Ok, I'm doing my weekly yard work and while running the weed eater near the road I found a handgun. At first I thought it was a toy since it appeared to be a small version of a current gun. Upon closer inspection I saw that it was a Walther P22 with a laser mounted on the front. Since I didn't want to leave it unattended while going to call the police I picked it up and cleared the gun. I noticed it had a major feeding malfunction with a cartridge standing vertical in the magazine and it was deformed as if someone had tried to force the slide shut manually.
When the Police arrived he said, "you should've just kept it" which I think was a joke, but not sure. He ran the serial number and it had not been reported stolen, but he said a lot of theft victims never know the serial number. He speculated that it was stolen and that once it jammed since it had the paddle type magazine release they probably didn't know what to do and just tossed it.
Anyway, kind of an unexceed find and a good lesson about recording those serial numbers. Anyone else ever just found a gun laying around in a residential area?
When the Police arrived he said, "you should've just kept it" which I think was a joke, but not sure. He ran the serial number and it had not been reported stolen, but he said a lot of theft victims never know the serial number. He speculated that it was stolen and that once it jammed since it had the paddle type magazine release they probably didn't know what to do and just tossed it.
Anyway, kind of an unexceed find and a good lesson about recording those serial numbers. Anyone else ever just found a gun laying around in a residential area?