Stolen handgun

[felinesNfreedom]

So I found out this morning that my truck was broken into last night and my GPS and Keltec are missing.. I called the sheriffs office and took care of everything with them. Apparently they have busted some kids in a neighborhood close to mine a couple of times with stolen merchandise before and the officer felt confident that it was them. I take it that if they try and sell it to a pawn shop it will show up stolen??? I don't expect to ever see it again but it would be a pleasant suprise if it was found. This happened in the southern area of murfreesboro by the way.

[Jonnin]

get it reported to the cops asap with serial number!

If and when it is sold --- if a background check is done, they will run the gun's SN and it will flag.

Getting it back.... maybe, maybe not. I have heard stories both ways, where it is indefinitely stowed as evidence and where it is returned .... I would kiss it goodbye and if you get it back, be happy.

Edited August 6, 2012 by Jonnin

[Dolomite_supafly]

If you have it I would post the last 3 numbers of the serial number for us to look out. Also, color would be nice.

The odds of finding a gun with the same last 3 and for sale would be astronomical.

Dolomite

[TripleDigitRide]

I'm sorry this has happened to you, but I've never understood why people leave firearms in their vehicles while at home.

I understand that you may have no choice if you're out and about, but while at home?

I hope you get you items back.

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Edited August 6, 2012 by TripleDigitRide

[felinesNfreedom]

heys guys, the last 3 serial numbers are 846 and it's a brown frame black slide pf-9. The cops have everything they need and like I said I am not expecting to ever see it again, I usually take it in but the wife and I brought in groceries last night and I forget to grab it. It was just perfect timing for who ever took it, my doors are always locked and I usally leave nothing but the GPS in the truck ..... except for last night. Lesson learned.

[Oh Shoot]

...I take it that if they try and sell it to a pawn shop it will show up stolen??? ....

Generally, yes -- had a little interaction with the Knox Co. stolen property division re that about 15 years ago. Pawn shops have to do a periodic report (weekly, maybe) with serial numbers to county LEA on a variety of items, guns being one of them. I assume the database is networked state wide, maybe wider,and is likely more sophisticated than the system I saw back then.

Also don't know if pawn shop has access to where they can check before they take an item in or not, be surprised it they can't these days.

- OS

Edited August 6, 2012 by OhShoot

[Guest nysos]

Per my break in a couple years ago - with the advent and further development of the internet, the serials are checked nightly. I forget how long the pawn shop has to hold the gun before he can list it for sale/pay the person (3 days I think?), but serials are run nightly. That is assuming the pawn shop runs legit. There are some that will purposely transpose a serial wrong.

[Patton]

They hold guns for 21 days the last I heard.

I'll be honest. As a police officer I believe the worst thing you can do is post all over the Internet and paper "Stolen Keltec Ser#xxxxxx"

Reason being is if a criminal can find out that you know the serial numbers and reported it it may go in deep hiding for years or get tossed in a lake. Remember the police recover a thousand times more handguns than people on the Internet. I recommend watching for it and every so often calling the police to make sure it's still a open case and in NCIC.

[runco]

I have a couple of my on stories to contribute.

Story1

Mid 90s, when I was a dealer, I use to make rounds to Pawn Stores for good used guns. Pawn guys will give big breaks if you buy 5, 6 or 10 guns at once. Anyway, stopped at a Pawn Shop in Newport. A not your typcial gun was on the rack, a Remington 700 BDL 30-06. Asking price was $300, I negotiated it down to $250, and took it my shop. A week later, a gentlemen came in to my store, looked at the gun, and wanted to place a down payment on it. About 2 hours later, he returned with the Police. Police confirmed the rifle had been stolen from Cherokee county NC, and the man who paid the down payment was the owner. I gladly turned over the gun and showed the police officer my receipt from the Pawn. The next day, I went directly to the Newport Police Dept., explained the situation, and we both went to the Pawn Shop. Owner gladly refunded my money, and explained he had only had the gun <24 hours when I bought it. I believe for a pawned item, he has to keep it for 21 days, but for a direct purchase, I believe he can sell it immediately, not 100% sure.

Story 2

I had about 7 guns stolen from my gun shop back ~1995, 1 cheap FMJ double barrel shotgun, 3 new Chinese SKS rifles and 3 new Russian SKS rifles. I had serial numbers on all these guns. In 17 years, I had 2 guns to resurface, and are held by the police till this day. Both agencies contacted the original police dept. that filed the report, in turn they contacted me. Knoxville City was one. They recovered the cheap FMJ, and it has been one huge headache to get any where with them. They will not return your call. Then what do you do? I made over 10+ attempts, and just finally gave up since the gun is not worth anything. That was 5 years ago. Earlier this year, I tried one more time, and I did get an email, but that was about it. The gun just isn't worth the hassle. The other agency when I contacted them, they denied having recovered any gun. I gave them my name, the makes and models of the guns that I had stolen, and I quickly got nope can't help you. I didn't press, what do you do?

I hope to recover those SKS rifles in time, or at lest one. The Chinese ones I remember I paid $29 each wholesale, and the Russians I remember paying $59 each wholesale. I believe today, the Chinese rifles are worth $350 retail, and Russians are worth $450 retail. So my loss of $300 would be worth ~$2,500 today. Just one, would pay for my loss.

[felinesNfreedom]

So I just found out the my neighbor has video cameras around his property and caught the guys breaking into his truck last night. So we have pictures of both young guys... I am only guessing that they are the same people but it seems like a good chance they are the same people since he is a couple houses down,

[AU_88]

Insurance. You probably won't get as much as you want, but you'll get something and a hard lesson learned. Good luck catching them.