hire a lawyer.
Does UPS even carry firearms any more?
This is an extremely sketchy proposition to put forth over a public forum.
I’m not sure you will find this forum to be warm to this thread.
Sounds like a sting operation.
IDK if you are being honest or not, but the BS alarm just went off.
You might want to give a heads-up to your lawyer before heading over, but it's not something I'd worry about. Just go and find out what's up. They'll want you to prove the firearm is yours, obviously.
Are you with the BATF?
If it were Texas I wouldn’t be too worried. In CA I wouldn’t get involved with this no matter what.
OPINION:
I don’t know that I would want that gun back.
I wonder what kind of history it has since it was stolen.
That said, if you received a letter from the PD regarding
stolen property — that sounds like pretty standard wording
for a form letter for recovered property.
I think the best thing to do if you have questions is to contact
the police department property clerk (the number is probably on your
letter) or the recovery unit who may have sent you the letter.
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?
Really no need for a thread for this.
It’s a trick. Get an ax.
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.
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.
Buddy, if I lived in LA, I’d help you out no-charge. But, I’m on the other side of the country.
Sweet. Never seen a 419 using firearms.
I say let the LAPD destroy it.
Just my 2c worth.
If this story is legit, and you were payed the insurance money 10 years ago, then let them destroy the weapon. You do not want a formerly stolen weapon in your possession, even if it is all cleared up by the police. You can bet that sometime in the future, your weapon will still be listed as stolen in some database that has not been updated.
Heloo.
I am PRince Abullah Kaswazi, the disposed ruler of Ghana and I need your help to recover millions of dollars for my poor land.....
Nigerian Firearm Letter scam? lol.
IF you want that gun back, you’re going to have to go get it yourself.
If it isn’t registered, you will have to register it and provide fingerprints as the owner.
Otherwise, let the gun go...
I called the LA PD today. They gave me the serial number of the gun they had. I looked in my records. I have a gun registered to me with that serial number. I verified that that particular gun was safely in my gun safe. I informed the detective of this fact.
The detective admitted that he had transcribed the serial number incorrectly. The gun they have is not mine. It is also, sadly, not the gun that was stolen over a decade ago.
End of story.
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