# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1901 "2025-04-21T14:29:34Z")
I guess when you’ve reached his age and you’re managing a Mister Car Wash, you’ve got to show you’re tougher than _someone_. ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1902 "2025-04-21T14:48:39Z")
> [@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. Not everyone. Only the unfamiliar black people. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1903 "2025-04-21T14:54:49Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > … 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 But do they even then? The fucking media uses “accidentally” when that two-year-old shoots the 6-month-old to death, when “accident” is _never_ the right word for careless gun management. > [@carlb](#): > > 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.        3. _I’m special, those signs are not meant for_ **me**. ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1904 "2025-04-21T16:01:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Not everyone. Only the unfamiliar black people. Only the unfamiliar Black seven-year-olds. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1905 "2025-04-21T17:56:26Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Only the unfamiliar Black seven-year-olds That’s because seven year-olds become twelve year-olds, the meanest people in the world: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QtUSSLMAUF0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Meanest Type of Person - Ron Funches") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtUSSLMAUF0) ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1906 "2025-04-23T01:25:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But do they even then? The fucking media uses “accidentally” when that two-year-old shoots the 6-month-old to death, when “accident” is _never_ the right word for careless gun management. Saw a Twitter post where some guy was explaining that if you teach your kids proper gun safety, you can safely leave your loaded firearm on the kitchen counter. You’d assume that this gentleman was a redneck, but his skin complexion was such that he’d best hope no LEO sees his kitchen counter through a window while knocking on his door. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1907 "2025-04-23T01:39:30Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > You’d assume that this gentleman was a redneck, but … Stupid is ethnically agnostic. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1908 "2025-04-23T06:36:01Z")
So what happens if your child has a friend over? One who has not had the instruction in gun safety? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1909 "2025-04-23T07:12:49Z")
Yeah, my only interest in teaching my kids about guns is how to dissasemble one safely. Neither my ex-wife or I allow guns, replica or not, with the exception of the large water guns.(Super Soaker etc). And they are not even going to learn how to dissassemble one until they are old enough to even touch one… quite a few years time still. No way I am paying for shooting lessons, but I can teach them to “field strip” a few varieties to teach them how to make a gun really, really safe, ie inoperable. In those I am not familiar with, I could work out how to drop the mag (and empty it).and check the chamber at the very least. I’m not at all anti-gun, but living in a country awash with both legal and illegal guns of all types (nearby civil wars in the 70s/80s, lax prosecution, high crime rate) I am pretty much forced to teach them gun safety, if not gun skills. If they go on in their late teens to learn to shoot, fine. I just don’t want them to shoot another person, by mistake or on pupose. But I do want to teach them how to make sure no kid their age can shoot them by mistake, if they or their friends find a gun in some random parent’s house. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1910 "2025-04-23T12:56:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So what happens if your child has a friend over? One who has not had the instruction in gun safety? Well, I’m not certain he’d allow his children to socialize with anti-gunners, but could implement an intense training course for any visitors. ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1911 "2025-04-23T13:18:59Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Saw a Twitter post where some guy was explaining that if you teach your kids proper gun safety, you can safely leave your loaded firearm on the kitchen counter. If you teach your kids proper gun safety, they’ll tell you off for leaving a loaded firearm on the kitchen counter. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1912 "2025-05-07T20:16:15Z")
> **[Once Again, We're Begging You Not To Shoot Lost Drivers Simply Turning Around...](https://www.jalopnik.com/1853111/doordash-driver-shot-by-highway-superintendent/)** > > State Police arrested New York highway superintendent John J. Reilly for allegedly shooting a lost DoorDash driver who had simply been looking for directions. I mean if you deal in guns, you should use them, right? RIGHT? “The release also notes that, in addition to being the Town of Chester Highway Superintendent, Reilly is also a federally licensed firearms dealer.” ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1913 "2025-05-07T22:06:42Z")
We have had people on this message board with that viewpoint. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1914 "2025-05-08T20:26:17Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Reilly is also a **federally licensed firearms dealer**. > Reilly now faces three felonies, including first-degree assault, **criminal possession of a weapon** and **criminal possession of a firearm**. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1915 "2025-05-08T21:07:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Huh? Maybe he was only licensed to hold firearms in his store, and not at home? ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1916 "2025-05-16T01:40:03Z")
> A Texas mother has been arrested and charged for allegedly buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son’s planned “mass targeted violence” at his middle school, officials said. > **[Mother allegedly buys ammunition, tactical gear for son's planned 'mass...](https://abc7.com/post/texas-mother-buys-ammunition-tactical-gear-sons-planned-mass-targeted-violence-officials-say/16415981/)** > > A mother was arrested and charged for allegedly buying ammunition, tactical gear for her son's planned "mass targeted violence" at his middle school, officials said. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1917 "2025-05-16T06:35:18Z")
Finally, a parent who takes an interest in her child’s hobbies - who’s involved in his life. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1918 "2025-05-16T12:30:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Huh? I think I remember from my Grand Jury stint that you can be charged with criminal possession of a firearm if you use the firearm for criminal purposes, such as first degree assault. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1919 "2025-06-02T16:44:05Z")
Jonathan “John Redcorn” Joss shot & killed after argument with neighbor. > **[Jonathan Joss, ‘King of the Hill’ Actor Who Voiced John Redcorn, Dies in...](https://variety.com/2025/tv/obituaries-people-news/jonathan-joss-dead-king-of-the-hill-shooting-1236415703/)** > > Jonathan Joss, 'King of the Hill' actor, dies in a shooting at 59 > San Antonio officers were dispatched to a shooting in progress at a home on Sunday night around 7 p.m. When they arrived at the scene, they found Joss near the road after he was shot multiple times. The officers attempted life-saving measures until medics arrived, but Joss was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter fled in a vehicle but was detained by officers a block away and booked for murder. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1920 "2025-06-03T04:00:11Z")
Oh, geez, that’s tragic. Per his husband, they’d been terribly harassed and threatened over their homosexuality. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=97)