Lakewood, WA - ‘flying’ gun

[MrMillspecer]

Could be a 40, I can't make out the caliber on the barrel hood, can you?

Can you tell if the loaded chamber indacator is up ? It's on top.

 

[808hondacrguy]

A while back, a guy on a sportbike was weaving in and out of traffic, cut me off, then accelerated like a bat out of you know where. I saw some thing fly out from under his jacket, then bounce off the hood of my truck . Thankful it didn't hit my windshield, I just continued on. When I got home, I found a Glock 42 in the bed of my truck. Like a dummy, I turned it in to the cop shop, and they said if no one claimed it in 90 days, they would contact me, and it would be mine. Surprise, I never heard from them, and when I tried to check on it, they had no idea what I was talking about.

 

[David Wilson]

It must be one of those "guns on the street" that the anti politicians and media keep talking about...

 

[Boboclown]

It was just an orphaned gun looking for a good home.

 

[nammac]

This is random but I wonder what kind of gun that is.

Looked like a Springfield XD... Could be wr.... wr.... wr.... Incorrect...

 

[Hawaiian]

Save the children, ban flying guns!

 

[cigars]

They're doing it wrong...

 

[OldBroad44]

A while back, a guy on a sportbike was weaving in and out of traffic, cut me off, then accelerated like a bat out of you know where. I saw some thing fly out from under his jacket, then bounce off the hood of my truck . Thankful it didn't hit my windshield, I just continued on. When I got home, I found a Glock 42 in the bed of my truck. Like a dummy, I turned it in to the cop shop, and they said if no one claimed it in 90 days, they would contact me, and it would be mine. Surprise, I never heard from them, and when I tried to check on it, they had no idea what I was talking about.

Wow. Clearly a runaway gun, abused and mistreated by its former owner. I woulda just said "Come to Mama, lil Glock. I know how to treat a gun. I know how to make you feel like a gun ought to feel." And I woulda cleaned it up, bought it an additional mag or two as a homecoming present, and taken it out for a first get-acquainted shooting session. And as for reporting anything--Gun? What gun?

 

[808hondacrguy]

Wow. Clearly a runaway gun, abused and mistreated by its former owner. I woulda just said "Come to Mama, lil Glock. I know how to treat a gun. I know how to make you feel like a gun ought to feel." And I woulda cleaned it up, bought it an additional mag or two as a homecoming present, and taken it out for a first get-acquainted shooting session. And as for reporting anything--Gun? What gun?

As I said, "like a dummy, I turned it in" Upon hindsight, coulda, shoulda, woulda. Next time I know better.

 

[OldBroad44]

As I said, "like a dummy, I turned it in" Upon hindsight, coulda, shoulda, woulda. Next time I know better.

Right. I think the first instinct of most gun owners, especially those of us with CCWs, is to be scrupulously law abiding, given any reasonable option. However, Oregon is getting more and more unreasonable. All private sales or transfers now have to go thru processes that essentially create a gun registry, and I dont like that at all. I think in this situation I'd figure I was rescuing an abused gun, not transferring it. As far as I know, the Oregon laws dont forbid keeping a gun that runs away from its former owner and jumps into your truck of its own volition.

 

[mkwerx]

Grip zone obviously was not grippy enough. Dork who lost it either left it on the car, purposefully tossed it, or was wearing some POS Uncle Mikes nylon crap, or cheaper chinese knockoff.

Cudda been worse, could've been a Sig P320, and the headline would be about a gun bouncing down the freeway on its own, murdering motorists, puppies, and butterflies.

 

[Doc In UPlace]

Lakewood PD believes it may have been used in a nearby park shooting just prior to being "recovered".
Not all people are automatically "law abiding" due to their ownership of a certain type weapon.

 

[SIG34]

Finders keepers! Fell from sky it's mine haha

 

[Flopsweat]

If it discharged would that be bumper firing?

 

[that guy]

Who and the what?!

How Exactly Did A Gun Get Stuck In This Guy's Front Bumper?

 

[druiseeker]

Weird road trash..

 

[Kruel J]

There's another thread on this, but I can't seem to find it........

 

[Kruel J]

Nevermind, found it.

 

[Fast Eddie]

You can sell it through the gun show loopholes

 

[Flopsweat]

You can sell it through the gun show loopholes

It's a g-g-g-g-ghoooost!