What PD is this?
I had a problem last year where a pistol of mine was taken by law enforcement (I’ll tell you about it privately if you wish). All I had to do was provide the original purchasing paperwork (”Application/Record of Sale” SP 4-113 (8-2007)) and they cracked the safe open and gave me the weapon right then and there, even the ammo. I do however have a CCP and rendered that when I showed up to pick up my weapon so maybe that helped?
But this gun was used in a crime... almost shooting or attempting to shoot a police man.
It IS evidence.