"Janey's Got a Gun," Aerosmith wailed in their 1989 hit song, but Lupe? Well, Lupe has misplaced hers.
That would be gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez, former Sheriff of Dallas County, who has reportedly lost a gun issued to her in 2011.
Authorities are trying to determine how it disappeared, and it's a safe bet that her campaign is currently in meltdown mode.
The Star-Telegram reports that Valdez was issued a Beretta 9mm pistol on Oct. 3, 2011, as a loaner from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Range masters gun range inventory to carry as her on-duty weapon.
Valdez was lent the firearm after her personal gun, which happened to the same model gun as the loaner, “sustained a malfunction,” the police report stated. It is likely that the weapon, valued at $649, could have been stolen or misplaced during Valdez’s transition, the police report stated.
She resigned her position with the Sheriff's Office in May, when she began running for governor - the first openly gay candidate to do so.
POLITICAL FALLOUT
Of course, Valdez is facing political fallout from the loss of the weapon, and her failure to report it in a timely manner - and from some unlikely sources.
The Dallas News editorialized, "Not having a clear accounting for this gun sends the wrong signal to law enforcement officers and the public about the seriousness of losing a weapon. Ultimately, this is a matter of whom we trust to carry a gun on the public's behalf."
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