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Poco Loco

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:22:46 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:27:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/25/2014 12:18 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:26:10 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

No problem as long as the gun had been reported as stolen (or lost) in a
timely manner, as prescribed by law. Quite sure that law exists already
in most states.

That is true and I would even promote increasing the penalties for
possessing a stolen gun. In most places it will just be "property" and
one of the charges that gets traded away or simply absorbed in a
concurrent sentence.
You still might have the issue that people don't know their gun is
missing for quite a while. If this is a daily carry gun or something
you have hanging on the wall, it will be apparent right away but most
people are required by law to have their guns locked away.
I have one gun safe that I may not open more than once or twice a year
and it is far out of sight.

I would argue that as a responsible gun owner it is your duty to know
where your guns are at all times.

"Gee, I know I had a 1911 .45 around here someplace. Wonder were it went?"

Some of us do not take our guns out and caress them every day like
Harry.

I am in a state that requires that my guns be locked up and I do not
have any reason to actually get them out unless I am planning on going
someplace to shoot.
That might only be once a year with something like my skeet gun and I
haven't actually fired my .44 in 30 years.

What part of "I have one gun safe that I may not open more than once
or twice a year and it is far out of sight" is so hard for you to
grasp?

That's what I was wondering. In the Army, the guns in the arms room
are inventoried by serial number daily. I have to admit I don't open
my safe daily to inventory my weapons.