Responsible Gun Owner™ with concealed gun license drops loaded gun in theater....kids find it later

[Cali_Democrat]

Boys make the right move with loaded gun in theater
December 20th, 2012

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It was a gun, a small-caliber, semi-automatic pistol. It was fully loaded with a round in the chamber, Tillamook Police Chief Terry Wright said.

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Police told KPTV that a man went to the theater on Wednesday night asking if anyone had found his gun and turned it in to the lost and found. He’d lost it the night before in the theater.

The man, who has a Tillamook County concealed handgun license, never notified police he’d lost the weapon, KPTV reported.

Luckily, the two Tillamook Junior High School students were thinking more clearly.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/20/boys-make-the-right-move-with-loaded-gun-in-theater/?hpt=hp_t3

[yellowcanine]

1. So two seventh graders know more about gun safety than an adult with a CCP?

Why didn’t the boys pick up the firearm?

"I'm a Boy Scout and Kolton and me took a hunter safety class. One of the rules is that you treat all guns as if they're loaded," Levi told KPTV.

Note that the gun owner did not notify the police that his gun was lost, which should be a requirement for a CCP if it isn't.

Hopefully this is one CCP which gets revoked.

[gejohnston]

2. cops lose their guns just as much

In Oregon some cop left his in the bathroom, but no one turned it in.

[yellowcanine]

4. kind of a non sequitur, don't you think? So what, whether true or not?

I fail to see the relevance. Does it somehow make it less of a dangerous situation? I don't think so.

And I would assume that if a cop loses his gun there are severe consequences as well.

[jpak]

7. Cops need guns - movie goers do not

and please spare us the "if they only had a gun" bullshit.

More guns mean more death.

yup

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Your point?

[sanatanadharma]

5. "Hopefully this is one CCP which gets revoked. "...

...from The Oregonian newspaper today (12/20/12),
"He has a concealed hand gun licence," Long (Tillamook County sherriff) said. "That will be revoked tonight".

[SweepPicker]

3. Lets Tie Large

fines to these "responsible" gun owners that "forget" their guns.

[ellisonz]

6. More Boy Scouts, Less NRA Members!

(Kinda, not approving of the Boy Scouts of America as a political organization)

[friendly_iconoclast]

13. The Boy Scouts probably took a gun safety class with an NRA curriculum.

[truebluegreen]

9. There was one more line in the story that should be high-lighted:

"...it was fully loaded with a round in the chamber..." and the SAFETY was OFF.

Yep, your description was right on: A Responsible Gun Owner.

[Dems to Win]

11. Wow. I'd throw the guy in prison, if it was up to me.

Charge him with reckless endangerment.

[Dems to Win]

10. Hire that man as a schoolteacher! Our kids need the protection only a gun can provide!

Just a little more evidence of NRA insanity.....

Another day in second amendment America


Repeal the Second Amendment NOW

[petronius]

12. Good work by the kids! Reinforces why I think every young person should have

the opportunity to get simple firearm safety instruction (along with a range of other basic skills); both to give them tools to deal with an unexpected encounter with a firearm like this event, as well as to demystify (perhaps 'de-cool') guns a little bit...