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DA: Club bouncers won't let man with loaded gun in, so he stashes it nearby, they let him in, then the gun goes missing
By adamg on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 2:25pm
A Quincy man who allegedly told police he never goes anywhere without his gun made an exception in the Theater District Saturday night - and now he faces a criminal charge, and somebody out there has a free loaded semi-automatic weapon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
John Murrett, 26, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court this morning on a charge of improper storage of a firearm, the DA's office reports.
Murrett has a license to carry his Ruger LC9 semiautomatic handgun, but when bouncers at Club Royale found it on him during a patdown, they refused to let him in the club, the DA's office says.
Rather than give up a night out on the town, prosecutors say, Murrett walked a few blocks north of Tremont Street, found some bushes at a playground and secreted his gun under it. He then returned to the club and was allowed in, the DA's office says.
About three hours later, just after 1:30 Sunday morning, Murrett returned to the front door and asked the security personnel if anyone had turned in a firearm. He allegedly stated to the staff that it had been stolen from his car. When club personnel called Boston Police, however, Murrett allegedly told them that he had in fact hidden it in the bushes and that it was no longer there.
"I always carry a firearm everywhere I go," Murrett allegedly said when asked why he'd tried to bring a handgun into the nightclub. Murrett also allegedly told the officers that the firearm was loaded with “seven bullets in the mag and one in the chamber" when he last saw it.
Murrett was released on personal recognizance, the DA's office says.
Innocent, etc.
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The world wont weep for one
The world wont weep for one fewer moron with a concealed-carry license, but the fruit of that act should follow him. Someone gets shot with that weapon, he should face an accessory to assault/murder/whatever charge.
Yup
Just another responsible gun owner!
Why does it seem to me there's a correlation with gun ownership / LTC and not being able to tie your own shoes? To many of these doofuses treat weapons like toys and give responsible gun owners a bad name.
Observer error
It's because the only time you ever read or hear about a CCW is when someone screws up, or has to use it - the first category is idiotic, the second tragic, no matter how justified.
Many of us - I can't say "most" without some kind of evidence; ethics, go figure - carry responsibly, don't shoot ourselves in the crotch, don't look down the barrel to see if it's loaded, don't bury our gun under bushes, and do not wear pistols to go out partying (let's give alleged doofus here benefit of the doubt and assume he was planning only to dance, not drink, because the amount of alcohol that mixes responsibly with firearms is 0).
Please don't jump to conclusions, though, based on press coverage only of the purported fuckwits among us. And pray that no one gets hurt because of said purported fuckwittery.
Of course
When someone walks down the street with a weapon secured responsibly, that just isn't news. Nobody would read that, and nobody should, really. So there is quite a bit of observational bias based on the fact that only one side of the story (many stories, when it comes to idiots doing stupid) _is_ a story.
I don't hate guns, and I think responsible use of firearms is fine. I also think its pretty tough to get a CCL in the Commonwealth, so the likelihood of this particular idiot keeping his is nice and low.
Thank you, sir
For thoughtfulness and for "idiots doing stupid," which I'm going to work into everyday conversation, starting with discussions centering on a certain future son-in-law.
I agree; alleged particular idiot might just as well have buried his Class A license with his little popgun.
Thanks, dad. I mean, Mr.
Thanks, dad. I mean, Mr. Here. I mean, dad.
Shorter:
Shorter: Idiots with guns aren't as idiotic as you think because there are so many more people with guns than the idiots you hear about.
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Absolute moron
This moron not only hides a gun in a public place, he hides it in a playground where children play. Granted, it was somewhat late at night, but what if something happened to prevent him from retrieving it right away, even if it hadn't gotten stolen, i.e. he passed out drunk until the next day or something. Moron.
Problem solved
I guarantee he won't be burdened by this particular trouble ever again, since the Quincy Police Chief has probably already revoked his license to carry under the suitability clause and seized whatever other guns he had.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.