56Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > People like this is why there’s (legitimate) doubt about the existence of “responsible” gun owners. We do exist, I promise, but the nutjobs shout us out, get the news, and make a mockery of their _responsibilities_ while always shouting about their “rights”. It’s supposed to be both dammit. I agree. I know plenty of responsible gun owners who take proper care to secure and maintain their weapons and who do not constantly wave them about in a stupidly performative manner. Because they’re not insecure dickheads. The noisy irresponsible ones? Yeah, they’re bad. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1889 "2025-04-17T11:28:05Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > People like this is why there’s (legitimate) doubt about the existence of “responsible” gun owners. I have known truly responsible gun owners. The problem is that the irresponsible gun owners _think_ they’re responsible, right up until their two-year-old shoots their four-year-old, the gun “goes off” in their purse, or they brandish when someone has over 10 items in the express lane. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1890 "2025-04-17T11:35:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I’m sure all those open carry folks practice daily and have achieved superb marksmanship levels, right? They do have a remarkable talent in hitting the wrong person. Draw, squeeze, assess. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1891 "2025-04-17T12:30:53Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Hah! The only person I know in real life who bangs on about chemtrails on social media is a physics teacher with a PhD. A friend of mine is a physics PhD who was homeschooled, too. But his parents were among the responsible ones, who made sure he got a well-rounded education, and he isn’t into any sort of nuttery. Homeschooling can work. Some homeschooling parents are responsible. We just don’t know which ones or how many, because of the lack of oversight. ---
**Author:** ![IkesAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ikesacolyte/32/19012_2.png) [@IkesAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IkesAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1892 "2025-04-17T15:20:24Z")
This is the real truth: bad gun owners are the loud minority, or atleast loud large subsect. Most lock their guns and ammo in a safe and have proper trigger locks on any firearms that aren’t in a safe. There are reasons to carry a firearm in your car or even potentially on your person, but that in no way means you don’t have a responsibility to properly secure that weapon. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1893 "2025-04-17T16:10:33Z")
Whenever we fly and we see the signs at the airport reminding travelers that they can’t bring firearms with them through the security screening, we always discuss the people at whom the signs are aimed. I figure they fall into one (or both) of two buckets: 1. Firearm owners who don’t realize that they are not allowed to carry on board the aircraft, or, 2. Firearm owners who completely forget that they’re packing. I’m not sure which ones I find more disturbing. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1894 "2025-04-17T16:14:51Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > I’m not sure which ones I find more disturbing. - Both. Neither one should be allowed to own firearms. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1895 "2025-04-17T18:47:04Z")
Very minor comment that’s probably not needed for the Pit, but I want to make a tiny alteration to the above. If the situation arises, there should be a legal mechanism that’s actually _enforced_ to remove their right to own weapons with due process of law. I know that there would be efforts to draw the line differently (One and done, three strikes you’re out, etc.) but this is a really terrifying public risk to just get off with such a simple excuse. The reason for the alteration is that far to many of the idjits I mention look at comments like @running_coach (and I have nothing but respect for them) and scream the same BS I ranted about before “You’re taking my RIGHTS!” while ignoring how badly they’d flubbed their responsibilities. Due process makes the case for balancing both. Enough of the respectable talk in the pit. “I have had it with these motherfucking ~~snakes~~ guns on this motherfucking ~~plane~~ airport!” ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1896 "2025-04-21T06:15:14Z")
This involves the threat of using a gun. On a 7 year old for ringing the doorbell. > **['Lucky We Weren't Home': Florida Man Fantasizes About Shooting Small Black...](https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/04/18/florida-man-fantasizes-about-shooting-small-black-girl/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1745018224)** > > A Florida man's disturbing Facebook post has sparked widespread outrage online after he shared an image from a doorbell camera of a little Black girl and > Before deactivating his account entirely, Chambers deleted his post and later stated his case, alleging the girl was acting as a “decoy” for an attempted break-in at his home without sharing evidence to support the accusation. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1897 "2025-04-21T13:21:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > alleging the girl was acting as a “decoy” for an attempted break-in at his home without sharing evidence to support the accusation Always, always the excuse of a paranoid panic that the everyone unfamiliar at the door is a potential attack to be repelled by deadly force. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1898 "2025-04-21T13:40:26Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Always, always the excuse of a paranoid panic that the everyone unfamiliar at the door is a potential attack to be repelled by deadly force. You’ve just described every fifth post on Nextdoor. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1899 "2025-04-21T14:25:31Z")
That article says his Facebook post said, “You’re lucky we weren’t home to shoot your a— dumb b—.” What words are being obscured here? Ass? Bitch? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1900 "2025-04-21T14:26:56Z")
That’s my guess, nothing else fits. ETA; And add that attitude as a disqualification to ever owning a firearm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=96)