Sheerest optimism...

[Long Path]

...was the officer I heard on the radio last night, calling in the serial number of a Jennings .22, to check for stolen.

This is one of those instances in which you wonder--

• [a]Who would risk a felony to steal one of these, and
  Who would bother to report one of these?

Needless to say, it came back from Dispatch as "No record found."

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L.P.

 

[PreserveFreedom]

Who would bother to report one of these?

You have to cover your deductible somehow.

 

[Hal]

Dude,

Who would bother to report one of these?

Not reporting it's a crime- (edited by me since I can't verify the extent of the crime be it felony or not)
'course I'm pretty certain you know that and this was just funnin us right?

 

[croyance]

Well, even if not reporting it is was not a crime, there is the danger of it being used in a crime. You definitely want to break off the legal connections to a stolen gun, especially since you can't control who has it.

There is the shame of admitting to owning it though.

 

[Hal]

Youza!
24 hours of on-line searching later----
Seems like everybody (Dems anyhow) want to make failure to report a stolen firearm a capitol crime. Lots of "STOLEN FIREARMS MUST BE REPORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS" warnings. Nothing really that spells out if failure to report is or isn't a crime!

I did the next best thing===
The dog and I went out to get the morning paper. Officer friendly was making his rounds of the neighborhood, so I waved him down and asked him if it was a crime to not report a stolen firearm. His answer in his exact words: "I'm not sure. Call the prosecuter." ( a few min of chit-chat later)"The way your dressed should be a crime."

*re the dressed:
Baggy swimming trunks, long sleeved dress shirt, black loafers w/no socks and an NRA cap. Hey, what can I say, it's Saturday and nobody is usually alive here in "Stepford" at 6:00AM on a weekend.

 

[Seeker]

Yikes! You were dressed like that and the dog went out with you anyway?!