Posted on 11/08/2017 7:50:02 AM PST by rey
I had a pistol that was destroyed in the Tubbs fire. How do I cancel the registration of a gun that no longer exists?
Short answer: With the California Department of Justice. But local law enforcement can help.
The wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes in Sonoma County also damaged or destroyed many guns. While a firearm may no longer be functional, local law enforcement asks residents to bring them to the Santa Rosa Police Department or Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office for disposal.
If the damaged gun has a visible serial number and its make and model are discernible, local law enforcement can enter the information in a statewide firearm database managed by the California Department of Justice.
If there is no longer any identifying information on a firearm, the gun owner must fill out a “Notice of No Longer in Possession” form with the DOJ’s Firearms Bureau. Santa Rosa police and the Sheriff’s Office can provide residents with these forms.
The Santa Rosa Police Department has already collected more than 120 firearms damaged in the Tubbs fire, 83 of which were from a single collection, said Kathy Esch, records supervisor for Santa Rosa police. Only a handful of guns had serial numbers that remained intact, Esch said.
“Some of the guns we’re getting have the shape of a gun, but are covered in a crust of melted steel and the wooden stocks are completely gone,” Esch said, noting that the heat of the fire rendered some firearms into ashes.
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Both agencies will accept unwanted firearms from residents throughout the year, functioning or not. Usually, this occurs when a gun owner dies and no one in his or her family wants to take possession of the weapon.
“Don’t just walk in with the firearm,” said Sgt. Spencer Crum, Sheriff’s Office spokesman. “It’s best for people to leave them in their car and a deputy will come out and help.”
Some firearms acquired by Santa Rosa police are sent to the federal government to be repurposed for military training, Esch said.
But for the guns damaged in the Sonoma County fires, their end will again be fire. Both the Santa Rosa police and the Sheriff’s Office will ship the damaged firearms out of the county to be incinerated.
Sad, all those weapons could have been lost in boating accidents instead.........................
After your family is safe. Go back and get your guns.
Lol. That’s for sure.
There are a lot of articles on repair of guns damaged in fires.
It’s really a damn shame that every single one of my guns was destroyed in the Sonoma County fires.
(The strangest part is that I’ve never even been to Sonoma County!)
Hold on to those that can’t be repaired until there’s a gun back program with a nice gift certificate.
Move to a State where they don’t give a crap. Live in California, win stupid prizes.
Save it. When there is another feel good gun “buy back” turn it in for cash. That is the only reason an workable gun should be turned in.
But then, that is California.
These particular fires were driven by 60 mph winds. Many didn’t have time to grab anything or even get dressed properly and their home was already burning.
Mrs. Mad has several relatives that got burned out. ALL of their gun safes failed and the contents are molten piles metal and aluminum. Glocks are almost gone.
I haven’t figured out what to do about the loss of my entire collection when the boat sink .
Oh, no. I would wait for a buy-back program....
These were extremely hot fires. The leaf springs on my stock trailer are pretzeled. On some homes you can see warped Fridge, washer/dryer. hot water heater, on others, it was so hot they nearly melted and are bent flat. That’s probably 2400-3000 degrees. My fire proof container burned. I beams in the barn are bent over at 90 degrees. Hot, hot, hot.
I have seen many images and it is stunning how hot the fires got in some places. Apparently there was at least one fire tornado, very rare event.
Are you and your loved ones all uninjured?
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