N.J. teen takes officer's gun for a toy, fires  The Associated
Press  OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Hours after an off-duty Philadelphia
police officer reported losing a small gun he had in his pocket,
a 17-year-old girl found it on an amusement-park ride and fired
it into a beach dune, thinking it was a toy.  No one was injured
Wednesday. The girl, who was not identified, and her family
contacted police the next day, once they realized the gun was
real.  The girl found the .22-caliber revolver while visiting
Gillian's Wonderland Pier. She inadvertently sat on the gun
while climbing into the Slingshot ride.  Thinking the gun was a
toy, she put it in her pocket and later fired it into a sand
dune, Police Sgt. Dennis Jones said. Even then, she still
thought it was a toy, brought it home, and forgot about it until
her mother mentioned news accounts of a search for the weapon
Thursday.  Amusement park owner Jay Gillian closed the park for
two hours Wednesday so police could search for the missing gun.
Police said the gun re