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99th_Monkey

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Fri May 1, 2015, 04:52 PM May 2015

WTF? Child Happens Upon A Loaded Glock In Boehner's Capitol Bathroom [View all]

Child Finds A Loaded Gun In John Boehner's Capitol Bathroom
TPM * May 1, 2015 * Ahiza Garcia

A 7- or 8-year-old boy found a loaded gun in House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) Capitol suite bathroom a little more than a month ago, Roll Call reported on Friday.

The gun, which Roll Call only referred to as a Glock, was reportedly left there on March 24 by a dignitary protection officer.

The incident, however, was not isolated, according to Roll Call. The publication reported that Capitol police have a tendency to leave their guns in the building's restrooms.

On Jan. 29, according to Roll Call, one of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) security guards left a Glock and its magazine jammed into a toilet seat cover holder in a restroom stall at the Capitol's visitor center, where it was found by an employee.

And on April 16, a janitor found a Glock that had been left out in the open as he was cleaning the headquarters of the Capitol Police, according to Roll Call.

While two of the officers are still under investigation, according to Roll Call, the officer from McConnell's detail was suspended without pay for six days after the incident. The investigation and suspension were part of a report for the Capitol Police Board that Roll Call obtained Thursday.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-boehner-gun-bathroom-capitol
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Saw this earlier. Wasn't that in "The Godfather"? underpants May 2015 #1
Leave the Glock. Take the cannoli. pinboy3niner May 2015 #3
Free doughnuts for a Glock! nt longship May 2015 #7
"I don't want him coming out of the bathroom with just his Boner in his hand." lpbk2713 May 2015 #5
O.M.G. BrotherIvan May 2015 #23
DUzy!!! calimary May 2015 #28
Some GOPers are constipated. But, man what a treatment. Eleanors38 May 2015 #9
That's a pretty damn bizarre "tendency" arcane1 May 2015 #2
This speaks to an all-too-common "tendency" of some of our "law enforcement" & security personnel 99th_Monkey May 2015 #12
Yeah pretty bizarre underpants May 2015 #14
I carried a .38 in a chest holster as part of my survival kit in Vietnam, GGJohn May 2015 #26
Decades after the war, a buddy sent me a pic of us in-country pinboy3niner May 2015 #29
In the days of our youth......... GGJohn May 2015 #30
Why are people relieving themselves in the Capitol Glockrooms? pinboy3niner May 2015 #4
DUzy!!!! nt longship May 2015 #11
They are going off half cocked underpants May 2015 #16
Its been reported the Capital police have a tendency to leave their guns in the bathroom? Jefferson23 May 2015 #6
was it an orange glock? Sunlei May 2015 #8
R&K for this thread. Let the games begin. Yup! It writes itself. nt longship May 2015 #10
My husband found a loaded gun in the restroom of a crowded park pnwmom May 2015 #13
Boehner's bathroom: A Glockwork Orange Arugula Latte May 2015 #15
!!! pinboy3niner May 2015 #18
I've heard that the Hill cafeteria Glockamole has serious effects underpants May 2015 #17
These things happen... aikoaiko May 2015 #19
I'd attach a chain to them that they would have to wear... Historic NY May 2015 #20
Someone is clearly sending a threatening message to these politicians 951-Riverside May 2015 #21
You forgot your hat 99th_Monkey May 2015 #22
After a boozy lunch with Boner, I'd lose my glock too BrotherIvan May 2015 #24
So Boehner is holding short arms inspections in his bathroom? GreatCaesarsGhost May 2015 #25
It is time for these allegedly elite security forces dsc May 2015 #27
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