Gm72gs asked Did you report those as stolen? If you did, they're still stolen.
I'll bet you could find one or two of them, or at least a trail.
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Here is the way it went. When the ex ran off I immediately did take all the guns I could get to, to my best friends house. I had a big antique Marietta floor safe. Only her and I had the combo. There was a key lockable compartment in the safe. I couldnt find the key but for me that wasnt new. I just thought I had misplaced it. I didnt worry about it thinking those guns were safe. In that compartment besides the murphy colt, I had a remington derringer, another old colt SAA, a nice colt lighting, a colt 1878 DA 45 colt, a .44 S&W 1st model DA, and a nice bring back Luger my uncle gave me. Actually, that one hurt the most as we were close and he also was very highly decorated.
I let things go for months as I thought they were safely locked in the safe. Finally about 7 or 8 months after she split I decided to tear the safe apart. Actually, it was easy. When I got the flimsy door off I also got a heart attack! The compartment was empty! All the guns were in thick socks, all 7 or 8 gone! I immediately did call the sheriffs dept and a young deputy was sent to take the report. Think that was on a friday night. Monday the detective came over, we talked etc. Then he tells me he is taking the guns OFF the hot sheet! He says, look, we both know your wife took them. My divorice was not yet final. He said if I arrest someone they will end up owning my house and yours! Until I get the court to judge them mine she could have just sold them as community property. So while we were hashing out the property during the divorce she had already denied taking any guns. I wouldnt agree to anything until she signed a document that if any of the guns ever turned up they were to be considered mine as I had bought every one of them before we met. She fought hard against signing that but finally did to settle the divorce. We had fought about a year on that! Later a GF of hers told me exactly how she done it. And then I recalled the time. I hadnt seen my daughter in several months while they were on the run. She brought are daughter over, said she wanted some jewelry of hers out of the safe and that was okay with me while I was hugging and playing with daughter. She opened the bedroom window, threw the guns out and retreived them that night after I thought they had left. She had a close GF that she also led astray helping her at gunshows etc, but found her a new boy friend too and she also ran out on her family!!!
Later the GF went back to her family, had a falling out with my ex and she came over and told me that detail. But by then I already had a couple of witness`s that had seen several of the guns on her table for sale at a couple of other gun shows. She had me stay away from all gun shows in california by court order. My lawyer had called me in and told me she wanted the court order as her and her new BF were afraid of me as they worked the gunshows. He said it doesnt make sense to me either but advisied me not to fight it and he would get the restrainment lifted when the divorice was final. BUT at that time we didnt yet know the guns were even missing! So she had about 6 months to sell the guns at the shows and didnt have to worry about me showing up!
Yes, I could have again have them listed as hot. But now a year had gone by, she had the money spent, and I had calmed down enough to weigh things out. I didnt want my daughter to have to know that I sent her mother to jail. Life sometimes gets complicated. Sometime later I may post pictures and serial numbers again with the hope I might get a chance to buy back one or two of them if they ever show up. No way could I afford to get them all, but I sure would like my uncles luger back. There was quite a story to that. The last time I seen him alive he gave it to me. I`m done.
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