It's probably sitting in a police evidence room. If the standard operating procedure of many LE agencies and liberal courts prevails, the rightful owner will never see it again even if he's found not guilty of any crime.
If your gun is ever seized and impounded by the cops for any reason, when and if you ever see it again, which is not guaranteed, it will most likely be rusted and damaged by rough handling and careless storage in a damp basement evidence room. In some LE agencies the damage may be accidental and unintended, but in many big cities it will be deliberate.
If you don’t have the original recipt for the purchase of the firearm, you will rarely get it back.
Even if there is a federal form for the purchase, the locals will not look for the paperwork or release the firearm unless you can prove the gun was still yours and had not been reappropriated.
Shady cops will make the paper trail impossible if they want to and unless you want to spend thousands on a lawyer for a 300 dollar gun, the cops always win.
There is two types of law in America. the law on the books. And the unwritten above the law category that our government is operating at.
“... In some LE agencies the damage may be accidental and unintended, but in many big cities it will be deliberate.”
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