MagiK_SacK
Regular Member
We had some police presence in my cul de sac today and I had a question. Now I don't know the exact back story as to what lead up to the land lord calling the cops, what I do know though is that my neighbors(the renters) were moving out, and after their second trip that day the land lord showed up. This is when I came back home from work (the neighbors were gone dropping off a second load. I saw the land lord looking around the property, and force the garage open to get inside. Shortly after that the cops showed up.
The cop entered the house and not too long after that he came back out with all of the renters guns (about 6K worth) and put them in the trunk of his car. About 15 minutes after that the renters showed back up with their uHual to continue packing up only to be greeted by the cop. He wasn't allowed to enter the property for about 15 minutes so I took that chance to inform him about the guns.
A little later he came over and explained to me that apparently the land lord called abandonment and that is what got the cops involved. He had gotten all but one gun back because they had to run the s/n's to make sure they weren't stolen. The final gun was an older rifle with a 4 or 5 digit s/n and the cop got a partial hit on a stolen gun so they were told the cops were going to hang on to it until it was cleared up.
Now that just doesn't sound right to me. Did the cops have the right to seize the guns, and run the s/n's? I expressed my concerns to him, and urged him to look into the legality of it. I gave him one of ed's OC cards and recommended they speak with Dan Hues about it. I figured he would know best.
The cop entered the house and not too long after that he came back out with all of the renters guns (about 6K worth) and put them in the trunk of his car. About 15 minutes after that the renters showed back up with their uHual to continue packing up only to be greeted by the cop. He wasn't allowed to enter the property for about 15 minutes so I took that chance to inform him about the guns.
A little later he came over and explained to me that apparently the land lord called abandonment and that is what got the cops involved. He had gotten all but one gun back because they had to run the s/n's to make sure they weren't stolen. The final gun was an older rifle with a 4 or 5 digit s/n and the cop got a partial hit on a stolen gun so they were told the cops were going to hang on to it until it was cleared up.
Now that just doesn't sound right to me. Did the cops have the right to seize the guns, and run the s/n's? I expressed my concerns to him, and urged him to look into the legality of it. I gave him one of ed's OC cards and recommended they speak with Dan Hues about it. I figured he would know best.