A stolen gun question

[rustythread]

About 30 years ago, I got a nice Nambu in a trade. Something smelled fishy, and I had the local sheriff "run" the pistol. Yup, stolen just a few days before the trade by someone who then sold it to the guy I got it from.

 

[double-dipper]

That stinks PeterJ-
My parents home was broke into back in 2003 and 10 guns stolen. 15 years later only 2 of the guns have been recovered. one was used in a crime and the other was recovered in a traffic stop. I hope you recorded all the ser#'s

 

[keith44spl]

I wouldn't wait on it to be recovered....


Just buy the grandson another one.


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[Grayfox]

If you gave the police the serial number, there is a chance you might get it back. I wouldn't count on it, but you never know.
My FIL had a Model 10 stolen back in the 1970s. 20 years later he got a call from the Sheriff's Dept saying they had it and wanted to know if he wanted it back.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I lost a Glock 31 in February 2011 in a home burglary. It was recovered in a neighboring county home invasion months later and held as evidence during the defendants trial. I got it back in April 2015.

 

[Muss Muggins]

If you gave the police the serial number, there is a chance you might get it back. I wouldn't count on it, but you never know.
My FIL had a Model 10 stolen back in the 1970s. 20 years later he got a call from the Sheriff's Dept saying they had it and wanted to know if he wanted it back.

I lost a Glock 31 in February 2011 in a home burglary. It was recovered in a neighboring county home invasion months later and held as evidence during the defendants trial. I got it back in April 2015.

Just to help dispel an urban legend common on this forum and elsewhere, did either of these firearms have an evidence number scratched upon them?

 

[pittpa]

My neighbor had a 1911 stolen from his home. He got it back after a guy tried to shoot a cop with it. I heard it did not discharge. Safety?


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[ColbyBruce]

Mine did not, thank God. Here is a photo of a nick in the trigger guard that was on the gun when I bought it. This Glock 31 was a T&E gun traded into a LE Supply by a Sheriff's department. The box and mags were misplaced, the gun had never been used.

I had Glock, Inc. replace the slide release and install night sights two weeks before it was stolen.

 

[ColbyBruce]

While Hall county nor GPD marked up my gun, I have owned several that were marked on by LE agencies, usually with a near impossible to remove silver felt tip Sharpie type marker. Kroil usually took it off. I had a pre 18 and a 48-something that had visible numbers left on them and a Glock 26. I had s Ruger Service Six that DeKalb PD had electro-penciled but sold it and the Glock to a friend.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I wouldn't care if mine had epoxied "Hello Kitty" stickers on it as it was given me by my dad for HS graduation.

 

[ditrina]

When I gave him the gun, I also gave him an inventory book that lists all the guns you own along with all pertinent information about the gun. I hope it wasn't with the gun, but I haven't talked to my grandson yet. I could get the serial # from the store I bought it from,,, I think.

Yes you can, they have the records and could look it up. It has happened to me many times, working at the shop.

Good luck

 

[ditrina]

Just to help dispel an urban legend common on this forum and elsewhere, did either of these firearms have an evidence number scratched upon them?

Muss all the years I worked in the shop I had occasion to handle more than a few evidence guns, they were packed in a plain box taped with a tamper proof tape and the information tag.

Never a scratched gun did I see.

 

[ColbyBruce]

My Glock 31 was in a brown cardboard box in the courtroom. It was in the box when transferred from the courthouse property room to the PD property room where I retrieved it finally. The property room manager took it out of the box and put it in the unmarked evidence bag and handed it to me.

 

[Gaffer]

The chances are much better for recovery with a handgun than a target rifle. What I learned is the police and ATF could care less if you get it back. They assume that you have insurance. I was told that they knew within a week where it was and when I asked why they didn't go get it their reply was we have bigger fish to fry. That was 6-8 years ago and never saw the gun again. The rifle didn't bother me as much as the 20X 2" Unertl scope which is no longer made and used ones go for big money.
In my opinion the police do a terrible job and could care less.

 

[WR Moore]

One interesting fact,,, he lived with 3 other young men. One of them had nothing disturbed or taken in the burglary. Police said that was a bit of concern.

That's frequently referred to as a 'clue'.

Also, "knowing" where some stolen item is and having probable cause to go get/"find" it are two entirely different things. Assuming the "knowing" wasn't just hot air.

 

[PeterJ]

You should check to see if you can get the serial number from the store (you should be able to). IF the gun is recovered, because of the 4473, it will trace back to you, and you may get a visit from LE. You'll want to be ready to relate the purchase to the theft to clear any involvement you might be presumed to have.

Also, is the box still around somewhere? It will have the SN and model.

I would be very suspicious if only one roommate was robbed. I went through that once, paid dearly, and have never had a roommate since.

When I gave him the gun we went back to the gun store and had it registered in his name, so I have no involvement.

 

[PeterJ]

You should check to see if you can get the serial number from the store (you should be able to). IF the gun is recovered, because of the 4473, it will trace back to you, and you may get a visit from LE. You'll want to be ready to relate the purchase to the theft to clear any involvement you might be presumed to have.

Also, is the box still around somewhere? It will have the SN and model.

I would be very suspicious if only one roommate was robbed. I went through that once, paid dearly, and have never had a roommate since.

When I gave him the gun, we went to the store I bought it from and had it transferred to him, so I believe that I have no involvement at all.

 

[jlrhiner]

I had a like-new Beretta 92FS sitting on my desk in a Bianchi M-84 holster letting them get used to each other. I also had a young relative with a heroin habit. While I wasn't aware of it at the time, his MO was to steal things from family, pawn them, and let the family member pay to retrieve it. He has cost his mom and dad thousands.

He completely underestimated my response.

This was @3 years ago. The detective involved called me @6 weeks ago telling me it had been recovered in a North St. Louis city during a robbery. Shots were fired, no-one was injured. He told me that they would run tests on the gun to see if it had been used in other crimes, and retain it until after all criminal trials were completed, but then it would be returned.

As I told the Detective, as long as it is off the street, I didn't care how long it took to come home.

 

[armadillo]

How long does the information on stolen property stay in NCIC? Does the reporting department have to make periodic updates to the record to keep it active?

 

[handejector]

I do not know where you live or if it is a Federal Pawn "law"


But here all pawned items uploaded" to the Pawn Police (sheriff)every night. If an item is reported stolen it will get a hit,
Pawn items have 30 day hold on them before they can be resold. If it is found, you get the joy of BUYING the gun back from the pawn shop. Crazy I know.

I can't positively speak about Florida law, but I am fairly certain the police can TAKE a stolen item from a pawn shop and return it to the owner. If they cannot confiscate stolen property, WHY would they even require a pawn shop to report what they take in?
In Georgia, the cops come get it- period.
They do give you a receipt.