Question about stolen firearms .

[dantheman]

If a gun was reported stolen many years ago , can it ever " age out " from showing up as stolen ? My Dad got a gun from a friend of his that was a BRPD Officer . This was probably 45 years ago . There's no doubt that the Officer took the gun from some dirtbag on the street so the provenance is probably pretty interesting . I inherited the gun when my Dad passed and it just sits in the safe but I would never sell it .
Edited to add - I don't know for sure that it's stolen , but I wouldn't be surprised either .

 

[SwampyDog]

Not that I'm aware of. A buddy of mine and I ran into an interesting issue with a gun that was reported stolen in burglary where a large number of guns were boosted from his grandad. As it turned out, he ended up finding that pistol years after the fact where grandad had squirrelled it away. 20 plus years later it was still in the system as stolen. And with his grandad having passed it was a huge hassle to get it fixed and alter the original report.

 

[Mitch Dufour]

....There's no doubt that the Officer took the gun from...

.....I don't know for sure that it's stolen...

If he "took the gun" from someone on the street , would it no get filed and placed in the evidence room? If not, then is it not considered stolen or did he get a Bill of Sale from the guy?

 

[dantheman]

If he "took the gun" from someone on the street , would it no get filed and placed in the evidence room? If not, then is it not considered stolen or did he get a Bill of Sale from the guy?

" Back in the day " things were done differently . This was a long time ago .

 

[Jstudz220]

If he "took the gun" from someone on the street , would it no get filed and placed in the evidence room? If not, then is it not considered stolen or did he get a Bill of Sale from the guy?

" Back in the day " things were done differently . This was a long time ago .

It’s not just back in the day. Remember the NOPD officer that was arrested not long ago selling crack with an apartment full of evidence locker firearms. Nothing has changed that are usually just more discrete.