Posted on 12/10/2008 12:58:35 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
A grandmother was left petrified when she was sent a police machine gun in the post by mistake.
The package was delivered by a courier to Catherine Roots when it should have been sent to firearms officers at the nearby police HQ.
Mrs Roots had been expecting a horse harness in the post so opened the package thinking it was that.
Instead, she found the Heckler & Koch black sub-machine gun staring back at her.
She called the police and two armed officers turned up and took it away.
Red-faced officers later explained a gun supply company made a one-digit mistake with the postcode when they sent it to Dorset Police HQ in Winfrith near Dorchester.
Mrs Roots, who is her 50s and runs a small-holding at Winfrith, said: 'I was absolutely and totally shocked, and petrified.
'I get a lot of packages and I signed for it thinking it was a harness for one of my horses.
'I just plonked it down and didn't think about it, but when I later opened it up I was terrified.
'You don't expect something like that to to arrive. I was petrified and I didn't touch it - I didn't know if it would go off.
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> Yeah, unloaded weapons have a habit of doing that...
I know what you're saying, but still, the rules of firearm safety apply even in cases like this:
Rule #1: ALL GUNS ARE LOADED... until you, yourself, unload the gun. And I doubt very much that Granny knew how to unload this firearm.
I am simply amazed by people, such as this woman, who seem to think that firearms discharge of their own volition without any human agency.
Finder’s keeper’s...
That’s not a sub, it fires the 5.56. Not 9mm or .45.
It was in the freezer.
Shall not be infringed.
It’s the be-all end-all. Without it, we’d already be slaves.
Yeah, I hear ya there. Respect for firearms... smart. Fear of firearms... stupid.
Ignorance is inexcusable.
I raised my daughter with respect for guns from an early age (used the NRA Eddie Eagle video as well). She's now 15 and a good marksman, and competes on her high school rifle team. I'm very proud of her. She shows respect, but not fear.
It's a shame nobody taught Granny.
Hey Jill, have you seen this one? - Dayglored
I see lots of things. But not this one. Well, not until now.
Wow, that’s pretty amazing.
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