In that case, I think you should post a new lost and found on Craig list. Give the PD phone number as the contact but don't mention the police. If you don't get a shot at the unclaimed property, it's better if some citizen claims it before they melt it to make an anti-gun statue or something.ScooterSissy wrote:I called the PD, and the lady (dispatcher, since it's the weekend) seemed astonished that I would even ask. Her reasoning would be funny, if it weren't so sad: "This isn't finders-keepers-losers-weepers" (I wanted to say "I know, which is why I turned it in - so someone had a chance to reclaim instead of weeping"), and "what if someone calls 10 years from now, and reports it was used in a murder" (to which I wanted to say, "Oh, I didn't realize you guys were going to keep it for 10 years...").TexasCajun wrote:There's no reason why you couldn't lay claim to it after the appropriate amount of time has passed & nobody has claimed it. If it were me, I'd take it to a gunsmith before taking it to the range.
I think bottom line, her reaction was the same as many other general public members "gun.... scary... bad"
I'm going to call back next week and see if there's someone a little more sure of the city's policy on found items. My wife works for an attorney, I might give him a shout (though he deals primarily in defending personal injury cases).
I still suspect it's gone...
At first I was going to say update your CL post but it's too funny to delete.
