Posted on 03/27/2013 7:04:45 PM PDT by marktwain
TAMPA (FOX 13) -
When a Tampa woman rented a car from Enterprise, she got a hidden extra: A fully loaded snub-nosed revolver. The gun was under the driver's seat, within reaching distance of where her granddaughter had been sitting.
"It could have slid out from under my seat and into the back seat, and she could have picked it up and either one of us could have got shot," Linda Ashmore exclaimed.
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I’m just trying to underhand. How did they link the license number to my address>?
“A super accurate piece of junk.”
It wasn’t *that* accurate. But, revolvers tend to be inherently accurate, if they function how they are supposed to. I think it is the fixed barrel and forcing cone combination.
The sights and trigger made it hard to shoot.
Damn, the only thing I ever found in a rental car was a palm pilot.
CRAP! That reminds me! I gotta let my kid out of the truck of the Chevelle!!!
Why is this news?
I have some real problems in believing that this was not a staged “gun violence” fiasco.
First of all, how many of you out there immediately check under the seat for something before you drive a car...especially a rental car?
It was fired from a machine rest. That eliminated all the variables of a person holding it. That is why it was so accurate.
No matter what shape I return the rental car in, I let the counter person know there was some 'cosmetic damage'. They always tell me, "Don't worry about it"....
I'm like..."OKay...."
Thought that might be the case. Your posts always add to the total wisdom on a thread.
Oh THAT’S where I left it....
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