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Well why didn't you turn it in at the last local buy back for your Best Buy gift card and a happy face sticker?

The Annoyed Man wrote: ....or not. There is no requirement to report a theft of your own property, including the theft of a firearm, if I'm not mistaken. It may or may not be wise to do so according to one's conscience, but I don't believe there is any law requiring one to report the theft of a gun.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. My point is that I don't want to bring the gummint into my affairs if it is in any way avoidable. After all, you could be liable to filing a false police report if you weren't telling the truth. Government is never your friend anymore. Might have been at one time, but no longer. If my guns go missing, it's nobody's business but my own.

In doing some research on Connecticut's assault weapon laws, I found that it seems there actually IS a requirement there to report lost and stolen "assault weapons" subject to criminal penalty if not reported in a timely manner. I've heard of this in other locations and I believe certain areas of California (if not the entire state) were trying to push through similar legislation.

longhorn_92 wrote:

I just had a debate with a liberal family mememer about the right to having "Assault" weapons. I learned real quick the mind of a liberal is focused on emotion rather than fact.

I also went through a similar discussion except this person wants all guns abolished. When I presented numerous arguments for the right to bear arms, I was met with accusations of essentially being brain washed by other family members, not having formed my actual opinion on the matter, when that was shot down the person appealed to me to consider what would have happened if my child was one of the ones killed. Lastly I was informed that I did not have enough life experience to adequately comment on the subject and that this person knew many that were victims of gun violence. Not one shred of rational thought was put out, instead a pie in the sky ideal to remove all guns from the country because other countries have done it.

I wish I were making this up.