Or, remove it to a shelf outside the restroom, behind some merchandise, and wait a while. Hilarity will ensue as the owner retraces his steps and does not find the weapon.
So if you find a gun in a bathroom what’s the legally right thing to do?
Report it to the police. They have all the serial numbers, so if the number is ever run by someone in the future, they’ll likely end up having to defend themselves against criminal charges. If they track it back to you, you’ll be facing charges.
It’s amazing the mental acrobatics writers took to not let on that the cop was of the split-tail variety. Not that it hasn’t happened a thousand times before as documented by David Codrea…
“Why is it always cops who do this? I don’t remove my holster or my gun when I’m on the can.”
+1 All my carry tests MUST pass the #2 test before I use them. If I can’t drop a deuce with my gun without any severe inconvenience, I can’t use that holster.
BTW that’s another HUGE plus for shoulder-carry. All toilet activities are unhindered by your sidearm.
February 11th, 2011 at 10:43 am
Why is it always cops who do this? I don’t remove my holster or my gun when I’m on the can.
February 11th, 2011 at 10:56 am
So if you find a gun in a bathroom what’s the legally right thing to do?
February 11th, 2011 at 11:21 am
If you see a gun:
STOP!
Don’t Touch.
Leave the Area.
Tell an Adult.
Or, remove it to a shelf outside the restroom, behind some merchandise, and wait a while. Hilarity will ensue as the owner retraces his steps and does not find the weapon.
February 11th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Report it to the police. They have all the serial numbers, so if the number is ever run by someone in the future, they’ll likely end up having to defend themselves against criminal charges. If they track it back to you, you’ll be facing charges.
February 11th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
It’s amazing the mental acrobatics writers took to not let on that the cop was of the split-tail variety. Not that it hasn’t happened a thousand times before as documented by David Codrea…
February 11th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
It doesn’t just happen to cops, you just don’t hear about it……..
February 11th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
“Why is it always cops who do this? I don’t remove my holster or my gun when I’m on the can.”
+1 All my carry tests MUST pass the #2 test before I use them. If I can’t drop a deuce with my gun without any severe inconvenience, I can’t use that holster.
BTW that’s another HUGE plus for shoulder-carry. All toilet activities are unhindered by your sidearm.
February 11th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I just can’t understand the reasoning behind removing your entire carry rig to take a dump. There’s simply no reason to do it.
+1 to report a found gun to police. That’s the responsible, CYA thing to do.
February 11th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Mike W: he didn’t remove the gun. It fell out.
I’ve had the same thing happen to me once. I got lucky and found it a few minutes later behind the toilet.
Cops keep doing this because they wear their firearms on duty at all times, and stop thinking about them.
Always make sure you still have your pistol before you open the stall door to leave.
February 11th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
And if some gun-literate wag found his heater, unloaded and disassembled it and then flushed the slide stop down the toilet, I’ll admit that I’d LOL.
February 11th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
This happens so much more than you’d think. Soo much more.