Dear Tourists, 
Please don't bring your guns (registered and un-registered) to the Boardwalk. Shore towns have enough to deal with without worrying about some vacationing cop's piece falling out of his fannypack on the amusement pier. And you people think the tacky Tshirts are bad. Jackass.
Love,
Mom
From the AP:
OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Hours after an off-duty Philadelphia police officer reported losing a small gun he had in his pocket, a 17-year-old girl found it on an amusement park ride and fired it into a beach dune, thinking it was a toy.
No one was injured, and the girl and her family contacted police the next day, once they realized the gun was real.
The girl, whose identity was not released by police, found the .22-caliber revolver while visiting Gillian's Wonderland Pier on Wednesday. She inadvertently sat on the gun while climbing into the Slingshot ride at the amusement park.
Thinking the small gun was a toy, she put it in her pocket and later fired it into a sand dune, police Sgt. Dennis Jones said. Even then, she still thought it was a toy, brought it home and forgot about it until her mother mentioned news accounts of a search for the weapon on Thursday.
Courier-Post: Yes, They Really Gave This Guy His Gun Back
