Nevada Sheriff Apologizes For Leaving Gun In Casino Bathroom

By Tom Knighton

One thing that it’s important for us to understand about any law enforcement officer is that they’re human. While we often expect things of them through the course of their job that we may not expect of other people, they’re still people. They make mistakes.

However, from time to time, they make really, really big ones.

Take Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly. She left her firearm in a casino bathroom last week. The firearm was found by a staff member and turned into management.

On Monday, she apologized in a video posted to Facebook.

Yeah, I’m sorry, but that’s not good at all.

However, it is amusing in an odd sort of way. I’m able to feel that way because the gun didn’t fall into the wrong hands, mind you. Yet there’s another dimension, which Dan Zimmerman over at The Truth About Guns sums up perfectly.

We’re told, repeatedly and forcefully, by many who would like to limit or eliminate civilian-owned firearms, that law enforcement officers are the only people with the knowledge, training and degree …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms