7 Year Old Boy finds gun in TGIFriday's Restroom

[RamboLiberal]

State police say a 7-year-old boy found a loaded handgun in the restroom of a Washington County restaurant.

State Police Cpl. Lou Reda says the .357 Taurus was in the men's bathroom Wednesday afternoon at TGI Friday's in South Strabane.

Police took possession of the firearm, but no arrests have been made.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09149/973619-100.stm#ixzz0GudH3LQq&B

Ooops, hope they find the idiot who left it and pull his carry license if he has one or bust his ass if he doesn't. Glad the kid is ok and didn't try out the gun.

[Tim01]

1. I'll bet he took it off to use the toilet. Not good.

[RamboLiberal]

3. Yep - I rarely belt carry

I have a Maxpedition pack I carry in most of the time but that's one thing I would never do is take out my gun if I did belt carry and set it on the toilet or shelf. Too damn easy to forget.

I latch my car keys to my Maxpedition so if I would forget it I would alert myself by not being able to get in car. But I really keep my mind aware I have a gun in that pack and hence do not forget it.

I confess I did one time leave my gun on the toilet - but that was at a match at a gun club - good lesson to me not to allow that brain fart.

[Tim01]

4. I loose my sunglasses, my keys, my coffee cup.

And that is why I DO belt carry. I strap it to me so I can't set it down.
It's funny. We all have to find what works for us.

[TheWraith]

2. Sounds like the kid was taught well about not messing with dangerous things.

Good parenting.

And in case anyone's wondering, yes, the owner of the gun just committed a crime by leaving that there. Not only will he lose his license and his gun, but he's probably going to face stiffer penalties.

[Shagbark Hickory]

9. Pffft. Shyeah like it wasn't a stolen gun.

[Hoopla Phil]

12. Yep, He'll be lucky if he is not charged with a felony. Provided of course

the back trace is successful.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. I'll take it, if no one else wants it.

I don't care if it's been on the floor in the bathroom.

[Hoopla Phil]

6. Perfect example of why firearms safety classes should be required in schools.

[Redneck Socialist]

7. It being a Taurus, the owner may have left it there intentionally.

Was it found in the toilet? :D

[spin]

8. LOL.. I like S&W and Ruger revolvers. (n/t)

[RamboLiberal]

10. More on the story

State police said a 7-year-old boy found a loaded .357 revolver inside a T.G.I. Friday's restaurant bathroom in South Strabane Township, Washington County.

The weapon was hanging on a hook in a men's room stall at the restaurant in the Strabane Square shopping center Wednesday afternoon, Trooper Joseph Christy said.

"It was a chrome weapon, approximately a six-inch barrel, not a small weapon by any stretch of the imagination," Christy said Friday.

The child told his parents about the gun but did not touch it, Christy said.

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The gun's owner has been identified, and he is legally permitted to carry the weapon, police said.

Still, troopers at the Washington barracks are talking to the district attorney about possibly filing negligence charges for leaving the gun in the bathroom, Christy said.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19593865/detail.html

State police say a 7-year-old boy found the .357 Taurus was in the men's bathroom Wednesday afternoon at TGI Friday's in South Strabane Township, in Washington County. But the restaurant chain disputes that. Spokeswoman Amy Freshwater says an adult found the gun and stayed with it to make sure nobody touched it until the restaurant manager could be summoned. She says an off-duty police officer was in the restaurant at the time and that officer took possession of the firearm.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/206/2009/may/29/gun-found-in-southwestern-pa-restaurant-bathroom.html

Wonder why TGIFriday management is saying in the story that an adult found the gun and not a kid-who is correct? And I bet the guy who left it loses his carry license.

[Deadric Damodred]

11. So it was negligence.

Before reading this update, I was thinking the gun was hot and left there on purpose.