Einstein was right, stupidity is infinite

[Fire&Blood]

So I saw this image on imgur, thought it must be a joke, right? Initially I didn't read it, only skimmed the text and even read the dates as review grades (4/9, 4/10 etc etc) since they are so popular now. Here is the image:

But then:

Actual reasons people shot people in April, 2016, summarized in the first-person voice. As always, we have provided documentation of each and every incident. Click "see more" or "continue reading" to expand this caption.
I had been carrying a concealed gun all day (for which I have a permit), but then when I got home and picked up a toddler the gun was uncomfortable in my waistband, so I tried to remove it. That’s when I unintentionally shot the three-year-old through both legs. (OH, 4/9)
http://fox8.com/…/police-investigating-after-3-year-old-gi…/
I was posing for photos with an AR-15 when I unintentionally fired it and shot a 13-year-old kid. (AR, 4/10)
http://www.wcnc.com/…/police-adult-playing-with-g…/128471739
I was unhappy with my taco, so I opened fire on the taco truck that sold it to me. (CA, 4/10)
http://www.kcra.com/…/dissatisfied-customer-opens-…/38966396
I was visiting the hospital with my daughter when I accidentally dropped my purse. The gun I carry for self-defense discharged when it hit the floor, and the bullet grazed my daughter’s face. (MS, 4/14)
http://www.clarionledger.com/…/police-child-accid…/82978286/
After I got robbed, I went and bought a gun for self-defense. Then I was showing it to my buddy two weeks later and as we were passing it back and forth it went off and killed him. (KY, 4/14)
http://www.wlky.com/…/teen-accused-of-fatally-shoo…/39040306
I am a well-paid defense contractor and veteran, with a valid concealed carry permit. God told me to shoot a stranger at the supermarket, so I did. He died. (VA, 4/18)
http://wtkr.com/…/exclusive-newschannel-3-interview-with-s…/
I hired a band to play in my bar for two hours, but they finished in one hour and tried to leave, so I shot the lead singer. (TX, 4/19)
http://www.khou.com/…/hpd-bar-owner-accused-of-s…/144588242…
My sister rear-ended a car outside my apartment. She got out, argued with the other driver and punched him. Then I came down and shot him in the chest as he sat in his car. Also, I had previously killed another guy but was acquitted and allowed to keep my guns. (NJ, 4/19)
http://www.northjersey.com/…/haledon-siblings-charged-in-sh…
I got into an argument with a guy on the street, so I pulled out my gun and shot a four-year-old kid who happened to be walking by at that moment. (IL, 4/20)
http://abc7chicago.com/…/4-year-old-wounded-6-year…/1302381/
Some teenagers were vandalizing my neighbor’s house with toilet paper, so I came out and shot one of them as they fled. (AL, 4/21)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/240139129450186/search/…
A parishioner sat in a reserved pew at my church. People told him to move and he argued, so I ordered him to move and flashed my concealed carry badge at him (a vanity badge not issued by any law enforcement agency). He punched me, so I shot him dead. (PA, 4/24)
https://www.yahoo.com/…/seat-dispute-leads-deadly-shooting-…
At Chick-fil-A, where guns are welcome, I concealed carry into the bathroom and unintentionally shot myself in the leg when I tried to pull up my pants. (OH, 4/26)
http://m.journal-news.com/…/man-accidentally-shoots-…/nk5Dq/

 

[shortylickens]

RUBBER BULLETS!

:awe:

 

[Captante]

stupidity is infinite

You just realized this now??

 

[sandorski]

Responsible Gun Owners, every last one of them.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I posted an interesting story here awhile back about some stupidity like this in my town. I see it all the time. I'm not anti-gun but I come off as anti-gun because I see so many stupid people with guns being stupid.

 

[SSSnail]

I posted an interesting story here awhile back about some stupidity like this in my town. I see it all the time. I'm not anti-gun but I come off as anti-gun because I see so many stupid people with guns being stupid.

Stupid is as stupid does, regardless of colors, instruments, methods, socioeconomic status or indoctrination.

 

[Charmonium]

The only people who should be allowed to own guns are people who were raised with them from a very young age. Trying to teach someone as an adult proper handling and safety is NEVER going to work.

I'll give you an example. I used to know this moron who was raised in NY and had never handled a gun in his entire fucking life. So he decides he's going to get a handgun license and buys a revolver.

I'm over his house one day and this idjit keeps pointing his unloaded revolver at me. I try to explain to him that you never, ever do that. 'But it's unloaded' he says. I try to explain to him that you ALWAYS have to treat EVERY gun as if it's loaded ALL of the time. And if you don't understand why, then you're a manslaughter waiting to happen.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Can't make this up, not even the headline: Man shoots, kills brother in beef over cheeseburger: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/09/police-man-shoots-kills-brother-in-beef-over-cheeseburger.html

Check out the video in the link for Police officer Wanna Motorboat breaking down the incident.

A Florida man was behind bars after police say he shot and killed his brother in a beef over a cheeseburger.

Benjamin Angus Middendorf, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his older brother Thursday.

Nicholas Middendorf, 28, was killed after being shot once in the chest, Fox 35 Orlando reported.

“We were in a fight and I grabbed a gun and I shot him. Oh my God!” Benjamin Middendorf says in a 911 call released by the St. Cloud Police Department.

“My son shot my son,” his mother says to the dispatcher during the 911 call.

“Where is your son who shot your other son?” the dispatcher asks the woman.

She replies, “Right here holding my son,” and then is overheard saying, “I hope you go to jail.”

Police responded to the 911 call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Fox 35 reported.

 

[purbeast0]

interesting thread title when nearly 1/2 the links in the OP don't even work...

 

[MajinCry]

Clearly they were all defending their property from the bad Governingment and you should all respect the second amendment that is in the consitutional rites of the free country

 

[KB]

These are definitely stupid events. At first glance it sure seems like there is a lot of stupid out there, that maybe everyone out there is stupid, but then I am reminded that we have 330 million people in the US. That's a lot of room for crazy.

Assume this happens each month 10 X 12 = 120.

120/330million = 0.00003% act stupid with guns each year

Maybe this is just a fraction of the dumbies. Lets quadruple it. Still only 0.00012%

 

[Fire&Blood]

interesting thread title when nearly 1/2 the links in the OP don't even work...

Links worked late last night but here are a few more that are up as of this morning... Don't shoot me plz.

Actual reasons people shot people in April, 2016, summarized in the first-person voice. As always, we have provided documentation of each and every incident. Click "see more" or "continue reading" to expand this caption.
I had been carrying a concealed gun all day (for which I have a permit), but then when I got home and picked up a toddler the gun was uncomfortable in my waistband, so I tried to remove it. That’s when I unintentionally shot the three-year-old through both legs. (OH, 4/9)
http://fox8.com/…/police-investigating-after-3-year-old-gi…/
I was posing for photos with an AR-15 when I unintentionally fired it and shot a 13-year-old kid. (AR, 4/10)
http://www.wcnc.com/…/police-adult-playing-with-g…/128471739
I was unhappy with my taco, so I opened fire on the taco truck that sold it to me. (CA, 4/10)
http://www.kcra.com/…/dissatisfied-customer-opens-…/38966396
I was visiting the hospital with my daughter when I accidentally dropped my purse. The gun I carry for self-defense discharged when it hit the floor, and the bullet grazed my daughter’s face. (MS, 4/14)
http://www.clarionledger.com/…/police-child-accid…/82978286/
After I got robbed, I went and bought a gun for self-defense. Then I was showing it to my buddy two weeks later and as we were passing it back and forth it went off and killed him. (KY, 4/14)
http://www.wlky.com/…/teen-accused-of-fatally-shoo…/39040306
I am a well-paid defense contractor and veteran, with a valid concealed carry permit. God told me to shoot a stranger at the supermarket, so I did. He died. (VA, 4/18)
http://wtkr.com/…/exclusive-newschannel-3-interview-with-s…/
I hired a band to play in my bar for two hours, but they finished in one hour and tried to leave, so I shot the lead singer. (TX, 4/19)
http://www.khou.com/…/hpd-bar-owner-accused-of-s…/144588242…
My sister rear-ended a car outside my apartment. She got out, argued with the other driver and punched him. Then I came down and shot him in the chest as he sat in his car. Also, I had previously killed another guy but was acquitted and allowed to keep my guns. (NJ, 4/19)
http://www.northjersey.com/…/haledon-siblings-charged-in-sh…
I got into an argument with a guy on the street, so I pulled out my gun and shot a four-year-old kid who happened to be walking by at that moment. (IL, 4/20)
http://abc7chicago.com/…/4-year-old-wounded-6-year…/1302381/
Some teenagers were vandalizing my neighbor’s house with toilet paper, so I came out and shot one of them as they fled. (AL, 4/21)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/240139129450186/search/…
A parishioner sat in a reserved pew at my church. People told him to move and he argued, so I ordered him to move and flashed my concealed carry badge at him (a vanity badge not issued by any law enforcement agency). He punched me, so I shot him dead. (PA, 4/24)
https://www.yahoo.com/…/seat-dispute-leads-deadly-shooting-…
At Chick-fil-A, where guns are welcome, I concealed carry into the bathroom and unintentionally shot myself in the leg when I tried to pull up my pants. (OH, 4/26)
http://m.journal-news.com/…/man-accidentally-shoots-…/nk5Dq/

 

[Chiropteran]

Honestly I think one of the biggest problems with society is that we put way too much weight on whether a crime is intentional or not. If we started treating accidental death the same as 1st degree murder people might start being a little more careful.

"It was an accident" shouldn't ever be valid excuse.

 

[Charmonium]

Honestly I think one of the biggest problems with society is that we put way too much weight on whether a crime is intentional or not. If we started treating accidental death the same as 1st degree murder people might start being a little more careful.

"It was an accident" shouldn't ever be valid excuse.

Criminal law is based on mens rea - evil intent. You punish the intent not the act. You can argue that fucked up but most people seem to think that's a fairer way to write and enforce laws.

You could however petition your state legislators to enact more severe penalties for unintentional death based on the degree of negligence involved. I think they already do that though. For example, driving your car into a crowd, even if accidental but grossly negligent, can often be treated as an intentional crime because of the degree of negligence.

 

[KeithP]

Wow...it is a good thing people don't do stupid things with cars, motorcycles, flammable liquids, sharp objects, animals, etc. otherwise we would be in real trouble.

-KeithP

 

[slag]

The only people who should be allowed to own guns are people who were raised with them from a very young age. Trying to teach someone as an adult proper handling and safety is NEVER going to work.

I'll give you an example. I used to know this moron who was raised in NY and had never handled a gun in his entire fucking life. So he decides he's going to get a handgun license and buys a revolver.

I'm over his house one day and this idjit keeps pointing his unloaded revolver at me. I try to explain to him that you never, ever do that. 'But it's unloaded' he says. I try to explain to him that you ALWAYS have to treat EVERY gun as if it's loaded ALL of the time. And if you don't understand why, then you're a manslaughter waiting to happen.

lol. Good one! It's not that adults cannot be trained, it's that you hang out with stupid people irl. Misery loves company.

I shot guns when I was younger a few times, but wouldn't say I was raised around them. I own several guns now and have taught my boys how to shoot them and how to treat them. I've taken one to Hunter safety training and the other will go next year with my wife and the third when he's old enough. They know not to point guns at people, even if they "know" they are not loaded.

 

[Chiropteran]

Criminal law is based on mens rea - evil intent. You punish the intent not the act. .

The main problem I have with it is that it's very easy to say something is an accident, even if it's not. Until we have mind-reading technology, you can't 100% prove intent, it's simply impossible.

 

[PokerGuy]

Wow...it is a good thing people don't do stupid things with cars, motorcycles, flammable liquids, sharp objects, animals, etc. otherwise we would be in real trouble.

-KeithP

Ding, winnar!

 

[Charmonium]

The main problem I have with it is that it's very easy to say something is an accident, even if it's not. Until we have mind-reading technology, you can't 100% prove intent, it's simply impossible.

That's true. So what courts do is imply intent from the circumstances. Someone can claim they shot their wife or husband by accident. But if the circumstances don't support that and instead imply that the act was deliberate and premeditated, they can lie all they want. A jury should, should mind you, always return a verdict for murder.