HELP!!!! - I just found a handgun & extra clip on the street

[RPM]

I was walking home from the bar (very many beers in me) and saw a clip on the ground. A couple of paces later i found a pistol (Model JS-9mm; Stallard Arms, Inc.; Mansfield, OH). So what the fuck do i do now?!?!?! I didnt think leaving it on the street is a prudent move, but i dont want to call the fuzz while i am shitfaced....

Thoughts, anyone?!?!?

[tuvor]

1. Call the cops. n/t

[Wickerman]

2. Has it been fired recently?

[RPM]

4. Can't really tell...

I am not a gun person, but am functionally literate... The extra clip is full, but the clip in the pistol seems to have fired a couple of shots (not sure if recently). The barrel was plugged with clay from when it was chucked...

[Wickerman]

It may have been used in a crime

I'd call the police. I think you did the right thing by getting it off the street though.

:thumbsup:

I'd keep it intact as I could and not touch it much. Evidence and all. I know nothing, and certainly wouldn't take anyone's word here as good legal advice, of course, insert standard disclaimer.

[lady raven]

5. If it were me...

I would call the cops. I think they'd be more concerned about a discarded gun than they would about someone being drunk. At least I hope so!

[Zuni]

7. smell it

the smell of gunpowder residue will be noticable if it has been recently fired

[RPM]

17. no smell.... n/t

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Put it in a bag, call cops

or wait till morning, just tell them what happened

[brainshrub]

6. Get a friend to come over, but call the police now.

The sooner the better. If your sober enough to post on DU, you should be able to deal with the police.

[uppityperson]

14. Call the cops. If you are not driving, don't worry.

Get a sober friend over to act as backup too. NOW

[RPM]

16. not a prob iwth the driving

I live in a walkable area for a reason ;-)

[qnr]

22. I agree, but JFI I had some friends arrested for Walking While Intoxicated

in Nevada once.

Edit: s/arrest/arrested/

[RPM]

28. I am not interested in a public intoxication charge.

I am not a member of the bar yet...

[Sannum]

8. do NOT touch it.

[RPM]

11. too late - it was in the middle of the sidewalk...

... so i picked it up because id idnt want soemone else coming across it...

and i didint want to sticka round...

[Enraged_Ape]

9. For God's sake, call the cops

If someone ditched a gun, they did it for a damn good reason. I really don't think the cops will give a shit how drunk you are. You're not driving.

[Swede]

10. Go knock off a liquor store.

:)

[RPM]

19. shame on you

:spank:

[lenidog]

24. Swede!!

:spank:

[JVS]

54. RPM lives in a state where liquor stores are state property

probably not a good idea

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. Frankly I would call a lawyer first

If that gun was used in the commission of a crime and you are drunk and your prints are now on it, you could end up a suspect instead of a do-gooder.

[RPM]

18. that was my first call...

left the time and details of everythin on his answering machine.

Then called the cops.

[AlienGirl]

21. My bet is the cops will be glad you got it off the sidewalk

...before some kid got ahold of it and a tragedy happened.

Keep us posted. :hi:

Tucker

[HEyHEY]

23. Dude, I'll buy it off you!

[lenidog]

25. HeyHey !!!

Its a Stallard Arms pistol were are talking about the Yugo of pistols

[RPM]

27. well - now i wounb't feel bad about not keeping it.

If it is acrappy gun, so be it...

[lenidog]

29. Well if someone ditched it then was probably used in a crime

Which means you really don't want to keep it.

[HEyHEY]

35. It'd be worth the adventure of trying to get it into Canada

[lenidog]

44. If you are going to try and get a pistol into Canada at least make it

worth the effort. Try smuggling in a Glock, Browning, H&K, Colt or anything halfway decent. A Stallard Arms is nothing more than a glorified Saturday Night Special. It was designed for people who wanted something cheap but wanted a 9mm instead of 32s, 22s, and 25s, that the rest of the SNS's are made in. Its made out of cheap castings and had crap for sites. It works and that is probably the only good thing once could say about it. Also the company went belly up in 1995.

[RPM]

46. i havent handled many guns...

but this thing was shit for finish and feel.

[lenidog]

50. Very much so

I never owned one but I collect firearms and remember seeing them in the gun shops when they were new and handled a couple of them. Never in a million years own one because of reasons like that. If that is all you could afford then it would do alright but anyone with any firearms knowledge would never buy one especially if you have ever owned a top of the line pistol like a Colt Smith & Wesson, ect the difference in finish and feel is like night and day.

[lenidog]

36. Even if you knew 100% that is was a clean gun with no problems

you would neither want to find it or win. Its bascially a Saturday Night Special made a little better than most but I sure as hell wouldn't want to own one. Like I said its the Yugo of pistols. It works and it wont blow up in your face and that is about all one can say about it.

[RPM]

45. i told the cop the yugo line...

he laughed.

props to you...

[lenidog]

48. Its a pretty apt description of it and being an officer he would know

something about firearms and agree.

[Tsiyu]

51. Very smart

i was just thinking, oh, this is how some action movies start...

..Criminy. I am so glad you kept some kid or psycho from getting that weapon. You did the right thing. :)

[RPM]

57. that's what my wife thought too - this is how movies start.

Calls:
1 - my lawyer
2 - to the person I had been out with
3 - the police

2.5 was posting on DU.

All in all, i was able to create a record in case there are issues later.

[AlGore-08.com]

13. CALL THE COPS

It doesn't matter if you're drunk, they'll be more interested in a loose gun. It might solve a crime.

CALL THE COPS!

[AlienGirl]

15. Call the police now!

As long as you were walking home, they won't care that you were drunk. This gun could be evidence in a very fresh case. (Or it could be someone's missing gun that they will be looking for in the morning. Either way, you want it out of your posession as fast as possible.)

Tucker

[lenidog]

20. Get a friend over and call the cops now.

Touch it as little as possible. It it was chucked then it may have been used in a crime. They wont give a shit if you were drunk.

[Floogeldy]

It could be a murder weapon.

HELLO? WITH FINGERPRINTS AND BLOOD AND SHIT ON IT?

In the real world, it is called evidence.

BTW, "fuzz?"

[RPM]

30. I called the cops - now the waiting begins....

fingerprints perhaps, but no blood...

I understand the concept of evidence - i had a 6 hours of lecture on it last week (bar-bri)

Fuzz - why not, i have 2 pitchers of beer in me....

[Floogeldy]

39. Kewl

B-)

[Endangered Specie]

26. Dont touch it again, call cops, even if you are intoxicated...

(its still legal to be intoxicated, I suspect they wont care). Just write down what happened then explain it to them in full detail (mention where you found it too).

[uppityperson]

31. touch it all over, test fire it, then call the police

they'll be happy to know if it works. :evilgrin: :beer:

[RPM]

33. sure am glad you posted later...

...after all the GOOD advice... :eyes:

[uppityperson]

37. I gave good advice earlier.

Let us know what happens, ok?

[RPM]

38. sorry - didnt make the connection.

my bad. kinda distracted.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Call them...

The fact that you're walking home shows that you have enough wits about you to stay away from the wheel of a car.

[RPM]

34. sheeeit - i didnt even drive down there.

god - i love living in a walkable city.

[uppityperson]

40. trade it for the kitten

and explain to the cops you were confused

[RPM]

42. thought about it - no dice.

at the end of the day, i think my wife would rather i have an illegal hand gun than a cat...

go figger.

moot now, however.

[RPM]

41. OK - here's the story.

Cops just arrived. Took my name, took the gun and clips, and are headed back to the area to see if there is a gun accompanying the extra clip i found (tursn out it was from a smith & wesson 9mm)

So, that's teh end of my exciting night- sleep well all and thanks for your advice.

[uppityperson]

43. Good job and good night. No kitten?

nighty

[AlienGirl]

47. All's well that ends well! n/t

[lenidog]

49. Sounds like whoever had it before bought it off the street

because there is NO way that clip will fit that gun.

[RPM]

56. there was a proper clip in the shitty gun already

the S&W clip must have been thrown separately - the cop went back to see if the gun was there too.

[SoCalDem]

52. Call the cops.. tell them you were WALKING home from a bar

So what oif you have been drinking.. What else would you be doing at a bar? Being drunk is no crime..DRIVING while drunk IS, but you did not drive..

Call them :)

[RPM]

58. Publilc intoxication is

that was my concern; not anything with the car.... I went out with the intent of walking home.

[JVS]

53. Turn it in to some cops you know and who won't give you shit

Call up Art Costa or officer Mack.

[Nailzberg]

55. I'll buy it off you.

I live in LA. I'll keep it in my car for defensive driving only.

[Magrittes Pipe]

59. Hey! Free gun!

edit: and you don't even have to register it! :bounce: