How effed up is this? He does the right thing, ensures nobody gets the gun for illicit purposes, turns it in to the polio AND GETS FIRED? Really? How messed up are some people to think firing this guy is the right thing to do?

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/15/detroit-groundskeeper-fired-after-finding-loaded-gun-handing-it-to-cops/

unless theres more to it this goes against all common sense

Why not call the cops to secure it. Who takes a loaded handgun that they don't own home with them. Call the cops and let them handle it on the spot. No need for him to secure it.

Why not call the cops to secure it. Who takes a loaded handgun that they don't own home with them. Call the cops and let them handle it on the spot. No need for him to secure it.

 

Seems like he had an Epiphany an realized he was a dumbass that took home something illegal

I guess so or decided against keeping it.

Why not call the cops to secure it. Who takes a loaded handgun that they don't own home with them. Call the cops and let them handle it on the spot. No need for him to secure it.

 

As much as I want to side with the fellow who found it while working, it seems that there is little doubt that he should have exercised the option stated above. To have done otherwise left the door open to needless speculation, fair or not.

 

Still, if he wasn't charged legally then they should have let it go with a simple reprimand.

Im not putting my prints on a gun found in a bush found on the street. God knows what bodies are on that thing.

Sounds like a typical response by the hierarchy of most government agencies. Ready, fire, aim.

Now, compare and contrast this with a gun buy back.

Maybe if he asked the police to pay him for the gun he would not have been fired.

Now, compare and contrast this with a gun buy back.

Maybe if he asked the police to pay him for the gun he would not have been fired.

 

He could have shoved the Shoprite card in his wallet and kept his mouth shut. LOL.

Im not putting my prints on a gun found in a bush found on the street. God knows what bodies are on that thing.

 

Well, you should have the same sentiments towards milsurp firearms produced during any of the wars.

 

Personally, I wouldn't mind having a "throwaway".

 

 

Well, you should have the same sentiments towards milsurp firearms produced during any of the wars.

 

Personally, I wouldn't mind having a "throwaway".

 

Milsurp is obviously completely different. I find it odd you wouldnt mind mind illegally acquiring a firearm which may have been used in the commission of a crime.

I guess so or decided against keeping it.

 

That may be the REAL story here!

 

It would have been SO easy to just call the Cops to take it away in a plastic bag, after photographing it in-place. Maintain a sort of "chain of evidence" by never leaving it and notifying the Cops via something as simple as your own cell phone.

 

To take it home and THEN think about it some more indicates to me, at the very least poor judgement, and could possibly indicate an initial desire to keep it......

 

Just sayin'

He just made more work and assumed waaaay more risk doing what he did rather than making a phone call

He just made more work and assumed waaaay more risk doing what he did rather than making a phone call

 

+1 Joe!

Exactly. Say it was used in a murder now your prints are all over it and you automatically need to defend your whereabouts.

i watched that dirty jobs show with mike rowe he was cleaning the sewers in detroit; the guy said they find 4-7 guns a week in the sewers. you F**** believe that?