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Showing Original Post only (View all)Alabama Man Kills Himself with Stolen Police Gun [View all]
SF Gate reportsAn off-duty police officer who was also at the bar went to the bathroom and left his Glock handgun in a bathroom stall. By the time the officer realized his gun was missing, it was gone from the bathroom.
Police said Steven Michael Bradford, 25, of Bessemer, found that gun and quickly sold it to a friend, Matthew Lee Dodd, 26, also of Bessemer, for $225. Not long after, Dodd and the man who died stopped at a gas station. The gun was tucked between two front seats.
Authorities said Dodd entered the convenience store, heard a popping sound and came outside to find his friend dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Hoover police have charged Bradford with second-degree theft of lost property. Dodd has been charged with second-degree buying and receiving stolen property. Phone listings for the two men could not be found. It was unclear Saturday whether they had an attorney.
Did anyone notice what's missing? Everyone is charged with a crime except the bumbling cop who started the whole chain of events in motion.And he didn't report his gun stolen until AFTER the shooting. That should be another charge.
Gun owners, both civilian and law enforcement, are the source of all guns used in crime. They should be held responsible every time a gun flows over to the dark side.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Cross posted at Mikeb302000
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Mike30200, err..Baldr,err...Jason wouldn't know about Italian gun policy, as he lives in Portland.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#6
So you're also not an 60ish expat living in Italy and working for the UN?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#64
What is the conection between Jason Kilgore aka Baldr Odinson and MikeB? n/t
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#10
Ah, I see. So Mikeb302000, Baldr Odinson, and Jason Kilgore are all the same person.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#16
It wouldn't surprise me if the officer had some civil liability, and this I think would justify
petronius
Oct 2012
#5
What I'm saying is that I want a legal system that doesn't create criminals where none exist
petronius
Oct 2012
#62
Cops can't be trusted with guns. Time to disarm civilians and insure that the only people with guns
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#24
Umm, that's a *civil* suit if you hadn't noticed- and you can sue a ham sandwich, as the saying goes
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#42
Look at this google list of drunks who shot their cock off, not w/ hookers either....
kooljerk666
Oct 2012
#39
Yes, I read them, and it is not clear if you are Jason Kilgore aka Baldr Odinson.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#59
Who lives and works both in Italy and Oregon, and is both 60-something AND fortyish? Suuure...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#66