I've heard stories about people doing this and today it happened to me.
I was driving this evening to play in a basketball tournament in Fort Worth and something made me think of my pistol. My stomach dropped because I realized I had left it behind about six hours earlier in a Starbucks bathroom in North Dallas.
Earlier in the day, I had swung through Starbucks to grab some coffee and the Mexican food I ate for lunch didn't sit right with my stomach. I popped in the SB bathroom for a quick push and I use a sticky IWB holster, so when my pants come down, I have to remove my pistol. I remember setting it down on the toilet paper holder and when I stood up, I turned to the left away from the TP and completely forgot that I had set down my gun.
I don't carry my gun every single day, so nothing felt out of place and honestly when I am carrying it, I usually forget it's there. About six hours passed and while driving it hit me. I turned around to go back home to make sure I hadn't just left it at the house in it's usual spot, but I just knew that I had left it behind.
So, I called the SB and I was a little worried about how they would respond to me asking if they found it and I was extremely worried that they wouldn't have found it and it was stolen. I felt/feel like a total idiot for doing something incredibly irresponsible like that, but I know I'm human. I kept thinking about "what if a kid went in there and found it". I keep one in the chamber and it's a grip and trigger safety.
So I asked the manager if they found something "very important" in the restroom earlier in the day and thankfully she said a lady had found it in the restroom and turned it in(thank God). She said they did have to call the Dallas police and they came by and picked it up. She gave me a case number, so I will have to call them tomorrow and go through whatever process they have to retrieve it.
Has this ever happened to anyone? What're the chances when I tell them exactly what it is and show them my CCL that they'll just hand it over? Are they going to give me a ticket? Take away my CCL? Send me to prison?
I absolutely hate that I did this.
I was driving this evening to play in a basketball tournament in Fort Worth and something made me think of my pistol. My stomach dropped because I realized I had left it behind about six hours earlier in a Starbucks bathroom in North Dallas.
Earlier in the day, I had swung through Starbucks to grab some coffee and the Mexican food I ate for lunch didn't sit right with my stomach. I popped in the SB bathroom for a quick push and I use a sticky IWB holster, so when my pants come down, I have to remove my pistol. I remember setting it down on the toilet paper holder and when I stood up, I turned to the left away from the TP and completely forgot that I had set down my gun.
I don't carry my gun every single day, so nothing felt out of place and honestly when I am carrying it, I usually forget it's there. About six hours passed and while driving it hit me. I turned around to go back home to make sure I hadn't just left it at the house in it's usual spot, but I just knew that I had left it behind.
So, I called the SB and I was a little worried about how they would respond to me asking if they found it and I was extremely worried that they wouldn't have found it and it was stolen. I felt/feel like a total idiot for doing something incredibly irresponsible like that, but I know I'm human. I kept thinking about "what if a kid went in there and found it". I keep one in the chamber and it's a grip and trigger safety.
So I asked the manager if they found something "very important" in the restroom earlier in the day and thankfully she said a lady had found it in the restroom and turned it in(thank God). She said they did have to call the Dallas police and they came by and picked it up. She gave me a case number, so I will have to call them tomorrow and go through whatever process they have to retrieve it.
Has this ever happened to anyone? What're the chances when I tell them exactly what it is and show them my CCL that they'll just hand it over? Are they going to give me a ticket? Take away my CCL? Send me to prison?
I absolutely hate that I did this.