Please help. I had a gun stolen 3 years ago. I reported it stolen when it was missing. The police called me yesterday and said they recovered it from a known drug dealer during a search warrant. I had assumptions my ex may have taken it, but I had no proof. I left him because I found out he was into drugs. The cop said he will put my name on a supoena. Why do I have to go to court if Im the victim?
It gets more complicated. I bought it from a friend, legally, at a licenced gun shop. We transferred the registration at the gun shop, but turns out the shop never transerred it, so it is still in my friends name, but I was contacted because I was the one who reported it stolen.
What happens at these type of hearings where you are supoened? I am scared for this "known drug dealer" to even see me, as I do not want him coming after me after all is said and done. It may be someone my ex used to hang out with. That also scares me, becasue what if my ex told him it was my gun and he turns around and says to the courts that I sold it to him, or I gave it to him, which I did not. Will they look at me like I filed a false police report? Im so scared please help!!
It gets more complicated. I bought it from a friend, legally, at a licenced gun shop. We transferred the registration at the gun shop, but turns out the shop never transerred it, so it is still in my friends name, but I was contacted because I was the one who reported it stolen.
What happens at these type of hearings where you are supoened? I am scared for this "known drug dealer" to even see me, as I do not want him coming after me after all is said and done. It may be someone my ex used to hang out with. That also scares me, becasue what if my ex told him it was my gun and he turns around and says to the courts that I sold it to him, or I gave it to him, which I did not. Will they look at me like I filed a false police report? Im so scared please help!!