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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hipshot" data-source="post: 3946776" data-attributes="member: 8034">I’ve seen both ends of the spectrum on this issue, first was in 2004 in Amarillo where I lived then my stepson at the time stole 3 pistols from me, one I got back from his brother and the other 2 I claimed on my homeowners insurance and recouped some of the cost, 9 yrs later I get a call from the Amarillo police that one of them was recovered in a stolen car, detective was pretty cool and sent it to me even paying the shipping. I had an FFL at the time but he sent it to the Catoosa police dept. and I had to pick it up there, ( I choose Catoosa instead of BA because I knew the chief and several employees because I use their range for my gun classes) Not sure why he wouldn’t send it directly to me but I did get it back without the mag, I did ask about mag and he said we don’t return mags ???  Yep didn’t ***** since I was very happy to get my Colt Gov. model .380 back! Second one was when my work van was stolen from Osage casino and my EDC M&P and a S&W SDVE .40 I had just bought were in it, I reported the theft and the van was found the next day with nothing in it of course, and about 9-10 days later I get a call from NICS wanting to do a trace on a gun sold from my gunshop, It was my stolen M&P!  I sent in copy of 4473 ( it was on my business partners license from the shop because it was a gift from him) The only way they do those traces is if gun is in the hands of a LE agency,  I called TCSO since they were the agency asking for the trace and the property guy said yes we have it, I called my insurance co and said I wanted to buy the gun back and they said you can have it because it’s yours and they don’t do salvage on firearms, call back to TCSO the next day and he said it was his mistake it was the wrong serial number they called in ??  I don’t know if I was more pissed off that they were stealing my gun or by insulting my intelligence ??  I told him he was a liar and a thief and I still stand behind those statements today. I never got that gun back and I’m sure they’ve removed the serial number from the national database and they did get away with it but I got insurance to reimburse me so I’m gonna loose sleep over it but yes most  law enforcement agencies will  do whatever they can to make you give up your quest yo get property back. Side note: Amarillo police dept. calls me every 6 months to see if my 3rd gun my stepson stole has been recovered and assured me it’s still in the database and maybe someday ??</blockquote>

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