Because you can't fix stupid !!! Part deux

And it now seems that just open carrying where it's legal isn't good enough. This asswipe also loaded and racked his weapon while IN the Walmart.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/23/1395813/-Mississippi-Police-Chief-comes...

Gun enthusiasts are going to screw things up for themselves and then blame government over reach. NO...any asshat can have a gun and currently they can act stupid with them where ever they please. Unless the place is posted which puts the owner or manager of the place posted in direct line of responsibility if someone brings in a gun.
Stephen King did say something I agree with........unless gun owners are addressing this type of BS, they are not being responsible regarding guns.

http://news.yahoo.com/gov-walker-end-decades-old-waiting-period-handguns-1642422...

Way to go Walker....cause why should a man have to wait for anything ? Really....when someone wants a gun they want a gun......waiting ? For someone else obviously. Stupid twit !!!

Another shooting in a movie theater, this one in Lafayette, LA: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/23/gunman-opens-fire-o...

He killed two young women and then himself.

Mass shootings will be a daily event soon.

>4 sturlington:
"Mass shootings will be a daily event soon."

Why not ? We accept this because in the 1700's a few men decided that gun's were a right. Although I believe they were thinking of the dinner table and the Red Coats. Poor old fools had no idea how used and abused their idea would become. How many would die because of their limited experience with weapons. How sad is this ? We suffer the fools and pay the price.

A Culture Clash Over Guns Infiltrates the Backcountry http://nyti.ms/1NfZFDA

"Gun groups say they have been shooting safely on public lands for decades, and that accidents are rare. They say they have the same rights to use America’s collective backyards as four-wheelers, mountain bikers or backpackers"

Of course they do. They are playing with their toys and though those toys are considered deadly, they have a right......a right which supersedes the rights of those who choose not to play with the GD things.

"Since Mr. Martin’s death, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has asked people who were in the area that day to allow their weapons to be tested, to see if they unknowingly fired the fatal shot. So far, investigators have tested five rifles, with none of them found to be the weapon in question. Mr. Martin’s daughter Carlie said they had complained about hearing gunshots when they arrived at the campsite, but they said forest officials reassured them the shooters were firing in the other direction.

“You keep on asking why,” she said. “One hundred ninety million acres of forest, and it has to hit Daddy?"

It hit Daddy because bullets tend to hit things....when they do, they wreck something or kill someone. That is what guns DO !!!!!

Keep playing boys........

http://www.mintpressnews.com/oath-keepers-to-arm-50-black-protesters-in-ferguson...

Oh Goodie ! This sounds like SUCH a good idea. Boneheads and idiots.

Those DAMN police better control themselves. Lose the military look and be super friendly....you know, all neighborly and helpful.

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/i-hurt-my-dad-the-tragic-moment-a-2-year-old-127...

http://news.yahoo.com/nra-sues-over-seattles-adoption-gun-violence-tax-181145804...

Speaks for itself as to the level of stupidity.

Another one bites the dust !!!!

https://gma.yahoo.com/tv-reporter-cameraman-killed-gunman-opens-fire-virginia-13...

Oh dear....we've graduated to live shootings......suppose the gunman thought it rather cool to be live ?

I know....I know. It wasn't the gun

Also should note that shooter most likely is former "disgruntled employee"

New mental health issue "disgruntlement"

Simply the price one pays for "freedom".

A selfie....he took a selfie while shooting three people. More news on his "profile" He is a former employee, had problems with job, has had problems in former jobs...doesn't get what he wants and blames other people.

Oh really ?

Should the minority do something that benefits the majority ? Given the effects this is having on statistics regarding the gun culture in America....why is it that the minority will NOT change ?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/manhunt-in-northern-illinois-after-a-police-off...

These recent shootings are all supposedly "good guys with guns" Why isn't this working folks ? The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun ? Hell no ! Guns are guns.....bad guy ......good guy ? It's a frickin crap shoot out there.

http://news.yahoo.com/texas-teen-fatally-shoots-himself-while-taking-selfie-1532...

We simply are not smart enough as a species to arm ourselves. End of story.

http://www.inquisitr.com/761618/potawatomi-shooting-woman-shot-on-casino-floor-i...

So the good guys with the guns were on the floor ???

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/8-homicides-in-one-day-the-latest-signs-of-chic...

Meanwhile, in the Antipodes,
http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/leyonhjelm-goes-to-bat-for-firearms-aga...

And back here we have a guy shooting someone because of a dropped can of beer spraying them.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/spilled-beer-leads-to-shooting-death-at-illinois...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/06/las-vegas-cops-shooting/718...

Do we really want a police state ? IMO, it is either give up some of the guns or we are all going to be paying for the ugly habits of the minority of gun owners.

http://www.scrippsmedia.com/tmj4/news/Researchers-Children-should-stay-off-tricy...

http://www.politifact.com/oregon/statements/2014/jun/27/brady-campaign-prevent-g...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EleKlj1B_eg

What the frick is the rush ??

And here we have a "good guy with a gun" having an epic fail.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/man-carjacked-witness-opens-fire-at-gas-statio...

Edited to add update. The "good guy" picked up the shell casings and fled. May not be all that good after all.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/texas-good-guy-with-a-gun-shoots-carjacking-vict...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-least-7-dead-20-hurt-oregon-shooting-1908347...

Some of us would close the government down to protect unborn, nonviable life while doing absolutely nothing about this.

136 School shootings since Sandy Hook.

Oregon recently made it lawful to conceal carry on campus.

What a joke......we are a joke. How the heck can we attack Ms Clinton for her email server when we can not protect our own citizens from each other ? Who cares what another country may or may not have seen ? We don't need another country to hurt us.....we are doing a fine job of that to ourselves. Sickening. Our lawmakers are sickening. Our culture sucks ! Rather have the finger on a trigger than give a rip about a life...unless of course it is a desperate woman making a heart breaking choice due to the absolute lack of support she finds in this society......at home or in her community.

Shameful !

http://fox6now.com/2015/10/01/breaking-all-schools-in-pewaukee-school-district-c...

We don't need to worry about out side "Terrorists". America has affectively cultured a society where we have grown our own. Have gun will travel !

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fan-reportedly-shot-head-following-031115487.html

At least the names of the teams were appropriate for the event !

And shades of George Zimmerman, putting himself in a situation he shouldn't have gotten into, here we have a man inside his house who hears a noise OUTSIDE at 4AM, grabs his gun, and goes to investigate. Sees a flash of light and someone at a "distance". Shoots the person who turns out to be his wife.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/texas-man-kills-wife-with-shotgun-blast-after-in...

>31 rastaphrog: That is a terrible, disgusting story. I think he should be charged with murder.

>32 southernbooklady: I agree, but it wouldn't surprise me very much if there were no charges at all, or at the most, some minor charge.

http://coed.com/2015/10/15/shooting-statistics-american-toddlers-one-shooting-pe...

Found this on Facebook. Some of the comments were priceless !

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/oh-my-god-i-just-shot-myself-newly-licensed-conc...

Idiot !! God, don't they EVER consider how utterly stupid this is ? It is beyond insane and boarders on some sort of cult mentality.

Guy "eyes" another guys girlfriend while shopping, gets shot after defending himself when the guy follows and attacks him.

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2015/10/24/top-utah-news-man-charged-shoot...

Everyone thinks that THEY are smart enough to carry and use guns. It's all those OTHER stupid people who make bad choices and get the liberals all riled up. If liberals would just be sensible and see that guns are perfectly safe and that a FEW people making bad choices shouldn't ruin it for all us smart sensibly folks, then everything would be fine. The LIBERAL media just needs to stop blowing these things out of proportion. Asking for stronger background checks and limits on magazine sizes would be EXTREME and CRAZY and definitely UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

_sarcasm_

Here's a double shot (pun intended) for ya all...

Woman in Colorado calls 911 about a man carrying a gun outside, gets lectured about open carry vs what happened in open carry Ohio with a black man and child (Tamir Rice)

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/colorado-man-goes-on-murderous-rampage-after-911...

Ted Cruz, darling of gun nuts and defender of the second amendment doesn't even know proper way to carry a shot gun.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-gun-cnn-interview--2

>38 rastaphrog: Woman in Colorado calls 911 about a man carrying a gun outside, gets lectured about open carry

That is insane.

"That is insane."

The entire situation is insane. This country is insane when it comes to guns. To interpret the 2nd Amendment, in the year 2015, in a manner that fit the 1700's, is insane. Tolerating the broken bodies of our children in the defense of something we do not need to survive, is insane. Justifying our selfish desire for power and control, to usurp the rights of others to live in a safe environment, is insane. The very idea that the more dangerous items squeezed into any given area, keeps us safer....is totally insane.

Saw a gun advocate post on Facebook: Why does anyone need an AR-15 with 30 rounds of ammo ?
Answer: Why does anyone need more than square of toilet paper ? Shit happens !

Yeah well.....a lot of shit would happen if you stuck that AR-15 up your ass !

Comparing guns to toilet paper may well have been unfortunate on their part since I do believe they should all use their guns instead of toilet paper and make the rest of this country a safer, saner place to live.

http://news.yahoo.com/several-shot-playground-during-party-parade-022430259.html

"At the end of the day it's really hard to police against a bunch of guys who decide to pull out guns and settle their disputes with 300 people in between them. That's just not something you can tolerate in the city," Landrieu said.

This could possibly been avoided if all 300 people had been armed ? Something wrong with this picture ?

This is a reality for police officers every single day. They are shooting first and asking questions later. Anyone think that perhaps our officers should be clairvoyant ? Lest they come up with the wrong conclusions regarding our gun loving, gun toting, gun shooting society ?

WE are past insanity......and we ALL pay for this shit. Whether we want to fondle guns or not.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-man-mississippi-waffle-house-kills-employee-1805236...

WTF ??? Oh Beautiful For Spacious Skies....For Amber Waves of Grain......Yadah Yadah Yadah

Another guy shot himself in the face.

Better his own face than someone else's. You want to play with guns have at it......you get hurt....oh well. Not always the case....sadly.

HEY! You can't park in front of my house!!!! *BANG!*

http://www.foxsanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/police-neighbor-s...

Londoners don't like people who go around firing shotguns:

http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-court/jailed_gunmen_who_opened_fire_at_...

I think this is about ten times what a Danish judge would have metered out, so I kind of feel sorry for them.

Apparently having to spend a night at a hotel in Cricklewood was not deemed punishment enough.

By the way, it is time to re-name the thread: With yet another gunner gunning himself down (#43) we have proof that the stupid being referred to in can indeed be fixed.

The news is reporting 20 people shot in an active shooter incident in San Bernardino. We seem to have hit an almost daily occurrence of these things in the US. What a country we live in.

http://ktla.com/2015/12/02/authorities-respond-to-20-victim-shooting-incident-in...

More collateral damage for those who have gun "rights". What the heck.....a few dead people aren't worth making any changes.

The San Bernardino shooting was in a Regional Center which is an organization set up by California is each region of the state to coordinate services for people who have been disabled from birth.

geez

>49 southernbooklady:

The woman at that station (journalist presumably?) calls Obama "Obama" (no "president...) and Hillary "Hillary", is that common? I don't recall such informality about Clinton and Bush.

>52 LolaWalser: depends on the context, I suppose, but I think "Clinton" and "Bush" were common enough during their terms.

In journalism? That's not my recollection.

Another journalist came on soon after she had spoken, saying "president Obama", which just emphasised how impolite she sounded.

Anyway...

http://mashable.com/2015/12/02/mass-shootings-in-america/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod...

Total sickness ! We are so screwed.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/02/shooting-death-womens-center-texas.html

Oh yes.....a very liberal site.....don't care Republicans are nuts with their guns ! Cruz spewing that most violent crimes are committed by Democrats......What ? So now we will have a bunch of armed Republicans going after unarmed Dem's....most of who, if they do own guns, don't feel the need to tote them along every where they go. What a cluster......

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-background-checks-gun-sales-peak-black-friday-01071708...

American reaction to extreme violence ! My country is disgusting.....many fellow citizens are mentally ill. They are running the show right now. Who wants an instrument of destruction after so much has happened ? Someone who is sick ! Lots of sick people.

Sorry for the rant.....saw this coming years ago......a run away train that seems to be acceptable to many. Sorry....it disgusts me.

There is a graphic that I can't get to reproduce correctly, so it's on this news page from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/us/california-mass-shooting-san-be...

most of the way down.

They are counting incidents where four or more people are shot in an incident.

"In 209 out of 336 days this year, at least one shooting left four or more people injured or dead in the United States, according to compilations of incidents derived from news reports."

Some days they stack up in multiples. Look at June and July.

22 times more likely to shoot yourself or someone else on accident or commit suicide with your gun than you are to ever use in actual self-defense...

https://gma.yahoo.com/affluenza-teen-may-had-head-start-avoiding-authorities-175...

Because it fit here ! If this little shit was "too spoiled" to know right from wrong than his parents should be in jail. He killed four people.

http://news.yahoo.com/2-dead-suspected-road-rage-shootings-oklahoma-131619488.ht...

From the article :

""Kent was bigger than life," Menge said in a telephone interview. "I don't remember ever seeing Kent without a big smile on his face. In everything he did, he was always smiling.

"Just a great, happy guy; great family man," she said."

Jesus H. Christ....what happens when a crabby guy has a gun ? Why the hell didn't one of the other driver's take him out ? It is Oklahoma for god's sake.....they have guns for breakfast.

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AlvllZEI.OJmvPGD0ynSsm.bvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arabic-calligraphy-shuts-schools_56737382e4b...

Too much lead in the water ? I agree that perhaps it was not a good choice of sentences to use in school (although how insecure are you as a parent ? Really....kids should know how Muslims feel about their faith) but neither is a trip to see Santa. Muslims are real....Santa is not. This stuff makes me dizzy !

>63 faceinbook: I agree that perhaps it was not a good choice of sentences to use in school (although how insecure are you as a parent ?

For some people faith is apparently a very fragile thing that would not survive a a stiff breeze much less reading a mantra from another religion.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/backlash-over-lesson-about-islam-leads-to-virginia-s...

It was a calligraphy lesson. I've read several articles. The school officials were more worried about the teachers and other school employees than the students. Threats poured into the administration.....some including "beheadings" What the heck ? Virginia all set to commit a jihad ?

From article :

"Kimberly Herndon, an Augusta County parent who organized the event, said she didn't want a false doctrine spoken in schools.

"She gave up the Lord's time," Herndon said of LaPorte. "She gave it up and gave it to Mohammed."

She is making a rather huge assumption ! What ever....perhaps the time is better spent with Mohammed since the Lord's message doesn't seem to be sinking in all that well.

Man gets gun cleaning kit as a gift. Starts cleaning gun, shoots niece.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/uncle-accidentally-shoots-2-year-old-niece-in-th...

Don't engage with others. Do not make eye contact with anyone. Refrain from pausing or stopping to involve yourself with anything that is not your personal task at hand. Sit in the last row at the theater. Forget relaxing in a National Park.....hike at your own risk. In most places within this country you may be perceived as a menace or a danger and you are at risk of being shot. 300,000,000 chances per day at any given time. FACT !

Welcome to the land of the free and the home of the brave.

http://www.wisn.com/news/man-43-killed-while-helping-motorist-stuck-in-snow/3716...

Happy New Year!! Let's just shoot off our guns to celebrate! Who cares if the bullets may hit someone?

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/tragedy-in-florida-as-9-year-old-girl-struck-by-...

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2016/01/01/pryor-okla.-cops-teen-shot-by-hom...

NOBODY is mentally healthy enough to have a gun at hand at all times. Nobody....we are ALL human. It is human to experience anger, fear, anxiety and act impulsively at times. NOT a good idea to always have a gun locked and loaded so as to deal with the rest of the world.

Let's add SOBER....to the above list. A gun and alcohol or any other mind altering drugs is not a healthy combination.

Obama op-ed in New York Times on gun violence

Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility http://nyti.ms/1ODli0L

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ohio-man-fatally-shoots-teen-son-he-mistook-for...

From article : "Referring to indications the boy had planned to skip school, Isaac said children should "tell the truth: make sure your parents know where you are, absolutely."

In other words children.....be sure to make your presence known in your home, no moving about when dad may not be aware of where abouts (wearing heavy shoes, coughing repeatedly and/or giving a shout out now and then may help).... most importantly.....do not lie...you could die. No playing hooky.....could be a death sentence.

Wonder how much the guy loves his gun today ?????

ANd two stories courtesy of the recent blizzard...

First, from my home state of NJ. Man finds shovel in front of neighbors house, starts using said shovel to clear the neighbors driveway. A woman appears and claims shovel is hers. He gives it to her. She leaves to return with others. He gets shot.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/nj-woman-shoots-man-who-was-using-her-shovel-to-...

And from Massachusetts, drunk man stuck behind plow starts shooting. No one hit in this instance.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/drunken-massachusetts-man-opens-fire-after-getti...

http://wislawjournal.com/2016/02/08/walker-signs-bill-legalizing-concealed-switc...

Just in case you can not get a gun permit......

Walker the moron !

http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-man-charged-with-firing-bowling-ba...

I think he won. Can we stop playing now ?

Hey! I've got guns! I'm gonna just shoot them off!

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/oregon-man-explains-shooting-spree-i-figured-id-...

The N.R.A. Reimagines Classic Fairy Tales, With Guns

(...) The group has published two of the updated tales on its N.R.A. Family website in recent months, entitled “Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun)” and “Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns).” The stories have outraged advocates of gun control, but their author, Amelia Hamilton, a conservative blogger, has called them lessons in gun safety. (...) It said the new versions are meant to make the Grimm brothers’ tales less grim.(...)

Hansel and Gretel got a similar treatment. The story began with them hunting in the woods, eventually bagging “a magnificent 10-point buck,” when they stumble upon a gingerbread cottage where two little boys were imprisoned by a witch.

The siblings climbed through the cottage’s windows and rescued the boys while the witch slept in the next room. As Hansel unlocked their cage, his sister “stood at the ready with her firearm just in case, for she was a better shot than her brother.” (...)

>79 LolaWalser: holy crap. Those are insane.

Kids TPing a house, a NEIGHBOR comes out with a gun and fires it, injuring one.

Firing a gun over TPing a house? And it's not even your house??

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/alabama-man-busted-for-shooting-16-year-old-boy-...

http://theintellectualist.co/churchgoer-shot-and-killed-at-sunday-service-in-dis...

Kids throw eggs at house, home owner shoots at them

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/oregon-nice-guy-opens-fire-on-pranksters-who-thr...

"Good guy with a gun" wannabe....

Shoplifters flee store, hop in van and speed off. GGWAGw speeds off after them. Catches up and shoots at van on busy street. Bad guys still get away (as far as I can tell.)

Multiple charges filed against GGWAGw

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/arizona-man-trying-to-be-a-hero-charged-after-op...

>79 LolaWalser:
I saw those despicable things.

Off the rails on the gun thing. The thing is that those of us who would rather NOT have
an armed society can not fix the problem. As a country we have let things go too far.....money talks and guns are money. Those who value their right to own a firearm are the people who need to come up with the solution to the insanity America is experiencing when it comes to gun violence. Thus far they have fallen back on parroting the NRA and loosening gun laws rather than making any common sense restrictions as to what type of guns are acceptable for the reasons they claim to own them and where or when those guns are appropriate to use.

I don't get it. Not sure what gun advocates are waiting for but ultimately, they will loose their rights.....perhaps all of them, where if they were serious about keeping the things, they may have to give a little to retain their freedom to own a weapon. Eventually wrong kid is going to get shot and all hell is going to come down on gun owners.

Man buys new gun. Is showing it off to his mom.

BANG!

Oops!!

Mom now in hospital with serious injuries.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/mississippi-man-accidentally-shoots-mom-in-face-...

>86 rastaphrog: But was she impressed?

And we've got ourselves a TRIPLE PLAY of gun craziness!!

Man gets in fight with wife, neighbor comes over to intercede. Man kills the neighbor and his wife.

http://myfox8.com/2016/06/21/florida-man-kills-wife-newlywed-neighbor/

They were on their way to "rescue" a teen supposedly being held by drug dealers. But, if they knew where she was, why not just call the police right away??

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/officials-group-arrested-with-weapons-ammo-in-hollan...

She wouldn't have sex with him, so he shot up her house. Luckily she wasn't at home.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/69-year-old-florida-man-riddles-womans-home-with...

Florida. Lejana y sola.

Florida.

Still, unless Afghan wife-beating traditions and Daesh factor in, it all don't mean a thing.

Mom let's two year old play with gun when it's unloaded. Toddler picks up same when it's loaded and shoots and kills brother.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/phoenix-toddler-shooting-wendy-lavarnia/

Wisconsin had a law regulating the age at which someone could hunt solo or with a "mentor". If a young person was hunting with a mentor, it also allowed only one weapon between the two. The state assembly has now passed a law removing those restrictions and it's now headed for the state senate. Of course the NRA is all for it.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/toddlers-can-hunt-with-guns-in-wisconsin-in-new...

Five toddlers in the US picked up loaded guns this weekend and shot themselves.

Police: Texas toddler dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44772682

Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration To Block 3D-Printed Guns
Vanessa Romo | July 30, 2018

...Defense Distributed announced it plans to make 3D gun blueprints — including a single-shot pistol called "The Liberator," an AR-15 lower receiver, and a complete Beretta M9 handgun — available (on its website) on Aug. 1, after reaching a settlement with the federal government.

...lawsuit against the State Department was filed in Seattle, Wash., federal court by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, along with New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.

Ferguson has asked the court for a nationwide temporary restraining order to bar the administration from lifting export-control restrictions, a decision he contends is an "about face" reversal from the department's previous position. And, he is seeking "to prevent Defense Distributed posting the downloadable guns online."

He also argues that the State Department's actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act, by neglecting to inform Congress of the changes, in addition to state's rights under the Tenth Amendment.

... (Ferguson:) "These downloadable guns are unregistered and very difficult to detect, even with metal detectors, and will be available to anyone regardless of age, mental health or criminal history. If the Trump Administration won't keep us safe, we will."...

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/30/634177862/attorneys-general-sue-trump-administrat...

>94 margd: Trump has spoken to the NRA about this. Doesn't think it makes sense.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trump-questions-3-d-gun-sales-us-states-sue/

Consider all of the resources spent on this false claim and the lack of any ballistic evidence. This deputy is more than stupid. He just ruined the rest of his life.

Sheriff's deputy admits he fabricated being shot by sniper in Lancaster, authorities said