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Uncle Fester
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Name that Pistol - crash tested
Uncle Fester
Posts: 1,644 Senior Member
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (KOMO) - A "flying gun" became lodged in a passing car along Interstate 5 near Lakewood Wednesday.
The driver was heading south when he saw a black object in the air strike the front of his car, according to Trooper Guy Gill. The driver said it didn't seem to make a big impact on his car and no warning lights came on, so he drove on.
He made it about 18 miles, but when he stopped for gas in Olympia, was surprised to find a handgun was lodged in his front bumper.
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-Mikhail Kalashnikov
”The driver was heading south when he saw a black object in the air strike the front of his car, according to Trooper Guy Gill. The driver said it didn't seem to make a big impact on his car and no warning lights came on, so he drove on.
He made it about 18 miles, but when he stopped for gas in Olympia, was surprised to find a handgun was lodged in his front bumper.”
The pound and a half plus black object hitting hard enough to penetrate even the poly bumper cover would likely have made a pretty good thump. Even if it was not that loud when something hits or rolls under my vehicle I pull over and check next safe spot ... not next time I fill up with gas.
Now as to it being able to happen sure but I’d for it to be in the air and have enough umph to penetrate the bumper cover I’d guess it would need to be tossed from another vehicle traveling in the other lane heading the opposite direction to give it more energy to drill in.
Could it happen? Sure but the way this is described I’m not quite sure.
- George Orwell
People begun telling me to keep ti since I'm "a gun nut" but being friend with some local "CSI" cops I knew better and told the doorman to call the police while keeping everyone from touching it; cops showed a few moments later since they were already in the vicinity looking for a gang that had robbed a store some blocks away and resorted to fleeing on foot when their getaway car malfunctioned. Apparently one of them got rid of the pistol so if caught and frisked the cops wouldn't find anything on him. Asked my friends about the case some weeks later (Their headquarters were nearby) and they told me that the gun was indeed involved in quite a few crimes linked to a particular suspect including wounding of robbery victims, shooting against the police and assorted robberies.
Better turn such stuff to the authorities....karma is a female dog and something like that can backfire against you.....remember Spiderman!