A USPS postal worker in Missouri got an unexpected surprise when he found a handgun inside a mailbox along his route. Reddit user Zerochronic, the mail carrier involved, shared the discovery on r/USPS, where commenters quickly identified the weapon as “a Glock with a laser sight and a 24-round magazine.” While many people might have been startled by such a find, Zerochronic appeared relatively unfazed—so much so that he admitted he instinctively touched the firearm before fully thinking it through.
“Well, my tired [expletive] saw it fall on the ground, so I put it back in the mailbox,” the USPS worker recalled. “Then I realized I’d just put my fingerprints on a gun, so I called work, and they had a postal inspector handle it.”
According to OP, there wasn’t much more to the story beyond the inspector taking over the situation. Still, some Redditors seemed to wish there had been a darker mystery behind a large-magazine Glock being stashed in a mailbox.
Some Reddit Users Speculated That the Handgun Discovered in a Missouri Mailbox May Have Been Used in a Crime
One person said they would have clocked out for the day after calling the police and a supervisor to handle the unsecured firearm. “But I’m not getting out to touch that,” the Reddit user wrote. “It might be a murder weapon. At most, I would stay nearby to make sure no children got close enough to see it and pick it up.”
“I don’t know what state you live in, but if I were you, I’d call the police,” another person said, sounding serious. “Are you going postal?” a third joked.
On the other hand, a highly upvoted commenter, who also appeared to work in the postal service, seemed to share Zerochronic’s alleged indifference. “My tired [expletive] would throw mail on top of it. Homeowner will know I saw it, but will also know I couldn’t give less of a [expletive],” they wrote.
One person suggested that the Missouri USPS mail carrier should have simply waited by the mailbox after calling 911 until police arrived, joking that they could have scored a “free two-hour break” in the process. Unfortunately for Zerochronic, the reality was far less relaxing: “me still having to finish my route + OT with 2 hours less time now yay.”
