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jmra wrote:I don't have a lot of extra cash laying around, but I do have enough that I don't need the hassle of keeping or getting back from the police a handgun I found on the side of the street. To be honest, I doubt I would have even touched the gun (don't want my prints on it). I think I would have called 911 ( to ensure the call was recorded) and wait there for LEO to come pick it up.
Also NRH has a relatively new chief or did so who knows what the policy or policy changes are there now. I do know that calling their dispatch will not get you who you need to talk to. The dispatcher should have sent you to records or a supervisor. Call the main number for records to get to someone. But I wouldn't put much stock in getting it. That gun is probably going to be locked up a while there. If I turned in a gun that would be the end of it for me.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...