Seattle Police Chief's Gun Stolen From His Car

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I'm sure there's enough grist here for anyone's mill in the gun debate:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002141041_chiefgun05m.html

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**** happens. Unfortunately, as always, the media chooses to focus on the gun instead of the creep who stole it.

Nice gun too.

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It's kinda ironic, though, ain't it?

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Agreed. But what was he supposed to do with it? I mean, you can have a gun locker in your trunk and have your car stolen.

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True...There's more to this story, I suspect. Who knows what we'll learn later on.

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While he wouldn't expect someone to burgle his car, as the Chief of Police one would think he would be more responsible, especially with a gun.

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Oh, it's definitely embarassing for him, but it could happen to anyone. Remember, a gun is just an inanimate object, but a very desirable one for a thief.

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More negligent I think. Like I said as Chief of Police he of all people should know better.

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He'll be up s*** creek if someone gets murdered with it.

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Why? That's a typically silly comment. Remember, the gun was STOLEN.

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One could suppose it was his own fault...

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I'm missing a steak knife. Should I be worried someone might use it to commit murder?

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Of course, steak knives are meant to cut meat, while guns ___________________ (fill in the blank).

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are also inanimate objects?

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True, but not exactly following the logic of the sentence. Pretend it's the SAT...

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I think the point is that as the Chief of Police he should be more cognizant of where he leaves his gun.

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It should be noted that this was his personal, off duty weapon. It's pretty difficult to carry two full size sidearms, unless you want to look like Jesse James. Clearly a mistake on his part, but still, there was a crime (theft).

Lost a cell phone lately, anyone? Tools of the trade.

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I have no idea what the laws in Washington state are regarding firearms. In Massachusetts it is illegal to leave your weapon in your car, even locked in a trunk. A private citizen, at least, would lose his license to carry a concealed weapon if it was found he had left it in his car and walked off, even if the car was securely locked and equipped with a gazillion burgler alarms. A high police official like that would face disciplinary action for his negligence.

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Massachusetts has lots of really stupid laws like that. Just look at who runs the place.

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Merry Andrew wrote:

I have no idea what the laws in Washington state are regarding firearms. In Massachusetts it is illegal to leave your weapon in your car, even locked in a trunk. A private citizen, at least, would lose his license to carry a concealed weapon if it was found he had left it in his car and walked off, even if the car was securely locked and equipped with a gazillion burgler alarms. A high police official like that would face disciplinary action for his negligence.

I don't know what the law in the USA says about a case where a police officer leaves his gun in his car to have it stolen, but if it were used to kill someone then I think he would be in deep doo doo.

First of all he would be pilloried by the media ( person dead because of policemans incompetence)

I'm going with my original statement, if his gun is used to murder someone I think he can kiss his career goodbye.

I hope for everyones sake it doesn't happen that way.

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