Woman finds loaded gun on toy

Could be worse. Could have been a .22 cartridge in the gutter :wow:

 

Sweet, free SP101. They were even nice enough to load it! .357 mag ain't cheap.

 

One can only hope. I just put toys out on my front and back porches. Crossing fingers!

 

I'd be pretty pissed if someone left a loaded gun among my toddler's toys too.

 

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I would have handled the situation differently, but I think her reaction was fair, given her circumstance. When you don't know what to do about something threatening or something you fear, it's a pretty natural response to avoid contact with it. And when you're home alone with a child and there's a gun sitting outside your house in a very conspicuous and suspicious manner it's probably wise to let police investigate. Especially if you're a woman and you have little to no gun knowledge. Plus you don't know who's still out there or why they left it in plain sight like that.

And I think it's ridiculous that mentioning a child being in the house should make the call any more or less important. Leaving guns unattended in the open public is pretty dangerous imo.

I think you guys forget that the average person probably isn't prepared or trained to deal with stuff like that. They should be, but they just aren't.

 

I just lined my backyard with holsters...I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

Dang it!!!!! I live too far out in the sticks to have the .357 bunny visit my house...you city-dwellers get ALL the breaks!!!!!!!

 

When I got married my wife thought a live round could spontaniously discharge if you droped it. She has since then been educated and now she shoots more than i.

 

:laugh:

 

I confess i have a strange habit of looking at ditches/etc by the side of the road when walking around the neighborhood for the sole purpose of spotting either a free firearm or bundle of cash...

Hasn't happened yet... clearly I live in the wrong area...

 

+1

 

What, she could not keep the child inside untill her "emergency" was handled.

It looked like the gun had been treated like crap. It mist likely ran away and thought it could find a good home with the nice lady. And the mean old woman call the Po-lice ont the poor helplesss gun. Bad, woman, bad!!!

I am glad she called 911 her lack of knowledge was more dangerous then the gun.

 

Bunny has a very valid point, she said,, >I think you guys forget that the average person probably isn't prepared or trained to deal with stuff like that. They should be, but they just aren't.< That about hit the nail on the head. Education is where it starts.