What if... Stolen Gun

[Country Boy]

Let's say that someone had a gun in a vehicle, and that vehicle was parked somewhere where any sort of firearm was and illegal (military instillation, federal building, educational facilities, etc.). Let's also say that someone broke into the vehicle, stole the radio, the toolbox, and the gun. Is there a requirement to report the theft of a firearm? For if you report that you had a firearm stolen when you "shouldn't" have had a firearm in the first place, you could be in deep do-do.

I understand that a gun purchased through a FFL has a paper trail, and a gun purchased through individuals doesn't. I'm not wondering so much if the trail will lead back to me, just if there is some sort of requirement for reporting stolen items, fireamrs included. Didn't actually happen, just daydreaming in my vast amounts *cough* of free time.

 

[USP45usp]

I don't know what I would do in this situation... I own a '92 firebird.. has a nice "compartment" by the spare tire area (it's a donut spare and is inside the actual molding of the car). Even if you "tear" off the panel to the spare, you don't see the gun. So, the gun is hidden in the "body" of the car. I put it there if I have to go to any "unauthorized" areas, including schools. I have it for "future" need but am "screwed" while on the above properties. I can get to it pretty quickly (modified the plastic screw system) but if you don't know what to do, can take some time to unscrew the plastic screws and then search. For those of you without body work experience.. remember this.. fiberglass can be molded to make just about anything, it's strong, and... you can make "trap" doors in homes, why not cars/trucks..?

USP45usp

 

[hoosierboy]

I am wondering if the fifth ammendment would come into play where by doing so you would be self incriminating yourself. I would ask a lawyer.

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--Ayn Rand, in "The Nature of Government"

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[Herodotus]

Consulting a lawyer is, of course, a very fine idea, but few consult lawyers when they have been robbed. And it is a shame that such things might be necessay in the theft of a firearm.
I suppose it highlights the folly of oppressive laws aimed at the law abiding.
I guess you would have to keep quite about it and let felon increase his arsenal.
Even if the weapon was somehow traced back to you, there is, at this time, nothing they could charge you with for this coincidence and they would probably be unable to ever find the true trail that led to a felon obtaining your weapon in any case, unless you foolishly told them so yourself.
Considering how unlikely it is in reality that the police could ever recover your weapon (do you any good), I would have to say mum's the word in the above senario.
Its sort of like the situation with straw buyers, mostly women who buy their jail bird boy friends their handguns. When they finally break with the bum somehow, they cannot report to the police that a nasty and unrepentant felon is still at his craft with a firearm, for they would be in danger of landing themselves in jail if they did that, perhaps even more surely than the jail bird himself.