Deputy leaves loaded gun in church bathroom
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LEBANON, Ore. - A church group chaperone got sick to his stomach and set his loaded gun on a window sill in the church bathroom, where it remained until a 17-year-old girl found it the next morning.
No one was hurt, and the holstered weapon had its safety on, Rev. Frank Moloney of First Christian Church told KVAL News.
The church made an announcement about finding an "expensive item" in the bathroom, and the man - visiting with a church group from Washington state, where he works as a sheriff's deputy - claimed his gun.
Moloney said a churchgoer filed a complaint with the sheriff's office in Washington state over the incident, which he said has shed a negative light on the church's reputation.
"It's an issue of a gun, and with everybody so freaked out about guns, it really did just get blown out of proportion," Moloney told KVAL News.
Church officials declined to name the deputy or the county in Washington where he works.
Lebanon's First Christian Church doubles as a soup kitchen. Initially investigators thought a homeless man left the gun behind; a mistake that Moloney said doesn't reflect on how the church treats their less fortunate guests.
"The gentleman took the (homeless) man down to the station to ask him questions. He was the last person seen exiting the bathroom," said Moloney. "And so an assumption, an incorrect assumption was made, and that's where i jumped in and said look just because this guy is homeless doesn't mean he has a gun."
Annie Daniels, a volunteer in the soup kitchen, told KVAL that none of the church-goers were in danger, and they still welcome everyone to a hot meal if they need one.
"Most of our guests ... are very nice people. They're very polite, they come through the line. They thank us for the food. Many of them appreciate what we do," said Daniels.
Did the 17-year-old girl fondle the chaperon's gun in the church bathroom? Was the said bathroom coed? Inquiring minds want to know.
Oh, Baldr how would have guessed that some nut would kill all of those children in a school? What would make you think that could not happen in your  church? God would prevent it ?
Pleasebesmart, really? How about keeping it in the holster? You or I would be charged with a crime like the other folks who misplace their weapons.
Of course like usual nothing will happen to this cop because law enforcement never takes responsibility for anything, nor will they ever.Â
Must be nice to know you can do just about what ever you want to do without ever being held accountable!
And how come the media are keeping this cops name out of the news? You guys are all over the regular citizen, yet with law enforcement its different some how...Â
Where is your integrity KVAL? You do have integrity don't you?
"KVAL" is a bought and paid for corporate propoganda outlet. If it was a citizen that did this and not an agent of the police state then they would have spun it into some sort of anti-second amendment propoganda piece.
I heard it was one of those new Retch 9mms...with the big magazine they can puke out 300 rounds a minute.
@Phil You do realize that is five rounds a second?
@Fancy Jack @Phil Yep....vomiting forth at a prolific rate
According to this website, which covers from Jan 1999 to Dec 2012, There were 638 "Deadly Force Incidents" resulting in 256 deaths. 84 were domestic related, 115 were robberies, 57 gang related and 47 mental illness. 389 guns and 114 knives. 20.8% were Baptist churches
.http://www.carlchinn.com/Church_Security_Concepts.html
We need to ban all churches, fire the deputy, and the media needs to stop covering up names "to protect" the what?
Well... the media here covers up YOUR name to protect "the what" when you make a fool of yourself like you just did with that bizarre comment.
Why deny that to others?
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firer the nimrod....call it an act of god
@Arcanobacter Hemolyticum What a gram positive, anaerobic, negative rod thing to say.
Praise the lord and pass the ammo, the paper work is done.
It's all good God would not let anything happen...Rolling my eyes now and puking requires you to take your weapon off pants?
Wow, I'm certain that 17yo girl feels much safer now knowing that someone is exercising their second amendment rights to protect her in that dangerous church.
Allways coming ourt from under your little commie rock to use the first amendment to spew propoganda and lies about the second... You make me want to puke.
@Baldr Odinson Are you really suggesting that law enforcement shouldn't be able to carry off duty? =/
@PleaseBeSmart @Baldr Odinson I'm saying he doesn't need to, nor anyone else, in a church.
@OregonOrator I think that's his problem OO...he DOESN'T actually think. He just opens his mouth and spews. You just can't assume that the chubby little troll has any real thought processes. His canned responses are on every thread about firearms on every news outlet and blog that he can sign into. The funny part is that he's so incredibly inaccurate and these responses just verify how truly stupid he really is.
@SwiftlyJust The guy consistently delivers inaccurate information and outright lies. Fascinating to wonder how he thinks that approach would help his cause.
@Baldr Odinson @PleaseBeSmart Jason Kilgore/aka Baldr Odinson...if you get any dumber I don't know what we'll do. Just a quick search yields the following:
YOU MORON!!!! We need to be protected just as much at church as anywhere else.
You would sacrifice your own mother's life if it would further your ridiculous agenda.
Go away, you fat little troll!
@Baldr Odinson The church is the one the places to have a gun. People kill over religion all the time. And you are dealing with people who believe in the supernatural. They are not in touch with reality.
@PleaseBeSmart I trust that he will.  Jason is a renown martial arts master feared throughout Lane County.  Don't let his pudgy office worker look fool you, the man is a natural lethal weapon.  If he were a richer man, we could have our very own Eugene Batman.
@Baldr Odinson So you are personally guaranteeing his safety in the church? What about the church parking lot? On the way to and from? Off the top of my head, I can think of at least one case where someone was brutally murdered in a church.
@Baldr Odinson @PleaseBeSmart Right.  Because no one ever hurts or kills anyone in a church.