Soldier jailed for handing in discarded gun to police

WTF????

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what the hell is with our police force/court i think they need to get there head screwed on the right way round

My dad and I handed my grandfather's old rifle in to the police in Toronto without any problems. Granted we left it in the car and went into the police station and told them what we wanted to do and the cop came out and collected it himself.

What a complete lack of common sense the authorities have shown here IMO! - being a soldier I don't suppose he would think twice before picking up - he's not necessarily gonna be an expert on the law - I suppose he would'nt have picked it up if he was!

Well I think we're all doomed - no one is allowed to make mistakes these days - mistakes just don't exist - everyone is supposed to be perfect and know everything

From reading that article, the prosecuting lawyer sounds like a right knob head. I know he's only doing his job, but have some morals ffs!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by TazDaz

prosecuting lawyer ...morals

Originally Posted by TazDaz

lawyer morals

never doesnt happen

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Stu

I think what spidey says, fair enough he didn't know it was a gun until he looked in the bag (I found a dead dog like that once ) but once he knew what it was he didn't handle it very well.

Although it sounds like you should call a solicitor rather than the police f you find a gun.

If he'd just left the bag where he found it and called 999 and told em what he found he'd have been fine. Its was the billy big balls attitude of "i'm a soldier, i can handle a gun" that got him in the do-do.

I handed a gun in when there was an amnesty and even then the girl on the desk was more than a little shocked when i open up the case to how her what was in it.

i had however already asked her if there was still a gun amnesty on, made sure there was and then told her what i was about to show her before i opened the case. She still took 2 steps back and went a little pale tho

Originally Posted by zsv650

never doesnt happen

Does happen on occasion. The mother works at a solicitors and I've heard stories of her colleagues passing over cases if they don't agree with them!

Originally Posted by Spiderman

I handed a gun in when there was an amnesty and even then the girl on the desk was more than a little shocked when i open up the case to how her what was in it.

i had however already asked her if there was still a gun amnesty on, made sure there was and then told her what i was about to show her before i opened the case. She still took 2 steps back and went a little pale tho

And she works in a police station? The gun isn't going to leap up and bite her on the neck!

edit: Hang on, young lady? police station? a little pale? ZOMG it's MBK and she's got your gun now!