latter_day_hippie said:
MesaCranker said:
[quote="latter_day_hippie":2fwoyq3c]I am very sorry to hear this happened. Please also report the stolen firearms directly to BATFE, via their Stolen Firearms Hotline at (888) 930-9275. Doing so will help ensure your stolen firearm is entered into the NCIC database and will put information about your stolen firearm into the hands of law enforcement agencies across the country who may recover it at a later time.
His local agency can do the same thing.
Can, but often doesn't. I recommend people do this because if a gun is "found" outside of the jurisdiction where it was stolen and it hasn't been entered into the BATFE database, the jurisdiction that "found" it may never know it was stolen and report the recovery back to the owner. Yes, the jurisdiction that "found" the stolen gun or BATFE might hang on to it, but I would rather that happen than never know that the stolen gun was taken out of circulation.
I had a gun stolen ten years ago and still have nightmares that I will get a call someday telling me it was used to kill an innocent person. I would much rather hear (someday) that it was taken off the street, even if I have to go through hell and back to recover it.
Just my $0.02. If you don't agree, leave the copper lying on the ground and move on.

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Which agency was this with? When we enter things on GCIC/NCIC the warrants division is supposed to enter it on both. Of course there is always some potential of human error when entering in serial number, make, model and caliber. However, even if the originating agency is not the one that finds the weapon, the originating ORI should still come back on the hit. The finding agency can then contact the original entering agency and see if they wish to place a hold on the item. Same goes with stolen cars, wanted folks, etc...
At least that's how things are supposed to work... of course all this depends on the serial number still being on the weapon when it's found. Either way I'd rather not give a federal agency the information on any of my weapons if I don't have to.