# 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:** 98
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1941 "2025-09-01T12:30:20Z")
> “Hard to believe two, so-called friends, would take turns shooting at each other wearing a kevlar helmet, inside a house in a residential neighborhood, while using a rifle,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote. “I mean, this is Texas, not Florida!” OTOH Houston having notoriously loose-to-nonexistent zoning, they may have self-declared the house an indoor range. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1942 "2025-09-01T12:35:11Z")
I liked this part, > It was not clear eactly why he died while wearing the helmet, though the headwear is not supposed to provide 100% protection. Yes, clearly he should be less than 100% dead. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1943 "2025-09-01T17:01:31Z")
My local TV station’s FB page has the story, and a lot of people are blaming the victim. A common response is “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”. Apparently, people think that ringing a doorbell is a capital offense. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1944 "2025-09-01T17:36:18Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > The next article on that page is also pretty stupid gun news: > > [Two friends agree to shoot each other in head while wearing kevlar helmets — and one now charged with murder](https://www.aol.com/two-friends-agree-shoot-other-014319526.html) I would charge it as assisted suicide. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1945 "2025-09-02T22:27:24Z")
The part I liked was where it said they were doing this _inside the house_. That demands a special sort of teh crazy – a deaf-wish, if you will. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1946 "2025-09-03T01:09:26Z")
It may have taken a few days, but they did arrest the shooter of the 11 year old and charge him with murder. > **[Man charged with murder after a ‘ding dong ditch’ shooting leaves an...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/us/houston-ding-dong-ditch-shooting-arrest)** > > A Houston man is accused of killing an 11-year-old boy after a “ding dong ditch” prank Saturday – the latest example of a trend that has left children dead. > The shooting did not seem to involve self-defense because the shooting “wasn’t close to the house,” Houston police homicide Sgt. Michael Cass said, according to CNN affiliate KHOU. > > The autopsy report indicates the boy was at least 20 feet away when he was shot — far enough not to be a threat, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told CNN. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1947 "2025-09-03T04:40:16Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > It may have taken a few days, but they did arrest the shooter of the 11 year old and charge him with murder. [That jackass thinks he’s Burt Gummer.](https://www.aol.com/man-charged-murder-door-knock-131717728.html) > Cass said a search warrant was served on the home, and a significant number of weapons were found inside the house. It was only a matter of time before he killed someone. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1948 "2025-09-03T04:45:13Z")
The math on this one bothers me. The kid rang the doorbell and started to run away. He was twenty feet away from the house when the man shot him. Twenty feet might take two seconds to cover. Reacting to the doorbell takes at least a second, if you are just hanging out in your house, then at least another second to get to the door and open it.        Those numbers sound like the homeowner was aware of the kid’s approach before he got to the door. The door would have been closed (no one would ring the bell of an open door in that game). It sounds a lot like the homeowner was shooting from a window or something. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1949 "2025-09-03T21:46:34Z")
He was waiting in the shadows outside his house. > Houston ‘ding-dong-ditch’ shooting suspect ‘waited’ for children to return; charges to be upgraded, D.A. says > **[Houston 'ding-dong-ditch' shooting suspect 'waited' for children to return;...](https://www.google.com/share.google?q=XhuLbwQKLgBDKd4hp)** > > A murder charge will likely be upgraded to capital murder for the man accused of fatally shooting an 11-year-old boy who had been playing "ding-dong-ditch" outside his east Houston home, according to Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1950 "2025-09-04T06:04:00Z")
This is no longer a stupid gun news of the day story, but rather an evil MFer in the news story. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1951 "2025-09-04T09:18:57Z")
“Play stupid games, go to jail for life as a child murderer.” ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1952 "2025-09-04T11:51:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > He was waiting in the shadows outside his house. > > > Houston ‘ding-dong-ditch’ shooting suspect ‘waited’ for children to return; charges to be upgraded, D.A. says > > [Houston 'ding-dong-ditch' shooting suspect 'waited' for children to return; charges to be upgraded, D.A. says | FOX 26 Houston](https://share.google/XhuLbwQKLgBDKd4hp) I have no doubt the ACLU and the NRA will come galloping to his rescue. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1953 "2025-09-19T20:44:57Z")
I have no idea what stake the ACLU would have in this. I cannot recall their ever having defended a cold-blooded child murderer. The NRA has been characteristically silent about any gun deaths, except for their utterly self-satirical response to the Sandy Hook mass murder. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1954 "2025-09-21T17:03:53Z")
Yeah. If the police or the prosecution screw up this case somehow, the ACLU might get involved, but there’s no sign of that yet, is there? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1955 "2025-09-23T13:23:57Z")
A student in a Lansing school was concerned (perceived a threat), so he [took away](https://www.wilx.com/2025/09/19/lansing-parent-frustrated-after-her-son-is-expelled-disarming-classmate/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark) another student’s gun, took it apart and threw away the bullets. It is wrong to fuck with someone else’s property, especially holy firearms, so naturally the offending student has been expelled. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1956 "2025-09-23T14:33:15Z")
I picture the kid doing an Elliot Spencer in Leverage - taking the gun and in three seconds completely disassembling it. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1957 "2025-09-23T17:19:42Z")
The article is strangely silent on what happened to the kid who brought a loaded gun to school. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1958 "2025-09-23T17:27:37Z")
They probably know better than to try to crack that can of worms open. They can only lose any arguments regarding gun deaths when they advocate against any gun control policies whatsoever. And that’s coming from someone who vigorously supports gun ownership and gun safety. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1959 "2025-09-23T23:18:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I picture the kid doing an Elliot Spencer in Leverage - taking the gun and in three seconds completely disassembling it. _Just because I don’t like guns doesn’t mean I don’t know how to use them_. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1960 "2025-10-20T16:55:51Z")
> **[Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can...](https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-marijuana-guns-e86c342bf248c7822722ad027980b72b)** > > The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights. Beer, whiskey, blindness, all fine, but pot-heads? Never! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428.md?page=99)