TEXAS WOMAN FINDS UNSECURED RIFLE IN NATIONAL GUARD TRUCK, TAKES IT, TWEETS IT

[James48]

(Somebody is going to get a counseling statement.)

TEXAS WOMAN FINDS UNSECURED RIFLE IN NATIONAL GUARD TRUCK, TAKES IT, TWEETS IT

When a Texas woman found an unsecured M4-style rifle inside an unlocked Texas National Guard truck Monday, June 27, she took matters into her own hands by, well, taking the weapon into her own hands.

“Today, I got my hands on a fully automatic weapon thanks to the stupid, irresponsible #TexasNationalGuard #OperationLonestar who left their vehicle running & unlocked with guns inside on the side of the road,” Marianna Wright tweeted Monday. Operation Lone Star is the long-term deployment of Texas National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border within the state. “Guess the truck could’ve been mine, too. #PublicSafety, #Texas Style.”

In a series of three tweets Monday, Wright chronicled finding what she described as a pickup truck used by the Texas National Guard left unattended and unlocked. She posted a picture of the front seat with what appears to be an M4-style rifle unsecured between the front seats.

(Snip)
“When they left, they didn’t even notice it was missing.

Link to tweet

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More:
https://coffeeordie.com/texas-unsecured-rifle/?fs=e&s=cl

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Well-regulated militia. Right here!

[ruet]

2. Well, That Was Pretty Dumb.

She might just find herself in jail.

[thecrow]

10. Idiot....

and then tweeted it?
I suppose she thought she’d be some kind of hero?
Doubly dumb

[DVRacer]

3. Well she is going to get a felony

Theft of government property
Having an unlicensed machine gun
Those right there are 15 years and $250,000 fine

[BlackSkimmer]

13. You might need to read a bit more closely.

See post 7.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. Nope. nt

[MichMan]

4. So she stole it from the National Guard

[Mariana]

7. Reading is hard, I guess.

A Border Patrol agent and a noncommissioned officer from the Texas Guard soon arrived at the Butterfly Center to collect the weapon. She also said a senior official with the Texas Department of Safety called her to apologize for the incident.

[BlackSkimmer]

12. Thank you.

I think she did a real service.

[MichMan]

16. So, she never removed it from the truck?

and called authorities just to report what she had seen without ever touching it? That's what a rational person would do.

[tenderfoot]

17. You seem real concerned that the National Guard couldn't be bothered to secure the weapon.

[MichMan]

18. Is taking something that doesn't belong to you from inside a stranger's vehicle stealing or not?

It is where I come from. I made no comments about whether they should have left it in in there.

Just saying what she did meets the definition of stealing. IMO, she should have called the authorities and let them retrieve it, not take it herself. What if she was caught by the guard in the act of going in after it and they shot her ?

[tenderfoot]

19. LOL

[Deuce]

5. From the article...

“All of this was documented in real time to a federal law enforcement agent.” Wright told Coffee or Die. “There was life vests and a rucksack. I did not pilfer or rummage, I just turned the vehicle off and secured the weapon as I communicated in real time with the Border Patrol” via text and pictures, she said.

[sarisataka]

6. That's going to be a little more

Than a counseling statement.

One of my troops left his rifle unattended once. I gave the option of an Article 15 or to let me handle punishment. He chose me but I think he would have preferred a court martial by the time I decided he had a atoned. However none of my people ever repeated his mistake.

[James48]

8. True story:

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When I was in OCS, on a night land navigation course, I was given a M-47 Dragon anti-tank missile to carry.
An M-47 is pretty big- about four feet long, and the end is 12 inches in diameter. Easy to spot.

I had been busting butt for 12 hours, and, at 3 am, we stopped moving for an hour to rest. At 4:00 am we started moving again.

Somehow, in that hour, I set the M47 Dragon down, and when we started moving again, I failed to pick it up. We were about 15 minutes into our next navigation when I suddenly realized I forgot the huge anti-tank missile I had been carrying.

I told the TAC officer- and he sent me back in the dark to go look for it.

I found it, but while I was gone, he told all the others why they suddenly had to stop. Embarrassment to the max.

I still am known as the guy who lost a Dragon.

[sarisataka]

11. ROFL

I can picture the exact scene...

[marble falls]

9. Arrest her. Yes, I know she locked and secured. All she needed to do was report it.

[LisaM]

15. She did report it.

Is there something in the story that implies she didn't? She reported it to the nearest LEO.

[WarGamer]

20. I'd be in jail if I did that...

If there was a CHP car on the side of the road, with engine running and a gun on the floor... I sure as hell wouldn't open the door and grab the gun...