What we need is “smart guns” that require an activation code to fire a shot. The activation code can be attained through email from local authorities once you notify them that a life threatening situation has occurred.
Nonsense.
When you need a gun, you need one, you can’t wait and try to remember some code.
Any jest posted to the Internet, no matter how exaggerated or preposterous, will find some readers who will take it seriously and believe it completely.
I saw this explained as "Poe's law" of the Internet.
This seems like a pretty good example.