Check Item Before You Donate it!: Loaded gun found in thrift store golf bag

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Check Item Before You Donate it!: Loaded gun found in thrift store golf bag

This story might serve as a reminder that we should really check the items thoroughly before we donate or sell to a thrift store. A man found a loaded .22 caliber pistol inside a used golf bag at an Arizona thrift store.


Loaded gun found in thrift store golf bag

http://www.wlwt.com/national/loaded-gun-found-in-thrift-store-golf-bag/32086012


"Once Mel Grewing brought the used bag home from an Arizona thrift store, he discovered a loaded, .22-caliber pistol inside the bag, according to The Associated Press.

Grewing didn't find the gun until he already took the bag home. He took the pistol to the police, who said it was not registered or reported lost or stolen. "
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In grad school I bought a used chair for $5 and found a $20 bill in it.

"it was not registered". How quaint. However, I'm surprised by the mistake because as far as I know they don't have a gun registry in Ohio either.

Mike
 
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Oh gun run to police with it.

I bought the bag every thing in it mine. Might have been used to hurry slow players move a little faster.
 
He went to the police and then contacted the media outlets.

I wonder if this is a Bloomberg setup.
 
It’s strange that it’s reported in Cincinnati news. I’m in Arizona and never heard of the incident. And… OMG… The gun wasn’t registered. The reporter is apparently ignorant of Arizona law that prohibits gun registration. How about more of the anti-gun crowd’s rhetoric.

Of course you should check any items before you donate them. When my mother passed, I had to search all of her clothes before donating them. She would hide cash and jewelry in the pockets of clothes in the closet.
 
Thermactor said:
He went to the police and then contacted the media outlets.

I wonder if this is a Bloomberg setup.
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Given the non coverage of the story in Arizona, the way the article is written, plus the fact that 'Moms Demand Attention' has gone to Kroger in Ohio demanding that Kroger ban open carry, and this appearing on the website of Channel 5 out of Cincinnati.

It is a distinct possibility, that the Bloomberg organization could be behind this. Good call.
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maxxhavoc said:
A better story, possibly the source:
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/shooting-birdies-couple-finds-pistol-in-secondhand-set-of-clubs/article_9c2e3450-d455-11e4-a64c-3f13a9cd5773.html

Sounds like he is a shooter, and wanted to get the gun checked to make sure it was not stolen. This is a more reasonable (and intelligent) explanation of why he went to Police.

They are going to keep it, and shoot it.
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That is a much better outcome than my convoluted theory.
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And check your house before you sell it! Many, many years ago I bought an old house in a Midwest city that had a room built in the "attic" that had no heat and so we didn't use it for anything but storage. After owning it awhile, my wife decided to repaint the room, and the closet in the room so that we could make use of it with a space heater in the winter. When she went to paint the closet she found what she thought was a toy gun, but fortunately did not pull the trigger. It was a loaded old German semi-auto in, if I recall, 32 caliber. I ended up placing an ad in the local paper and selling it for cash for about twice what a gun store told me it was worth. I think it belonged to the teenage son of the previous owner who probably "hid" it so his parents wouldn't know about it.
 
Spokeswoman Emily Fromelt of the Bullhead City Police Department said that anyone who finds a firearm should bring it to a police station to make sure it is not stolen.
Police check the weapon’s serial number against a federal database to ensure that it isn’t stolen and contact the ATF in an attempt to contact the rightful owner.
“If no owner is located or contact attempts have failed,” Fromelt said, “the gun may be released to its finder.”
Any weapon brought to the police department should be inside a box or case and should not be loaded, she said.
In Arizona, Fromelt said, a private-party sale of a firearm does not have to be registered, but obtaining a bill of sale or receipt is encouraged for such transactions.
“However, if purchasing from a gun dealer, you do have to register the weapon,” she said.
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Spokeswoman Emily Fromelt of the Bullhead City Police Department is an embarrassment to the Force and a shame to Arizona. Arizona law does not include any sort of registration scheme for firearms. Federal law does not include any registration scheme for firearms. She is talking out of her behind and feeds the FUD with her ignorance.
 
Spokeswoman Emily Fromelt of the Bullhead City Police Department is an embarrassment to the Force and a shame to Arizona.
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I think she's a very nice young lady, but one who happened to be putting out misinformation.
 
She is mistaken but probably not malicious. Many people think the Form 4473 is a form of Registration. They law is set up to prevent that but sometimes I wonder about what they have done and may do in the future with the archived records of retired dealers.

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Thermactor said:
Spokeswoman Emily Fromelt of the Bullhead City Police Department is an embarrassment to the Force and a shame to Arizona. Arizona law does not include any sort of registration scheme for firearms. Federal law does not include any registration scheme for firearms. She is talking out of her behind and feeds the FUD with her ignorance.
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Well.... now would be a good time for you to set the record straight.
 
I think she quite possibly just used the term "not registered" in response to a question from a reporter or someone who has been brainwashed by TV and movies to think all guns, everywhere, were supposed to be registered.

"Was the gun registered?"

"No, it was not," seems like a true answer, but without explaining the details of Arizona law. (Or maybe she did, and other reports just ignored that part of it as an unnecessary detail.)

I'm personally not enamored of how the press reports things anymore, and for good reason. Thus I am unwilling to off-handedly condemn anyone for supposed ignorance when what they say is "reported."

Just my take on that one.

Lucky son-of-a-gun. I could use a Browing high-end for my collection even if it's <gasp> "not registered" <gulp>.

Terrified Terry, 230RN
 
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Man I need to go to thrift shops more often there was that dink that found a revolver in a day planer a while back at some church one now this
 
Any print or painting that looks nice, consider buying it! Several recent stories have been posted on line about million-dollar paintings, prints worth thousands, being bought in thrift stores recently.
And did you see the watch that was bought for $5 or $10, that was worth hundreds of thousands? It pays to be well informed.
 
It does pay to be informed.

I think the author watches NCIS a bit too much with the "registered" statement. If you watch NCIS, all guns are apparently supposed to be registered.
 
A woman working at Goodwill in Chicago sorting donated clothes was killed when a handgun in the pocket of an overcoat she was folding discharged striking her in the chest. Please carry responsibly.
 
My sister bought some used pillow cases and sheets at a thrift store and came home and found a 1 carat diamond ring in on of them. She has all the luck in family!!
 
You never know what you might find in someone else's discarded or donated stuff. I think an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, belonging to one of the men who signed it, was found hidden between the layers of some otherwise mundane print or painting. The person buying it really just wanted it for the frame itself.

Years ago someone I use to work with found a half dozen M-14 magazines, still in their original wrapper, tucked away in the attic rafters of her home. She knew of my interest in guns so she asked me if I wanted them. Since my brother had an M1A I said yes and I think I gave her something like $30 for all six of them.
 
In my gun safe is a very noticeable sheet of paper that identifies every gun by serial number (and approximate value) both inside and outside the safe. If outside, it says where it's located and stresses the fact that it's loaded. I have told my wife and (grown) kids about the list.
 
I once found a small gold ring in the pocket of a backpack I bought at a thrift store. I traded it for brake job on my van. Good deal.
I also once bought a real nice leather navy flight jacket for $30 at the same store.
Thrift stores can be great.
 
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