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Never give up on those stolen guns, guys

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I have a friend moving from Coconut Grove to Flagstaff this week. A few days ago he got a call from some cop in Michigan. He is getting back two (of six) guns stolen from his apartment--in 1978.
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:o Wild. I can't imagine records were digitized in '78. Wonder how/when they were updated into the NCIC...?
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Tenzing_Norgay wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:25 pm :o Wild. I can't imagine records were digitized in '78. Wonder how/when they were updated into the NCIC...?
No idea. He is not really a gun guy. These were all hunting guns in his youth (the two recovered are 20 gauge shotguns). He was living in Illinois at the time of the theft.

Side note: they turned up in a warranted search in Michigan.
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They were updated on a regular basis if the theft was in Illinois. The FOID system is run by the State Police in Illinois and was only in use for 10 years in 1978. Once a firearm was reported stolen the system automatically updated the notice every 5 years til the item was taken off the stolen list.
I don't know how it is run now, but that's how it use to be done in Il.
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my dad had a Colt returned to him 13 years later after it disappeared from a UPS shipment, they found it 1
state away during a DUI stop, guy said he bought it at a gun show. :roll:
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I wonder what condition those shotguns were in when recovered after 40+ year?
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rug357 wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:33 am I wonder what condition those shotguns were in when recovered after 40+ year?
One is very good. The other is pretty beat up.
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About 15 yrs ago, here in So Fla, my apt got broken into and one of the things stolen was my nightstand pistol. At the time there was a website, probably by Florida police, that you could type in serial #'s and check on recovery.

Anyone know what that website is?
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BerettaRacer wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:44 pm About 15 yrs ago, here in So Fla, my apt got broken into and one of the things stolen was my nightstand pistol. At the time there was a website, probably by Florida police, that you could type in serial #'s and check on recovery.

Anyone know what that website is?
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=florida+stolen+gun+search

it also all depends on if the Cops enter the numbers correctly
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