I really need to pick up a duplicate Ruger LCR, just in case, thanks…

“And then the evidence room clapped, because this surely happened.”

Got any proof it didn’t happen, asshole?

Perhaps that occasionally occurs, but it’s the rare exception. If there’s been a shooting — even a “good” shoot — expect that the gun will be taken into evidence and that you are going to be questioned / interrogated. Nature of the beast . . . .

This is one reason your EDC should be something generic like a Glock, M&P, or other well-made but not crazy expensive or collectible Roscoe: if you have to use it, it’s likely going to disappear into the evidence room for months at least. If it’s a particularly nice gun, the odds of it being “lost” go up considerably.

It did surely happen. Everyone was so focused on being so procedure’y they overlooked the gun thinking someone else who’s job it was, was taking care of it when they were thinking it would be taken care of by the officers that transported me.

And then the evidence room clapped, because this surely happened.

“The police ALWAYS take guns used in self-defense shootings into evidence. It’s to be expedited.”

Thats true. But I did have one incident where the police didn’t take it.

The cops arrive and are doing a very professional job, no standing around and talking or anything, no wasted effort, like a well tuned machine.

They put my gun on the hood of a police car car and it stayed there while they went about their business. Then the two officers with the gun on their car asked me to come to the police station with them to give a statement so I got in the car, the officers got in, and off we went, the gun fell off and they didn’t notice.

My wife called my lawyer who met me at the police station.

Unknown to the police my wife told the lawyer she had the gun and had picked it up after it fell off the car and everyone left.

My lawyer asked if my gun was in evidence to which they replied it was locked up in the evidence room. He told them it wasn’t, they went to check and couldnt find it. He told them where it was, they said they would send someone to pick it up and no one ever arrived to do that. About a week later the police inform me I can come by to pick up my gun.

Sometimes things are as screwed up as a mashed potatoe sandwich when you get mired down in procedure to get all procedure’y.

Never ever fire a warning shot at an imminent threat. People have gone to jail by doing that.

If you intended a warning shot in an imminent situation, don’t tell the police it was a warning shot but instead a miss and if the bad guy is not hit he/she got lucky and if they are hit you probably performed a public service.

There is a difference between a warning shot that hits the bad guy and a shot intended to hit the bad guy (depending on jurisdiction).

The police ALWAYS take guns used in self-defense shootings into evidence. It’s to be expedited. Countless attorneys, firearms instructors, and gun journalist have told people this (literally) millions of times over the years.

Com on, Danny…if you want people to take this site seriously, you need to stop posting nonsensical crap like this.