Isn't the repercussions for having your weapon stolen, much worse than the cost of the weapon?
They all seem to get a pass these days.
A few years ago I took a gun of a kid who was trying to sell it on the streets of NYC. We traced the gun back to the ATF. The kid stole the gun out of an agent’s car that was parked in his driveway in Arizona. The agent had left his full gun belt with the weapon in it right there on the passenger seat for the night. We asked the ATF if they wanted the gun back. Nope, they said, they had already given the agent another one. Then they hung up. Cannot make this up.