Posted on 05/01/2015 7:32:19 AM PDT by HammerT
When a member of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s security detail left his Glock and magazine stuffed in the toilet seat cover holder of a Capitol Visitor Center bathroom stall, a CVC worker found the gun, according to a source familiar with the Jan. 29 incident and two other disturbing instances when Capitol Police left loaded firearms in problematic places.
A 7- or 8-year-old child visiting the Capitol with his parents found the next loaded Glock lost by a dignitary protection officer, according to the source. A member of the security detail for John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, allegedly left the firearm in the bathroom of the Speaker’s Suite on March 24.
A third Glock was found the night of April 16 by a janitor cleaning the Capitol Police headquarters building on D Street NE. The weapon was left in plain sight, sparking additional concern about the department charged with protecting one of the world’s most important and frequently visited complexes.
Unlike a gun with a traditional safety, a Glock will fire if you pull the trigger — making the young boy’s alleged discovery of a gun in Boehner’s office particularly concerning. The gun lost by McConnell’s detail was left in a CVC bathroom within the Senate office space portion of the complex, lowering the likelihood it would be found by a tourist or visitor.
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Remember - ONLY the Police should have guns, that's the only way we can be safe. /sarc.
This gun was left in a bathroom stall inside the Senate office portion of the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 29, according to a source. (Photo obtained by CQ Roll Call)
Oh my, were they trying to re-enact the gun in the restaurant toilet scene in “The Godfather”?
If it was me and there wasn't a screening detector on the way out there is no way in hell I'd have turned it in. Any gun out of the hands of a Federal Employee is a good thing in my book...
I always double check my phone when I leave the stall. Haven’t lost it yet.
Finders keepers!
At least they were thoughtful enough to leave an extra mag too!
Exactly what came to my mind!
Yeah, we keep getting told that they are the only ones “responsible enough” to possess firearms.
He was just in there shooting the $hit!
I’m reminded of an old article in THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN many years ago in which a dig for bottles in an old outhouse turned up an loaded muzzle loading percussion cap pistol.
I always check when leaving the stall.
That’s amazing..... I mean the guy who pulled this stunt needs to be fired. No second chance.
“Only the police and military should have guns, and only when on duty” - what I’ve heard lefties say about the RKBA.
You damn skippy! :0)
Isn’t it a Felony to Illegally Transfer a Firearm?, especially to a Minor??
Why weren’t they CHARGED??
It’s always a good idea to check int that kind of situation.
BTW, I would say that next to an extra mag, a phone is probably an essential accessory for any CCW.
If you get in a situation where you need to use your Commonsense Civil Right of armed self-defense, you definitely want to be calling in the cavalry.
A few years ago I read the Capitol Hill Police are 80% black..... as in and an affirmative action hiring hall
Maybe that’s the Capitol Police’s version of a ‘tragic boating accident’.
Tragic burrito accident.
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