Funny thing is my panic attack is somewhere right in the middle of some of y'all's. Omitting the police station discussion (maybe some states allow it; most don't) but on a parallel, I was invited to a Navy retirement ceremony for a colleague so I took my shotgun out of my trunk and my junky Kel-Tec P9 out of the car before I headed to the Navy base. When I got home I didn't think about it again until after the weekend.

I cannot recall if it was Monday or Tuesday....I went to my car and as I opened the passenger door I could not recall if I had hit the button on the key fob to open it or if I found it unlocked. Nothing was disturbed inside the car.

[[Just weird because I was not, and still am not, totally used to modern cars with electric door opening devices (and I have had three of those now!). My other vehicle is an old truck, still have it, still drive it, very used to its non-power everything, and believe me there is nothing on it that works by pushing a button.]]

So I open the console..........NO KEL-TEC!!!!!!!!!!! I check the trunk. No shotgun. I go into the house and check the closet where I tossed the shotgun - sure enough, there it is. Where is the Kel-Tec? Did I or did I not retrieve it and put it in the console? As a matter of course I always do that (not any more....) so, DID I??

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never found it. Searched everywhere! I filed a stolen gun report with the PD, told them exactly the situation, and they said I did the right thing, that if I really lost it in a drawer at home just let them know if it turns up.

WHAT A DUNCE!

I won't ever know if that gun was actually stolen or not unless I literally do find it or the PD calls to tell me they have it.

Sigh.............gettin' old ain't fer sissies..........