Ever caught a Glock while fishing?

[Feline]

What are the odds? What is the prudent thing to do with it? I bet Glock would re-finish it for free, given their excellent CS.

An Oakland, California-based hand crafted fishing lure company was sent a picture by one of their customers of an interesting polymer framed catch of the day.

http://www.guns.com/2016/11/22/fishi...om-the-depths/

[Lefty223]

It could have been used in a crime, so I would present it to Law Enforcement, but would insist on a receipt.

Once whilst hiking I found a loaded Ruger SR9C handgun in a Fobus paddle holster in the middle on NO WHERE in northern NH, not far from the Canadian border. Turns out that a woman dropped it while hiking herself, when she stepped off the trail to pee. When asked "How I found it or saw it?", the answer was simple ... nothing out there in those woods were as solid BLACK as that handgun and holster - it just wasn't natural. I didn't see the 'gun' - just the SOLID color, from about 30' away and I knew right off that it wasn't natural.

Had she not reported it 'lost', I was told it would have been turned over to me after 60-days, if I recall the timing correctly. The funny part of the story is that neither the local Police nor State Police wanted anything to do with it ... they made me wait hours until a Wildlife/Fish & Game Officer took possession of it. Ahhhhh well, it was a long Holiday weekend and apparently no one wanted the hassle of the paperwork!

I have also found the remnants of 2 guns while out hunting, one what probably was a nice side-by-side 410 shotgun that some kid left next propped up to a tree, this in VT. The other is the buttstock to wrist and a 2' section of the upper forend of a longrifle, presumably a southern 'poor boy' type, looking at the architecture. This also found in NH.

[eightmillimeter]

While doing an annual river clean up a friend of mine found an old Brazilian-made 38 revolver that looked like an old M&P clone. It was buried in the mud about 30 yards from the front gate of the local PD range. I'm guessing someone had a bad day and chucked it into the river back in the day. He used electronic cleaning and refinished it and shoots it to this day.

[Dump1567]

my buddy bought a gun box from a thrift store for a few bucks. Unknown to the thrift store, it had a Beretta 92 in it. It was in CA, so my buddy was able to track down the registered owner. Seems it was in a storage locker and sold off without the owners knowledge.

[dentron]

Id keep it and fix it.

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[bear13]

Id keep it and fix it.

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That is brave. I would be nervous it shot someone. They find that in your possession, bad news.

[Feline]

Id keep it and fix it.

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IANAL, but many states and counties require that you turn in your "finds."

Perhaps the fisherman should have thrown it back, come back a year later, and fished for a G23, or even a G22...

[titsonritz]

Oakland? Yeah, I'd put my money on a murder weapon.

[Digital_Damage]

Some one took the "it fell of my boat" a little too literal.

[dentron]

That is brave. I would be nervous it shot someone. They find that in your possession, bad news.

Have you ever been stopped at a range or private property and had the SNs ran on your guns? I havent.
IF somehow LE did come to question me about it, i found it fishing. I would have pics, date, witnesses to corroborate my story and NO other evidence linking me to a crime. I would give a statement and surrender the firearm. Thats about all i can see happening, and thats a VERY big "if".