One of the facts about guns in the United States, and it is not acknowledged by either gun control advocates or opponents, is that something like ¼ of all gun owners are simply so stupid, or too negligent that their having access to a firearm is a hazard to themselves, their loved ones, and to society.
Case in point, actress, model, and wife of Miami Dolphins QB, Lauren Tannehill who left here AR-15 in a rental car:
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.
And there would be one more surprise: The AR-15 semiautomatic had been left behind by model Lauren Tannehill, the wife of Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
“We got out of the car, we were kind of freaked out,” Judith Fleissig recalls of the moment this month when she and her daughter found the weapon. “I didn’t want to touch it.”
Fleissig on Jan. 6 turned over the gun to the closest police station, following the rental company’s recommendation, officials said.
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“Though dangerous if it would have landed in the wrong hands, it’s not criminal,” Broward sheriff’s spokeswoman Keyla Concepción said. “They simply forgot it.”
Lauren Tannehill, 26, is a model who was featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” a reality sports documentary television series. The couple married in January 2012.
A model in possession of an AR-15, the civilian’s version of the military’s M-16, may be incongruous to some. But it shouldn’t surprise Lauren Tannehill’s fans who view postings of her on Twitter.
I am not suggesting a solution here, I am simply suggewsting that there are way too many people who are simply too f%$#ed up to own firearms.
We want to keep firearms away from felons and the mentally ill, and I think that finding a way to keep them from the criminally stupid is a good idea as well.