Please ping your bang-list for me, Thanks!
To ping the banglist, just add the keyword BANGLIST to your post. I've done it for you on this thread.
If I were you I'd think about taking Garretson's to small claims court.
The gun doesn't belong to you. It was stolen. It belongs to the owner and that's who they legal must give it back to, unless it is unclaimed. Obviously, since the owner notified police it was stolen, he made a claim for it and the gun is his.
The firearm dealer already has a responsibility to make sure the gun was not stolen, because he bought it from a private party. He's the one that could be charged with receiving and dealing in stolen merchandise. So it's up to you to sue him for your losses.
Hi, and this is an interesting post. I'm a gun dealer and think that this is a good idea, if it adds no more burden to us, as we are already the MOST REGULATED INDUSTRY IN OUR COUNTRY. What would be ideal is for federal and state agencies to complile a database online and allow us to run a search of all guns that come into our shop. If a gun hit on the search we could contact our local law enforcement office prior to us shelling out good money for a hot gun. Hell, I'd be willing to do that, but if your law is gonna increase the amount of paperwork/BS that we have to deal with then I will donate money to whatever organization that fights your bill. If there is not also ironclad privacy protection in regards to names and serial numbers of guns that show up not hot, I will not agree with the effort.
The best thing that could be done is an NRA administered program that works hand in hand with law enforcement.