Don't Forget to Secure Your Weapon

[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 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, 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.