Response to found gun thread

[Snattlerake]

I had a Captain that was an ROTC instructor at Alva. Cpt. Whisenant was back from Viet Nam and was residing on post on Captain's Row on Fort Sill when his house was burglarized. His modest gun collection was gone. About a year later the Comanche County Sheriff called and invited him to a sit down with him. When he arrived, he was introduced to the sheriff, a detective, and an ATF agent. On the table in front of him were all of his guns that were stolen.

After the formal introductions were over the sheriff began,

Is this your Remmington 22?

Yes

Is this your Remmington 870?

Yes

Is this your Remington 1100?

Yes

Is this your Savage 30.06?

Yes

Is this your Winchester 70?

Yes

Is this your AK 47?

Uhh, let me see it, no, that is not my AK47.

Is this your .....

The sheriff pulled him to the side later and said, "I'm sure glad you were smart about what we were doing."

The captain just nodded his head and left with all of his guns, cept one.

 

[turkeyrun]

Why I have a list, make, model, cal/ga, S/N.

 

[dlbleak]

My truck was in the garage and we left the door cracked about 6 inches for the cat. My daughter misjudged and had it cracked about a foot high one night. Some skinny methhead was able to squeeze under and get a Smith model 10 from my console. A year later a well known doctors daughter that was a heroin addict pawned it. I was notified that the cops had my gun. I told them that I had the receipt and if I could come get it. Nope, had to pay $10 to get my name on the court docket. They kept calling me every week for 4 months to tell me that the date had been postponed. No reason given. Finally got a date and wasted a whole day to hand the receipt to the judge. Judge said go to the evidence area to pick it up. Total waste of time. This was OKC

 

[TedKennedy]

OUCH! Need a Bandaid? That had to hurt...

I calls'em likes I sees'em.

 

[Louro]

Why I have a list, make, model, cal/ga, S/N.

You need to forward that list to Government.

 

[turkeyrun]

You need to forward that list to Government.

They have composed their own

 

[hipshot]

If they can verify the owner of a gun, it will be returned as long as they are not prohibited. If they are prohibited, they can sell it to someone else or transfer it to a family member.

Or they keep it and say it was the wrong number they checked ?!?!

 

[USAF Retired]

Why I have a list, make, model, cal/ga, S/N.

I maintain a list with the information you cite as well as a photo. If one is stolen, the information is readily available. However, my main motivation was to include the list with photos in our trust so there is no question as to what goes where.

 

[golddigger14s]

A hardware store in Lawton had a gun stolen and it was confiscated by tribal police when they caught the perp. It will probably be more work to get it back than what it is worth.

 

[Magmaviper]

I had a Captain that was an ROTC instructor at Alva. Cpt. Whisenant was back from Viet Nam and was residing on post on Captain's Row on Fort Sill when his house was burglarized. His modest gun collection was gone. About a year later the Comanche County Sheriff called and invited him to a sit down with him. When he arrived, he was introduced to the sheriff, a detective, and an ATF agent. On the table in front of him were all of his guns that were stolen.

After the formal introductions were over the sheriff began,

Is this your Remmington 22?

Yes

Is this your Remmington 870?

Yes

Is this your Remington 1100?

Yes

Is this your Savage 30.06?

Yes

Is this your Winchester 70?

Yes

Is this your AK 47?

Uhh, let me see it, no, that is not my AK47.

Is this your .....

The sheriff pulled him to the side later and said, "I'm sure glad you were smart about what we were doing."

The captain just nodded his head and left with all of his guns, cept one.

So they put an AK-47 out to see if he would claim it as his own even though it wasn't? Your last sentence made it seem unclear.