Posted on 01/12/2014 7:34:17 AM PST by rktman
Only a picture and no story? Seems a little far fetched.
If there is anything on it indicating that it is federal property it should be turned into some law enforcement agency. Preferably a sheriff rather than the local police. Be sure to get a signed receipt with a serial number just to create an official paper trail to make the sloppy feddy's life miserable rather than allowing it to be returned informally.
Finders keepers...Yeah, post that on the interwebbies and try to keep it. The dumb broad. Probably a drone over head now. Me, however...
Is being so rich as nice as people think it is?...Yes. It is.
Then when the person called,....I’d be out of the city, area or county, because I feel that weapon has been used for something nefarious, left in order to dispose of it and probably no one knows who rented the car prior.
BTW, I'm somewhat familiar with the car rental business and no way could this possibly happen. All returned vehicles are completely gone through before being rented to the next customer. If you dropped a nickel under the front seat, they would find it and vacuum it up or pocket it. The notion that they would miss an assault rifle in the back seat and leave it there for the next customer is totally ludicrous.
Chances are he reported it stolen rather than admit he forgot it so I would not want it around me.
It should be in a hard case to go in checked baggage. If the person picked up the hard case and forgot to put the gun in it, they would know as soon as they reached the baggage check-in - literally minutes after dropping off the car. Seems unlikely a rental agency would try to re-rent the same car in so little time.
my first reflex would be to keep it....then my sanity would kick in and make every effort to find the owner.
Don’t want any part of a found gun.....too much can be wrong and last thing I want is a middle of the night flashbang followed by the cops shooting my cat and taking me in for a full body caviety and enima search.
Laz,
Let’s consider for a moment who might have left it behind, and under what circumstances it was left behind.
Keep in mind this car was rented AT AN AIRPORT!!!!!!
The soft case itself is a bit indiscreet in that environment.
I’m betting the owner already weighed the risks of retrieval and would not respond to any outreach.
And, if he did, you wouldn’t want to be there to present it to him.
exactly
This smells like a fish story. Soft cases are not legal for transporting firearms aboard aircraft.
Nope!
Need lockable hardcase for airport transport.
A SAM-7 would be nice.
Looks like “full service” from the rental company.
My bet is this: Local LEO team had rented the car in an undercover operation. Went back to their HQ forgot about the weapon and told a civilian tech to turn the car in to the rental agency. The rest is history.
Maybe the rental car agency knew they were heading to Miami and included it in the package deal.
Just remember to oil and clean and reload upon return.
Generally speaking, private individuals who are true firearms enthusiasts spending bid bucks on a rig like that, are seldom the ones who lose track of them. You can bet that rig was paid for and supplied by you and me.
Somewhere out there a fed is, ahem, “passing” bricks right now, wondering how hesheit’s going to explain it all away. Seen it happen. More than once.
And I afree.
What rental agency does not wash, check fuel, look for bad things before the send ther car out again?
Expecially in an area over run with dope deaalers and importers.
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