This is why I orchestrate all my boating accidents to occur in the middle of Lake Tahoe. My weapons are less likely to be angled.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Why didn't he just keep it? Abandoned property.

I’d want to know if it had been reported stolen first. Being in possession of a firearm that’s been reported stolen is on my top ten list of least favorite things to do, coming in just behind trying to disarm an officer while I’m drunk and in handcuffs.

Tony.

The Associated Press, which posted the original news story, displayed its incompetence with this brilliant grasp of geography:

“Police say the man had been fishing with relatives at Lake Arlington, about 13 miles west of Fort Worth, when he caught a Galil ACE rifle on his hook.”

Arlington is EAST of Fort Worth.

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Originally posted by benny6:

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Why didn't he just keep it? Abandoned property.

I’d want to know if it had been reported stolen first. Being in possession of a firearm that’s been reported stolen is on my top ten list of least favorite things to do, coming in just behind trying to disarm an officer while I’m drunk and in handcuffs.

Tony.

This x10. And if it's lying on the bottom of a lake, it's likely there for a reason. We had a guy who was metal detecting turn in two handguns that he found in the basin of a local lake when the water level was down. One had already been reported stolen, the other one I'd imagine was either used in a crime or stolen and never reported. I guess it's possible that some boater dropped it, but that can't be a very common occurrence. I'd hate to keep a gun I found somewhere, then years later have to use it and learn that it's a ballistic match to a murder committed by a previous owner.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Why didn't he just keep it? Abandoned property.

Can you do that? I thought it was some form of larceny to keep property you find without trying to find the owner.