Who Guards the Guards: Cape Cod Follow Up

The Falmouth Police in Cape Code are reassuring the public that they’ll keep better tabs on their firearms. This comes following the recent story, which we reported, that the police department found that six handguns were missing, and had never been turned in by retiring or part-time seasonal officers. The Cape Cod Times covered this fact, and includes the juicy introduction that should make anyone feel safe while visiting the scenic cape:

“For the past four years, Falmouth police had no idea six .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic handguns had disappeared from the station.”

And there is more good news from the paper:

“But a Times survey of Cape police departments found Falmouth isn’t the only one having trouble tracking and storing department-issued guns.”

Given that Massachusetts has tough firearm laws, it seems the best way to get a gun might be to join a police force and just keep your service revolver! Of course we’re joking, and we’d laugh, but this story is far from funny.