Stolen Guns Alert!

[john boy]

http://www.theopenrange.net/forum/index.php?topic=7268.0

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Terrible!

A$$ho..s.  I HATE anyone who would do that ... or even take money from a basement safe.  For instance.

[Texas Lawdog]

That's a shame, especially during this time of the year.

[Gatofeo]

I trust he called the police and provided them with serial numbers and descriptions of the guns.
Doing so enters all stolen guns into the National Crime Information Center, a national repository of stolen items that is used by law enforcement agencies.
A stolen gun will sit within NCIC basically forever. Its listing can only be recalled by the agency that entered it.
When I was a reporter in Idaho, I did a little report on a Mauser rifle that came up in a pawn shop in our town. It had been stolen 18 years before, from a Texas man! The local sheriff contacted its owner, who was flabbergasted. The rifle was shipped to his police department, and he picked it up there.
Some years ago, I loaned a .38 revolver to my brother in Memphis, Tenn. It was stolen from his home. More than a year later -- because I was able to provide the serial number to the Memphis Police, it reappeared in a pawn shop in Shrevesport, La.
It came back in fine shape. My brother returned it to me, and I still have it.
Reporting the guns to the police got them back. On a side note, when buying a used gun, call your local police and ask to run the serial number through. This one prevented me from buying a stolen gun -- and the owner got it back!