Sounds like the officer is not smart enough to carry a weapon.
I respectfully disagree.
The officer notified the technologist that he was carrying the weapon before entering the MR dressing room. The technologist told the officer to take the gun with him.
Unless you have experience with high-gauss fields / equipment, you are unlikely to appreciate their reach and power. The Officer informed the proper person who 'assumed' the Officer understood what was not clearly communicated. Fortunately only property damage and a good object lesson about assumptions!
[FR thread] Moms, kids find officer's loaded gun in South Austin park
I think you should crawl back into your hole. How could the officer have known?