Pro-gun advocates wanting to arm schoolteachers might want to reconsider.
A Texas educator in his first weapons class accidentally shot himself in the leg.
School administrators said the weapon — and not the teacher — malfunctioned. Of course, this could never happen in a classroom with students.
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In other gun-insanity news, a Florida vigilante in a crowded Walmart parking lot opened fire on a suspected shoplifter’s car.
José Manuel Martinez told cops he saw the alleged crook stealing steaks and blasted four rounds into the fleeing suspect’s trunk to “mark” the car for cops.
Martinez had a gun license, but was busted, basically, for stupidity.
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A man and a woman in Denver are fighting a school to let their 6-year-old son use the little girls’ room.
The parents of Coy Mathis say the boy is transgendered and lives as a girl, and thus school administrators should allow him/her to use the girls’ restroom.
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Great Britain is mourning the death of Sylvia Smith, a retired secretary famous for writing what arguably may be most boring autobiography ever.
Smith’s book, put out by a major publisher, was first thought to be a joke because of its artless prose and complete lack of introspection.
Smith never accomplished anything noteworthy or went anywhere interesting, yet her book became a cult classic.
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If your newborn likes his formula shaken and not stirred, this is the baby carriage for him.
Aston Martin — famous for manufacturing James Bond’s famous 007 automobiles — is marketing its first baby buggy.
The $3,000 stroller has aluminum alloy wheels, a leather-trimmed handle and a fine Italian suede interior lining. But bollocks! It lacks a rocket-launcher.