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ScooterSissy wrote:I still suspect it's gone...

AndyC wrote:

WildBill wrote:

AndyC wrote:Perhaps you might post something similar in the Lost/Found section of Craigslist?

I would as soon toss the gun in the trash rather than place an ad on Craigslist.

Can you imagine the strange calls you would get for a found gun?

I would have thought that it would be pretty darned obvious that one would NOT give out one's phone number - simply a description of the item found and where to physically go to attempt to claim it.

AndyC wrote:Perhaps you might post something similar in the Lost/Found section of Craigslist?

ScooterSissy wrote:My thoughts were much the same as yours, that I "should" be able to keep it if it goes unclaimed, but I probably won't. Which begs the question - why not? I'm have a CHL. I can walk into any gun store and legally buy the same weapon. Why should claiming a weapon be any different than jewelry, cash, or tools?

ScooterSissy wrote:This may be the wrong forum, if so please feel free to move it where it belongs.

I found a holstered gun lying in the street in North Richland Hills, TX. The position of the gun, and the condition, made it pretty obvious to me that someone had put the gun on the top of their vehicle, driven off, and when they turned the corner off Hewitt onto Cortland, the gun fell off.

My reason for posting this is two fold:

1) If you think the gun is yours (I won't identify make and caliber, I'll let you do that), please call the North Richland Hills Police Department. Sorry I didn't think of posting here first. I really considered holding it to see if I could find find the owner, but decided the chances of doing so were slim, and the repercussions on the off-chance that there were "problems" with the gun were too great, so I turned it in to the NRH PD. Sorry for the embarassment it will cause you if it's yours.
2) I would like some opinions (especially from Mr Cotton) on the disposition of the gun if it's not claimed. Should I be entitled to request the PD give me the gun if it's not claimed within 30 days, like most property? Obviously, if it's been involved in a crime that would not be the case, but if it's "clean" and goes unclaimed, shouldn't it be mine?