Oops! Dolphins quarterback's wife Lauren Tannehill leaves rifle in rental car

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | January 15, 2014 | Lisa J. Huriash and Omar Kelly

[ConservativeStatement]

A New York mom vacationing in South Florida was expecting a healthy dose of sun, surf and fun. Imagine her surprise when her daughter unzipped a bag in their rental Nissan Rogue and found a rifle — a big rifle. Looking just like the ones real soldiers use.

Horrified, she immediately called E-Z Rent-A-Car and then drove to the nearest police station.

[ConservativeStatement]

"A rifle... a big rifle..." What's next? Yucky guns?

[umgud]

Geez, I think I’d just have me a new rifle. You can bet the real owner ain’t gonna get it back anyway.

[smokingfrog]

ping

[G Larry]

Can we have a list of FReepers who called BS when the story of the found weapon was posted?

[smokingfrog]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3110905/posts

[bubbacluck]

‘Oh my God, it’s a gun.’ I said, ‘I think I’m going to throw up,’” Fleissig said. Fleissig said she and her daughter jumped out of the car to get away from the gun.

This is sad.

[Chuckster]

Yep. That is exactly how I would have handled it. EXACTLY.

[oldenuff2no]

They jumped out of the car and ran away?? That is like running away from a rock because cave men used to kill each other. Do they think the rocks are going to jump up and grab them or hit them too? Pure and complete stupidity. Stupid people think guns can kill without human involvement, ignorant stupid people.

[GeronL]

really? Is that this case?

crazy

[ArcadeQuarters]

Don’t know why she put her daughter in an evil machine that kills 34,000 people per year. She should have let her keep the gun instead.

[G Larry]

Looks like 8 or so, since the triple post seemed inadvertent.

[TigersEye]

Nice guns! Is there a pic of the rifle too?

[rktman]

LOL! Thanks G Larry. I may have been the first to post it the other day and it looked like there was a lot of flak flyin’ in the responses. I never implied true or false just weird. If my wife had a better AR than me..........then I’d be pissed. Especially if she left it in a rental. I feel so vindicated. :>)

[CurlyDave]

Justin Lampert, an owner of National Armory, a gun store and gun range in Pompano Beach, said because there are “much better guns for defensive purposes,” this rifle is used mostly for collectors, gun-range enthusiasts and hunting, especially of boars.

This is just about as bad. It seems that Justin thinks that all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces have made the wrong choice on weaponry for our troups.

I would rather face intruders in our home with an AR-15 than almost any other weapon I can think of, including Joe Biden's shotgun.

[D Rider]

Oh my God, it’s a gun.’ I said, ‘I think I’m going to throw up...

Are they all retarded in New York? It was just a rifle, an inanimate object.

[smokingfrog]

same picture of the “big rifle”

[supremedoctrine]

Hard to believe ANY newspaper would waste ink on a story like this.
But the fact is, all of them would.
I guess the operating principle is “If it shoots,it leads.”

[Paleo Conservative]

That sounds like something that Johnny Manziel’s girlfriend might do.

[Moonman62]

Horrified, she immediately called E-Z Rent-A-Car

How can a starting NFL QB let his pretty wife rent from anyone less than Hertz?

[Paleo Conservative]

How can a starting NFL QB let his pretty wife rent from anyone less than Hertz?

Fortunately OJ doesn't work for them anymore.