Pistol loaded found over the changing table at Utah's aquarium

THE CITY OF SALT LAKE (AP) – The Utah Police wants to find the owner of a loaded rifle found on a changing table in the bathroom of a woman in an aquarium. suburb of Salt Lake City, but does not plan to file a complaint.

They want instead to return the .380 caliber pistol found on Tuesday

"I believe it's someone who just forgot his weapon, but, you know, that's not it. not a rare event, "Draper Police Lt. Chad Carpenter told Deseret News. He said that people often leave their weapons in bathrooms and other places.

Parents who came to the Living Planet Aquarium with young children were angry that no one was held responsible.

Alyssa Fujimoto said she found the weapon when she tried to change her newborn with her 4-year-old son in tow

"My child who came with me, he usually opens the table to langer for me, and this time he was using the toilet while I walked in. So I went to open it, and if it had fallen, it was loaded, who knows? "she told Deseret News

that Fujimoto stated that the weapon left on the folded table was a "tragedy that was waiting" and that the charges had to be laid because the owner had been negligent

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"If anyone finds a firearm anywhere, (do not touch it), call the police, move the others away and wait for the police to come," he said. Carpenter

Another mother, Crystal Mundt, told the Salt Lake Tribune that she had rushed out of the bathroom with her two children when she saw the gun and that another woman on the phone called 911.

"You do not expect to do The weapons sweep before d & # 39; enter a bathroom adjacent to a child's play area, "Mundt told the newspaper. She described it as "unbelievable" that a loaded weapon could be left unattended, even without a quote.

The aquarium displays signs prohibiting guns, but it's unclear if the policy is enforceable, Carpenter said. Concealed weapons are allowed in places like Utah public schools.

"I would ask our representatives to hear this story and work on better firearms safety legislation, if there is nothing to be done there." said. "People who leave guns accessible to children should be held accountable."