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Handgun stolen after woman leaves it in restroom stall
Published: May 4th, 2010 09:17 PM
Last Modified: May 4th, 2010 09:17 PM

JUNEAU - A 24-year-old Juneau woman went into a public restroom packing heat and left burned.

The Juneau Police Department reports Veronica Balle-Arnes was carrying a Ruger .380 - a small pocket pistol - worth about $400 with her Friday night.

She told police she took the gun out of her waistband and set it on top of a toilet paper dispenser in the women's room at the Fisherman's Wharf, a building on Juneau's downtown waterfront with a bar, eateries and shops.

She told police she forgot to pick it back up. When she realized it was missing a few moments later, she returned to the restroom but the gun was gone.

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SIA found this on the Anchorage Daily News website, dated 5/4/10.
This was spoofed on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" skit on 5/8/10.

I saw that slit and wondered if it was a true story or not.

$400?!? Someone overpaid for their LCP

Everything costs too much up there my youngest was stationed at Elmendorf for quite awhile in AWACS.

Carry-a-Kimber wrote:$400?!? Someone overpaid for their LCP

Alaska prices. Add 25%+ for everything.

I believe this woman just learned a sad lesson: she did the right thing in reporting, and suffered because of it. Not only is her gun gone, but so is her right to carry one.

chabouk wrote:

Carry-a-Kimber wrote:$400?!? Someone overpaid for their LCP

Alaska prices. Add 25%+ for everything.

You must be speaking for Anchorage and those "other cities near Hawaii". North of Fairbanks and it's MUCH higher

chabouk wrote: Alaska prices. Add 25%+ for everything.

I believe this woman just learned a sad lesson: she did the right thing in reporting, and suffered because of it. Not only is her gun gone, but so is her right to carry one.

I guess I missed something chabouk, where did she lose the right to carry one?

I remember, a couple of years back, a Met Police close protection officer did the same, in a Starbucks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... oilet.html

At the time, I thought it was unbelievably foolish. Then I moved to TX, got my CHL and found out just how awkward a bathroom break can be.

could he have thought that LCP was "License to Carry a Pistol" ???

Thats the only thing I can come up with.

JNMAR wrote:

chabouk wrote: Alaska prices. Add 25%+ for everything.

I believe this woman just learned a sad lesson: she did the right thing in reporting, and suffered because of it. Not only is her gun gone, but so is her right to carry one.

I guess I missed something chabouk, where did she lose the right to carry one?

Argh!

I mistook the headline to mean she had lost her carry permit. I totally glossed over it being a Ruger LCP. So, I thought she lost her pistol, reported it, and had her license yanked.

Sorry!

lkd wrote:

chabouk wrote:

Carry-a-Kimber wrote:$400?!? Someone overpaid for their LCP

Alaska prices. Add 25%+ for everything.

You must be speaking for Anchorage and those "other cities near Hawaii". North of Fairbanks and it's MUCH higher

I know that the cost of living in Alaska is atronomical on everyday items. I still think if someone is paying that extra premium for specialty items such as firearms which are readily available over the internet, they are paying too much.