Police captain’s gun stolen from bathroom.

[lonehoosier]

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/article_7246031e-7cec-58cb-b196-11b4a881ab8e.html

I would hate to be this guy.

 

[scottka]

Oh yeah? I'd love to read about it...

ETA: for the record, the link wasn't originally there... haha

 

[TTravis]

Finders Keepers!

 

[PX4me]

Gotta love Gary PD.

 

[TTravis]

He will get his gun back after it is used in a Chicago shooting tonight.

 

[Micah]

Wonder what piers morgon would say about this one lmao

 

[griffin]

The .gov tells us the police are the only ones professional enough to be trusted to carry firearms.

 

[Black Cloud]

You get all the best weapons and dope from the Gary PD. Everybody knows that.

 

[Valvestate]

The .gov tells us the police are the only ones professional enough to be trusted to carry firearms.

Oh they'd spin that, too. Oh cops aren't professional enough to handle firearms? Then you as a lowly joe citizen definitely aren't.

 

[nascarfantoo]

Guess he left a little extra during that nature break. Hope he remembered to flush!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Why they cannot leave it in the holster is beyond me.

Part of it is that they just want an excuse to play with the pistol to validate that it is real. Or perhaps it is forbidden fruit kind of thing? Oh, yes, I get to wave my gun around in public and do what is forbidden!

Leave the stupid pistol in the holster and stop trying to find excuses to coonfinger it in public.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

The .gov tells us the police are the only ones professional enough to be trusted to carry firearms.

Oh they'd spin that, too. Oh cops aren't professional enough to handle firearms? Then you as a lowly joe citizen definitely aren't.

Why no hate for the student that left his gun in his backpack on campus to be found by someone else? Oh thats right, the "us vs. them" mentality only applies to one side.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...defense/275343-iusb_student_busted_ccing.html

 

[LPMan59]

Why no hate for the student that left his gun in his backpack on campus to be found by someone else? Oh thats right, the "us vs. them" mentality only applies to one side.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...defense/275343-iusb_student_busted_ccing.html

i commented in that thread that the student really needed a thigh rig.

Would have prevented that situation all together.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Frank is right. While this puts poitical points on the board for us against the politicians and should be saved, the lesson here is for those of us that carry a pistol as it could happen LEO or non-LEO.

This lesson is: STOP TAKING YOUR PISTOL OUT OF HOLSTER TO CREATE AN EXCUSE TO PLAY WITH IT.

Stop touching it!

 

[drillsgt]

Frank is right. While this puts poitical points on the board for us against the politicians and should be saved, the lesson here is for those of us that carry a pistol as it could happen LEO or non-LEO.

This lesson is: STOP TAKING YOUR PISTOL OUT OF HOLSTER TO CREATE AN EXCUSE TO PLAY WITH IT.

Stop touching it!

I've taken mine out before, in some of these stalls they are so narrow that the pistol in the holster is basically sitting on the edge of the stall and if the stall walls are fairly high it's right there for the world to see. It makes me uncomfortable so I put it out of view. I've never left it though I did leave my phone in a Dicks bathroom the other day (just looking I swear, wasn't going to buy anything).

 

[TTravis]

I wonder what he was doing in the stall that made him completely forget his pistol. Perhaps he did not want to get the handle sticky and decided to wash his hand first.

 

[Valvestate]

Why no hate for the student that left his gun in his backpack on campus to be found by someone else? Oh thats right, the "us vs. them" mentality only applies to one side.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...defense/275343-iusb_student_busted_ccing.html

Oh come on Frank. You know I didn't mean it that way. It is us vs them, as in MSM vs everyone.

 

[pjt]

If you go into a stall and find a gun, are you STEALING if you take it with you?
I think the headline:

Police captain’s gun stolen

Is WAY misleading. In fact, I think it is totally incorrect.
POLICE CAPTAIN LOSES HIS GUN is much more correct.

 

[TTravis]

If you go into a stall and find a gun, are you STEALING if you take it with you?

What if your intention is good and you are just taking it to Lost and Found? I would think that if it did not look like a crime scene with a dead body or blood trail, it might be prudent to leave it there where a child might find it next. It is not an emergency so there is no reason to call 911. Some people will try to do the right thing and take it and turn it in somewhere safe, like store management, or a local police station.

It's kind of like reaching into someone's car to turn their lights off.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Frank is right. While this puts poitical points on the board for us against the politicians and should be saved, the lesson here is for those of us that carry a pistol as it could happen LEO or non-LEO.

This lesson is: STOP TAKING YOUR PISTOL OUT OF HOLSTER TO CREATE AN EXCUSE TO PLAY WITH IT.

Stop touching it!

I lock mine in my desk drawer before going for a sit down affair if I'm at the office. Its not an excuse to play with it, it makes it a lot easier to buckle my belt back up if I don't have a pager, badge, two spare magazines, radio, and pistol weighing it down and pulling the belt out of the loop on the non-buckle side. Its an even bigger pain if you are in uniform and have a duty belt to contend with.

Trying to juggle all that stuff is a good way to end up wondering if its worth it to try and fish your pager out of the toilet. Or so I've heard.

Some thin IWB holsters will also dump your gun on the ground if you leave your belt undone. I always did the "hammock" in those situations early in my concealed carry days.