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Mechanicsville family aims for record with 1,601 squirt guns

The Mechanicsville family is trying to assemble a record collection of squirt guns, while two commentators say the president's late-night posts are weird; one of these is a hobby.

On air: Hank Ledger and Brock Thunderson on BBN Tonight
Published 9:14 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: Mechanicsville, Virginia — Photo: Robshenk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

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First reported by Axios: “Mechanicsville family aims for record with 1,601 squirt guns”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 9:14 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger and Brock Thunderson.

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AxiosMechanicsville family aims for record with 1,601 squirt guns

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeanwhile, a family in Mechanicsville is going after a record with sixteen hundred and one squirt guns.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSixteen hundred and one! The radar is purple, Hank—that's a squall system with a garage address.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe extra one is what gets me. Somebody stopped at sixteen hundred and said, one more.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThat's the one that breaks the record!
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, just give me the temperature.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSixteen hundred and one, Hank. All of them loaded.