Don't Forget to Secure Your Weapon

[airborneranger]

I don't know if this was anyone on the board here but I encountered something this morning that I have never seen. The bottom line - we need to pay attention to our firearms and where they are.

I dropped off one daughter at school and I was driving my other to school when I passed a car at an intersection that had something weird on the roof. I did a double-take and it was his holstered pistol. That's right, his pistol was on his roof as he was preparing to drive through a school zone. Once I realized what it was, I was already past the intersection. I immediately pulled a u-turn and headed back to alert the driver. Luckily I was able to catch him before he headed out on the main street and we were able to get his firearm secured.

Has anyone else ever seen something like this before??

[Mazin]

OMG [Shock]

Man I would have reamed him but good. We already get enough bad press with the other idiots out there let alone have this guy forget his gun on the roof.

[flan7211]

Jiminey Christmas. How do you forget that?

[Byte Stryke]

Yeah... I frequently forget things like my Penis, my Sidearm and my child on top of my car...



[Bang]

People like this are a danger to society

[merl]

Get distracted at the wrong moment and it happens. I've seen people driving down the road with keys sitting on their rear bumper. (don't ask how they got the car moving)

Reminder for us to pay attention.

[Sharpienads]

Get distracted at the wrong moment and it happens. I've seen people driving down the road with keys sitting on their rear bumper. (don't ask how they got the car moving)

Reminder for us to pay attention.

Probably a key fob with a proximity sensor and push button ignition.

Why would you put your gun on the roof of your car? We've all done stupid things before, but geez...

[Irving]

Show me a man with a gun on his roof, and I'll show you a man who parks inside a garage at home.

[airborneranger]

Show me a man with a gun on his roof, and I'll show you a man who parks inside a garage at home.

Exactly my thoughts. I am just glad that I saw it and I was able to get correct the situation. The dude was very grateful that I alerted him about his weapon.

[lpgasman]

Show me a man with a gun on his roof, and I'll show you a man who parks inside a garage at home.

That makes perfect sense.

[10mm-man]

http://www.wcsh6.com/video/1029986247001/0/Seattle-police-officer-leaves-rifle-on-trunk-of-cruiser

A quick Google search will turn up more of these! Read about an Los Ang deputy leaving an MP5 on top of car and it fell off, returned by citizen later...[Bang]

[anomad]

I tried to alert an older fella who was driving down the highway with his deer rifle on the roof of his station wagon once... long story

[sellersm]

Wow. I've returned a few wallets, purses and other items that have fallen off vehicle roofs in the past. Makes the day a little more interesting but not necessarily dangerous!

Good for you for being observant & willing to help! How many people did he already drive past that didn't see it?

[Inconel710]

Uhmazing. [Bang]

[cstone]

Mistakes by gun owners for $1000 Alex.

A: Public Restrooms, top of the toilet tank.

Q: What is the most common location for finding unsecured firearms?

Stupid happens to all of us from time to time.

Be safe.

[Monky]

Yeah... I frequently forget things like my Penis on top of my car...



So glad I'm not the only one!

[Mtn.man]

Ha HA, coming back from Breck yesterday, followed a guy with his truck loaded with dirtbikes, pulling a camper with a dirtbike supposed to be on the rear.
Straps kept him from loosing it but he drug it all the way across South Park before he finally got tired of people flashing lights at him etc. (guess he thought they were saying he was too slow)
So at the top of Kenosha he found out he now has about 1/2 of a dirt bike.

[T-Giv]

I had a similar incident recently. A guy on his motorcycle was riding down the street and his gun was "holstered". Anyway it fell out in the street and a resident of the area found it in the street the next morning. That's some great gun control. [Bang]

[SuperiorDG]

Sounds like a good rule to add to your life: Don't put shit on top of your car.

[spyder]

If you're gona carry a firearm, be responsible, you will lose less shit, and won't run a chance of dropping it, and breaking it. [Beer]

[Pancho Villa]

Man I would have tucked that MP5 away and never, ever told anyone about it...

Anyway, I don't understand how that happens. I'm a super forgetful person - keys, wallet, you name it. I have never, ever misplaced any of my guns, and I dont' think I ever will.

[Fentonite]

I was in a busy restaurant in Beaver Ceeek a few years ago. I saw a couple uniformed cops walking around. I politely and discreetly told one of the officers that his holter was empty, figuring he had left it at the office or something. He was embarrassed but appreciative, then scurried into the restaurant's bathroom, and came out properly armed. Jeez.

[SAnd]

A Denver cop left an AR on the roof a few years ago. When a citizen found it and turned it in the officer it was assigned to admitted to forgetting about where he left it.

[airborneranger]

A Denver cop left an AR on the roof a few years ago. When a citizen found it and turned it in the officer it was assigned to admitted to forgetting about where he left it.

And I bet nothing happened. A Soldier would be crucified if that happened.

[O2HeN2]

In college after an expensive mistake I created one simple rule for putting things down on a car:

Always place items on the hood, nowhere else.

Then when you go stupid and get in the car, there the item is, right in front of your puss.

O2

[Fentonite]

In college after an expensive mistake I created one simple rule for putting things down on a car:

Always place items on the hood, nowhere else.

Then when you go stupid and get in the car, there the item is, right in front of your puss.

O2

Wisdom. I think I'll adopt that idea.

[Rooskibar03]

So I read this thread a few days ago and thought "what kind of dumb ass puts crap on his roof"? Well today I had my moment.

Walked out to garage with my iPad, tie, book, a letter to be mailed and pocket constitution, got to the car and set everything on the roof so I could go back inside and get my gun (can't carry @ work so I leave in car) got in, secured weapon and drove off.

Made it 2 miles from home before I looked over at the empty passenger seat where my normal pile of crap would be and panicked. Got out at a light to check, nothing.

Raced back home and driving through the complex its a breadcrumb trail of my stuff, tie, book, letter, ect, NO sign of iPad [Bang] and its not password locked.

Go inside house and try to locate it remotely, to no avail. So I spend 20 minutes changing passwords to everything I can think off, late for work and pissed.

45 minutes later wife calls and Lakewood PD just left house after returning it. Someone in the area found it and called them and the officer found a pay stub tucked in the case and brought it back without a mark on it...

So my thanks to the mystery woman who did the right thing and to the Lakewood officer who took the time to return it.

Time to pay it forward..

[Irving]

This is the reason convertibles were invented (and to please dumb women).

[theGinsue]

Yeah... I frequently forget things like my Penis


So glad I'm not the only one!
Hmm. I don't have that problem. Mine is always properly secured - in my wifes purse, where she keeps it and my balls are usually in a jar on the nightstand.

Uh oh, here she comes....

[10mm-man]

Walked out to garage with my iPad, tie, book, a letter to be mailed and pocket constitution, got to the car and set everything on the roof so I could go back inside and get my gun (can't carry @ work so I leave in car) got in, secured weapon and drove off.

Made it 2 miles from home before I looked over at the empty passenger seat where my normal pile of crap would be and panicked. Got out at a light to check, nothing.

Raced back home and driving through the complex its a breadcrumb trail of my stuff, tie, book, letter, ect, NO sign of iPad and its not password locked.

Go inside house and try to locate it remotely, to no avail. So I spend 20 minutes changing passwords to everything I can think off, late for work and pissed.

45 minutes later wife calls and Lakewood PD just left house after returning it. Someone in the area found it and called them and the officer found a pay stub tucked in the case and brought it back without a mark on it...

So my thanks to the mystery woman who did the right thing and to the Lakewood officer who took the time to return it.

Time to pay it forward..


In college after an expensive mistake I created one simple rule for putting things down on a car:

Always place items on the hood, [B]nowhere else.

Then when you go stupid and get in the car, there the item is, right in front of your puss.

O2

OK, here is one for you; HTC pad, wallet, phone, all placed on hood! How in the heck does one drive a few miles from home, several turns and then realize he is missing it all? I do a u-turn (stuff falls off unknown to me) and head home thinking shit, it's gonna get ran over in the street. Get home nothing, drive back slow see nothing!

Keep looking, a day later walk the area and see phone smashed to pieces but no HTC pad. Get a call a few days later saying pad was found(in middle of street), doesn't want $$ or nothing, says 12 y.o daughter found and looked who owned it.

Gave $50 Starbucks card (suggested if I insisted maybe do that for his daughter), talk about brain FART!

[ray1970]

All the more reason not to own a car. It's too much effort for me to set stuff on the roof of my truck. [Coffee]

[rondog]

Grandson and I delivered a pickup load of srcap iron out to Ben Lomond for the club to use for general things. We were unloading it where we were told to, and my 1911 kept pulling my pants down, so I pulled it out and set it on the truck bumper. Silverado with a flat-top, rubber-covered bumper.

We got done, and I drove all over that place showing the boy the different ranges and a general tour, probably did at least a mile of bumpy dirt roads and trails before I remembered my pistol on the bumper. My face turned sheet-white and I immediately stopped, jumped out, and there it was....still on the bumper, covered with dust and clinging on for dear life, and probably cussing my dumbass and talking about my mama.

So, it ain't hard to do, but there's still no excuse for it.

No telling how many times I've driven off with a coffee mug on top of the vehicle. Always remember it when it bounces off the hood when I stop and breaks in the street.

[Bailey Guns]

Has anyone else ever seen something like this before??

Yep...detective leaving the range. I happened to be pulling in as he was leaving. I saw the gun, turned around and stopped him near Rooney Rd and Hwy 40. Gun wasn't there. We found it, though. Gun wasn't quite as purty as it was when he put it up there.

[Adawg38]

I've never seen anything like this I just hear the stories. Scary though! I always am aware of my firearm and where I put it. I've even become more aware with my little on in the house just because I would kill myself if anything happened to her especially if it was my dumbass fault.

Actually take that back! I've been shooting a few times where some asshat will walk around or turn around with gun in hand and finger on the trigger pointing at you when they are done shooting and when you say something they are like "the mags empty" dur dur dur! Also seen a few guys pounding beers while shooting.

[josh7328]

"the mags empty" dur dur dur!. Freakin' pet peeve there! I've sure seen my fair share of "unloaded" guns go off accidentally. My favorite instance was at Dragon Man's. The guy in the lane next to me was shooting his 3" 1911 at the 100 yard line. He had a failure to fire, and started sweeping the muzzle left and right, straight down the firing line, trying to figure out why his gun didn't fire. He also kept his finger on the trigger the whole time! I noticed when I looked over and was staring down the gaping .45 caliber barrel. That guy definately got an education. That was my last time at a public range.
[Bang]