Angler pulls up ATF badge, gun lost overboard 22 years ago

[hann4h]

trimmed article so as to comply with Fair Use rules.

A fisherman in California’s drought-stricken Castaic Lake got more than a nibble when he found a backpack Thursday that was lost by a federal agent decades ago.

The lake, in the Sierra Pelona Mountains of northwestern Los Angeles County, is experiencing near-record low levels, having dropped more than 150 feet in recent months. This has both limited access to parts of the 6.6-square-mile reservoir and exposed portions of the lake that have long been underwater. This led to a local angler discovering a muddy bag containing a corroded Smith and Wesson semi-automatic pistol, a tarnished gold U.S. Treasury agent’s badge, and a vintage beeper. The contents were traced back to a federal agent who lost the equipment while on a fishing trip in 1992.

source: https://www.guns.com/2014/10/10/angl...-22-years-ago/

[CK_32]

That's an illegal ghost gun transfer!


Let's press charges

[ojisan]

Apparently Treasury agents are just as bad as CalGunners when it comes to losing guns in boating accidents.
I'm never getting in any boat with any CalGunner, or now, any Treasury agent.

[CSACANNONEER]

Sure you lost your issued gun in a boating accident.

[CHIEFone]

heard this on the news this morn... wonder if the fisherman will receive a reward. i know id be asking for something!

makes you wonder why the guy didnt jump in after his bag knowing all his stuff was in it.

[Knight]

Sure you lost your issued gun in a boating accident.

Taking a page from the CalGuns playbook...

[stphnman20]

I live one block from Castaic Lake. The water level is low that it's very easy to fish the bottom of the lake. Never know what you're going to catch down there.

[mabilis_matulis]

Boating accident eh?

[underthesun]

Note to self: Make sure to have my "boating accident" on a very, very deep lake

[heyjerr]

Now we have official precedent!

[sealocan]

I wonder if he was automatically transferred to the ATF the day he lost his gun.

joke;-)

[Ross]

Screw the gun - I'd be more interested in keeping the badge as memento of a bygone era.

[mif_slim]

Finally someone actually lost their firearms in a boating accident.

[NytWolf]

Finally someone actually lost their firearms in a boating accident.

What do you mean? It happens all the time.

[Doheny]

Welcome to CalGuns, OP. Interesting first post.

FYI, the management generally doesn't want full articles posted. It's usually a good way to get an admonishment from them. They prefer at most a few sentences and a link.