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Looking for a firearm friendly freeper int the Los Angeles area.
8/9/08 | Me

Posted on 08/09/2008 6:19:32 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon

I am looking for a freeper in the LA area who would be willing help me out.

I received a latter in the mail from the LA Police Department. They have recovered a firearm that was stolen from me over a decade ago. They would like to return it to me however there is a catch.

I, or my "agent," has to pick up the firearm at a LA police station. They will dispose of the firearm at the end of October if I do not pick it up before then. My problem is that I live is San Jose and never have occasion to be in LA

I am looking for a LA freeper who would be willing to act as my agent, pick up the firearm and UPS it up to me. I would be willing to pay you for your trouble.

If you think you might be able to do this for me, please send me a freepmail.

Any alternative suggestions or advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banglist; lapd; losangeles
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To: Jeff Gordon

It’s a trick. Get an ax.


41 posted on 08/09/2008 7:02:45 PM PDT by StoneIsland
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To: FatherFig1o155
whats need got to do wid it ???
42 posted on 08/09/2008 7:13:32 PM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Trust in the Lord...vote yer conscience...=...LiveFReeOr Die...)
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To: Soliton; Jeff Gordon
Fedex does if it is disassembled. I have sent pistols to S&W for repair using them.

That is because you sent it to the factory for repair. In California, at least, it is illegal to ship a post 1898 manufactured handgun EXCEPT for repairs (to a shop with an FFL) or to an FFL dealer. I'd hire a lawyer, or go get it yourself.

43 posted on 08/09/2008 7:15:07 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: Jeff Gordon

I think you should drive to L.A. and pick it up in person.

Even if L.A.P.D. would release it to somebody else, it would be illegal for that person to ship it to you. You might get away with it, by not declaring it as a firearm, but if you get caught, you’d both be in trouble.

The owner of a firearm can ship it to an FFL holder, and the licensee can repair it and ship it back to the owner’s address. But non-licensees can’t ship firearms to each other. The serial numbered portion is considered the “firearm”, so even if it was disassembled, it would be illegal to ship the stripped frame.

Some guys will tell you they have shipped disassembled firearms. What they really should say is that they just haven’t been caught.


44 posted on 08/09/2008 7:34:20 PM PDT by 04-Bravo
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To: Jeff Gordon
"This firearm is quite valuable."

But you're going to let a stanger go and pick it up for you? Something is whacked here. Why don't you jump in the car and take care of this valuable firearm yourself?

45 posted on 08/09/2008 7:35:10 PM PDT by arkady_renko
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To: Gilbo_3

Just figured that Jeff Gordon’s “handlers” would have all the protection he needed...


46 posted on 08/09/2008 7:48:52 PM PDT by FatherFig1o155 (Politicians, like underwear, should be changed often, and for the same reasons)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Has your insurance company paid you for the weapon? If they have, it belongs to them. Perhaps you can hire a local bail bondsman to walk across the street and pick it up for you.


47 posted on 08/09/2008 7:58:12 PM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: Jeff Gordon

Try calling the number from the phone book rather than the letter. Perhaps that is too paranoid but consider all those official looking emails that you get from banks where you don’t even have an account. Remember, the record of the crime is public knowledge.


48 posted on 08/09/2008 8:01:30 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (College kid: "Do you have a minute for Obama?" NVA: "Not now or ever.")
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To: Jeff Gordon

The simple solution is for the LAPD to ship it to San Jose PD, then you go over and pick it up. Perfectly legal and the most logical way to do it. Albuquerque picked up a gun of mine that was stolen in Kansas years ago and they shipped it to the local gestapo and I went over and picked it up.

Contact them and see if they will do that.


49 posted on 08/09/2008 8:02:55 PM PDT by Concho (IRS--Americas real terrorist organization.)
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To: Jeff Gordon

What condition is the gun in? It could be totally rusted and worthless. How much is it worth? If under $250, I would tell them to keep it. If over $400, I would go get it. Between 250 and 400, I would have to think about it longer.


50 posted on 08/09/2008 8:09:44 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: FatherFig1o155

a drive by?


51 posted on 08/09/2008 8:31:47 PM PDT by bobby.223
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To: Jeff Gordon

Buddy, if I lived in LA, I’d help you out no-charge. But, I’m on the other side of the country.


52 posted on 08/09/2008 9:15:16 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: mass55th; Jeff Gordon

“Since you lived without it for a decade, why the insistence that you must pick it up now? Let them destroy it. That would be the least complicated option to take. Why make it hard on yourself?”


Gee... This is what police are supposed to exist for. Anyone remember “To Protect and Serve”? We pay them big money to solve crimes and to recover stolen property. Then when they do it, we are not to have our property returned to us because the police make it hard to do.

I guess we are living in a police state. I think this is the type of situation where we should make a big stink if the police make it difficult.


53 posted on 08/09/2008 9:37:07 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Jeff Gordon
This firearm is quite valuable.

If it's not worth more than a half-hour consultation with your lawyer, plus a day off work to drive or fly down and pick it up in person, then I suggest you let them dispose of it.

-ccm

54 posted on 08/09/2008 10:08:23 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Call the state police and arrange for them to drive the weapon to San Jose.

Before my dad became a citizen, he once forgot to take his British passport with him to Mexico, and couldn't return. The Arizona DPS did a relay run from Prescott to Nogales and had his passport to him in six hours.

However, his brother-in-law was a highway patrolman. I don't know if they would have done it for just anyone.

-ccm

55 posted on 08/09/2008 10:13:37 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Sweet. Never seen a 419 using firearms.


56 posted on 08/09/2008 10:13:40 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (A citizen using a weapon to shoot a criminal is the ultimate act of independence from government.)
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To: Jeff Gordon
IMO anyone would be foolish to take you up on your offer for 1000 different reasons.And I say this while assuming that you're on the level here.Also,you're foolish to want the weapon back.It's been out of your control for ten years.Who knows what it could have been used for.Yes,the LAPD most likely did a serial number check on it but what if they made an error?I wouldn't want to find myself,a year from now (let's say) being charged with a crime because of what might have happened with this weapon.

I say let the LAPD destroy it.

Just my 2c worth.

57 posted on 08/10/2008 5:27:22 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama:"Ich bein ein beginner")
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To: arkady_renko
Why don't you jump in the car and take care of this valuable firearm yourself?

The calculated cost of gas to make the round trip in $140. And then there is the time and other expenses. I was hoping to get the job for something less than that.

58 posted on 08/10/2008 5:57:27 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: B4Ranch
Perhaps you can hire a local bail bondsman to walk across the street and pick it up for you.

Excellent idea.

59 posted on 08/10/2008 5:58:33 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: marktwain
"Gee... This is what police are supposed to exist for. "

The point I was trying to make is that the guy, instead of getting into his car, driving to L.A., and picking up his own friggin' weapon, was trying to get someone else to do it for him. In fact, a complete stranger. He doesn't even know what condition the weapon is in now. If it was your firearm, wouldn't you want to be the one to pick it up instead of sending some stranger?

What's difficult about the police requiring the owner to come pick it up? It's obviously standard procedure. You sound like the cops should offer some delivery service for returning stolen articles. If that's the case, then that's all they'd be doing instead of protecting the public.

Maybe the guy never reported it stolen in the first place. He never mentioned the circumstances relating to its theft. Did he have it insured and did he receive payment for its loss? He claimed it was worth money, but when asked this question, he didn't bother to respond. And although he claims the gun is valuable, he's whining about having to spend $140 for gas and his loss of time. Yet he claims he's retired. Huh? Maybe you think the cops are there to "wait-on and serve" the public in stead of protecting us. If the guy's lax security practices led to the weapon being stolen in the first place, then he should just get his a$$ to L.A. and pick up his damn friggin' gun himself instead of trying to push his responsibility off on somebody else, even a complete stranger.

60 posted on 08/10/2008 6:38:37 AM PDT by mass55th
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