Well, technically my coworker did. I was heading into the office Saturday when my coworker who was already there called. Seems he had gone into the restroom (common area, multi-tenant office, and there was a gun in the bathroom. Just where you'd think, sitting on the tp dispenser in the stall. No holster, just a lonely S&W Shield 9. Since he knows nothing about guns and I am the "gun guy" he called me. Got there a few minutes later and checked it out. Knowing it had to have been left after 5:00 Friday, and access is limited to tenants and staff on the weekend, it seemed very likely that it was put there while someone did their business then forgotten.
We hear these stories often. I took it into my office, unloaded it and for fun stripped it down. It must be pocket carried without a holster because the inside was filled with lint and debris. Shiny quality carry ammo though. I reassembled and zip tied it. I emailed the building management (who are also gun guys) and told them what happened and that I would be taking it home for the weekend and would turn it over to them Monday morning. Odds are close to 100% it was left by a tenant. My thoughts were that if I had done such a bone head thing, I would hope to get it back as quietly as possible.
Funniest thing was my coworker's reaction. He asked if the safety was on and was flabbergasted that it was not; that it had just been sitting there and could have seemingly gone off at the slightest touch. I think he was a little taken aback as well as we were talking I stripped it down, pretty much by touch alone. Come on, it's a basic M&P. But he seemed impressed. I hope it is reunited with the owner and hope more that he has learned a lesson.
ETA: 1/11/2021 Dropped it off with Management this morning and he said they received an email from the owner Saturday. As I suspected, he is a tenant in the building and known to the management personally. The owner said he had returned to the restroom shortly after leaving so we may have found it within a small window. Either way, given the circumstances of wwww&h, I am comfortable with my actions.
We hear these stories often. I took it into my office, unloaded it and for fun stripped it down. It must be pocket carried without a holster because the inside was filled with lint and debris. Shiny quality carry ammo though. I reassembled and zip tied it. I emailed the building management (who are also gun guys) and told them what happened and that I would be taking it home for the weekend and would turn it over to them Monday morning. Odds are close to 100% it was left by a tenant. My thoughts were that if I had done such a bone head thing, I would hope to get it back as quietly as possible.
Funniest thing was my coworker's reaction. He asked if the safety was on and was flabbergasted that it was not; that it had just been sitting there and could have seemingly gone off at the slightest touch. I think he was a little taken aback as well as we were talking I stripped it down, pretty much by touch alone. Come on, it's a basic M&P. But he seemed impressed. I hope it is reunited with the owner and hope more that he has learned a lesson.
ETA: 1/11/2021 Dropped it off with Management this morning and he said they received an email from the owner Saturday. As I suspected, he is a tenant in the building and known to the management personally. The owner said he had returned to the restroom shortly after leaving so we may have found it within a small window. Either way, given the circumstances of wwww&h, I am comfortable with my actions.
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