And, DW is correct:
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Of course, there are people in the gun prohibition movement who would be gleeful to see passage of legislation that holds armed citizens responsible for crimes committed with stolen firearms, especially if they were not secured.
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The law, however, is clear on the subject. A crime is considered an unforeseeable act which breaks the causal connection between the owner of a chattel used in a crime by a thief and the actual owner of the chattel.
Now, that can change if the chattel owner does something stupid/negligent, like leave a pistol on the front seat of an open top convertible or other idiocy of a similar nature.