RollCall: When a member of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s security detail left his Glock and magazine stuffed in the toilet seat cover holder of a Capitol Visitor Center bathroom stall, a CVC worker found the gun, according to a source familiar with the Jan. 29 incident and two other disturbing instances when Capitol Police left loaded firearms in problematic places.
A 7- or 8-year-old child visiting the Capitol with his parents found the next loaded Glock lost by a dignitary protection officer, according to the source. A member of the security detail for John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, allegedly left the firearm in the bathroom of the Speaker’s Suite on March 24.
A third Glock was found the night of April 16 by a janitor cleaning the Capitol Police headquarters building on D Street NE. The weapon was left in plain sight, sparking additional concern about the department charged with protecting one of the world’s most important and frequently visited complexes.
Unlike a gun with a traditional safety, a Glock will fire if the trigger is pulled — making the young boy’s alleged discovery of a gun in Boehner’s office particularly concerning. The gun lost by McConnell’s detail was left in a CVC bathroom within the Senate office space portion of the complex, lowering the likelihood it would be found by a tourist or visitor. more
Why not have gun safe for that purpose. A glock? Is that a good handgun?
Since they became unionized they’ve steadily declined in quality.
Do they let cops have real bullets in DC?
Meh, if they were guarding someone valuable to the nation it would be disconcerting.
There appears to be no one in DC right now that the nation wouldn’t be better off WITHOUT.
He was in the stall to shoot his load, not fire it.
McConnell & Boehner left unprotected, and the down side is?
Never left a gun in a toilet stall but I’ve left numerous McConnells there.
Sally- A Glock is a pretty good pistol. It’s not a bad idea to keep one around in case an Obama clone crawls over the toilet bowl. I try to stomp their head or smash ‘me with a rolled up newspaper.
Simple solution: Make all government buildings gun-free zones.
Hey. Leaving guns in Bar, Hotel, Club bathrooms and closets by LEO’s is nothing new. They are usually returned under the radar. Or used in crimes. It depends on who finds them..