BillORights
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Hello All,
I'm looking for some help in how to go about proving that a revolver in the
possession of a Law Enforcement Agency is not stolen, get it returned to the owner.
Here's the situation:
John Doe has owned a S&W .38 Chief's Special, Serial # 1xxxx for 25 years.
From the Forum here, I understand that would date it as made in 1952.
John Doe was out hiking in California, and had the loaded gun in his backpack.
After hiking, John Doe put the backpack in the trunk of his car and
proceeded to drive home. Someone reported that his unoccupied vehicle
was parked on the side of the road in a "known marijuana growing area".
He was stopped by Law Enforcement several miles from where he was
parked. There were no vehicle issues, nor license, registration, or insurance
irregularities.
Law Enforcement Officers searched the vehicle, found the gun, and
confiscated it without issuing a receipt, as required by California law.
During the stop, the serial number of the gun was called in, and the
Officers said that it had been reported stolen 10 years ago in another
county, hundreds of miles away.
The situation is still in the legal process. The only charge is a concealed
weapon violation. All reports indicate simply that the stolen gun had been
registered, and that it was a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with the
Serial # indicated above, which is the same Serial # as John Doe's
revolver, which he had never registered.
Questions:
1.) How many revolvers fitting the general description of ".38 caliber
Smith & Wesson" could have the same Serial #?
2.) Does anyone know how to go about getting additional information about
the stolen gun from the California Bureau of Firearms (in order to show
that it is not the same gun taken from John Doe), and get it returned?
Thanks
I'm looking for some help in how to go about proving that a revolver in the
possession of a Law Enforcement Agency is not stolen, get it returned to the owner.
Here's the situation:
John Doe has owned a S&W .38 Chief's Special, Serial # 1xxxx for 25 years.
From the Forum here, I understand that would date it as made in 1952.
John Doe was out hiking in California, and had the loaded gun in his backpack.
After hiking, John Doe put the backpack in the trunk of his car and
proceeded to drive home. Someone reported that his unoccupied vehicle
was parked on the side of the road in a "known marijuana growing area".
He was stopped by Law Enforcement several miles from where he was
parked. There were no vehicle issues, nor license, registration, or insurance
irregularities.
Law Enforcement Officers searched the vehicle, found the gun, and
confiscated it without issuing a receipt, as required by California law.
During the stop, the serial number of the gun was called in, and the
Officers said that it had been reported stolen 10 years ago in another
county, hundreds of miles away.
The situation is still in the legal process. The only charge is a concealed
weapon violation. All reports indicate simply that the stolen gun had been
registered, and that it was a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with the
Serial # indicated above, which is the same Serial # as John Doe's
revolver, which he had never registered.
Questions:
1.) How many revolvers fitting the general description of ".38 caliber
Smith & Wesson" could have the same Serial #?
2.) Does anyone know how to go about getting additional information about
the stolen gun from the California Bureau of Firearms (in order to show
that it is not the same gun taken from John Doe), and get it returned?
Thanks