Guy With Gun Tattoo Charged With Illegal Firearm Possession

Here’s one for the derp file. A guy with a forehead tattoo of a Glock pistol with an extended magazine has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Oddly enough, it was a revolver.

From a Greenville, S.C. Police Department’s Facebook post:

Michael Vines is federally prohibited from possessing a firearm, but it didn’t stop Vines from allegedly tossing a fully-loaded S&W .38-caliber revolver into the grass after a recent car wreck near the intersection of Green Avenue and Guess Street.

Alert City of Greenville firefighters witnessed this and reported it to GPD officers who recovered a gun from the location.

Vines has been charged with driving under a suspended license, driving too fast for conditions and unlawful carrying of a firearm. The real weapon was placed in property and evidence.

Personally, I think tattoos are a bad idea and a waste of money, but even among tattoo-lovers, who could ever believe that inking a gun on your face is a good idea? Sheesh.

How will Mike ever get right with the law? He’s prohibited from possessing a firearm, but he’s always got a gun on him!

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.