DHS officers misplace 179 guns in two years

[38cobra]

This really gives you confidence:

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At least the civilian was smart not to pick it up and try to carry it to an official.

[tiviti]

What is the correct response to finding a firearm in a bathroom? Obviously not to walk off with it, but how would you secure it in a crowded area?

[Excaliber]

What is the correct response to finding a firearm in a bathroom? Obviously not to walk off with it, but how would you secure it in a crowded area?

The safest way I can think of would be to call local law enforcement and explain the situation. Tell them you'll stay there and keep people away from it until they arrive, and request a quick response.

[recaffeination]

Why don't I ever find these free "guns in the bathroom" or "guns in the street" I hear about so much?

[Dave2]

Why is it that if an FFL loses a gun the ATF will pull their license and ruin their career and financial life, but if the government does it nothing seems to happen?

[powerboatr]

if it was in the unsecured area, take it home
if it was in the secured area....safe it, then call security


let me share a scary

back in the mid 90's at one of my navy commands
we were transitioning from 45s to the Beretta 9mm

fedex delivered a mid sized package on a saturday afternoon to our duty office desk
the guy on duty was not required to sign for it.
he put it in a pile for monday to be delivered to the respective work center

monday early i come in to work and see the box for my office (quality assurance)
so i carry it to the office and sat it on the floor until the morning meetings were done.
so around lunch time
i opened the box.
wholly cow batman
it had 24 brand new berettas and 48 extra clips, plus new combat holtsters
all the serial number paper work, fired bullet casings the whole ball of wax
we had no idea they were coming, no tracer number...nada zip from the naval weapons center in VA, from whence they came.
thank goodness we were honest, or 24 new pistols would have been going home with a few of us in the office
what made it worse, was we called the weapons depot to inquire about new weapons shipment and arrival..they had no record of shipping or even when we would get the new ones....
i went and requested the commanding officer to come down and see our predicament...he freaked and ordered us to lock em up in our secure locker after prepared them for a live fire exercise the next day at the base range
after wards they stayed in our secure weapons locker, and about once a month we had training day at the range.
a few months later we received our expected shipment of 120 9mms through secure delivery
when i left in 2000 they were still part of our squadrons morale and welfare kit.

so DHS or any other gov agency misplacing firearms is totally plausible

[WildBill]

That's less than two per week. That's not so bad.

[Ameer]

If I stuck around they would probably arrest me for finding it. I would be tempted to make it safe by removing the firing pin, put it on the floor and cover with TP to hide it, and then call anonymously to report the hiding location.