eye95 said:
Currently, when the government seizes a firearm and then returns it to its owner, it does not perform a NICS check to see if the owner would still be able to purchase one. They just give it back.
All 3 times I've had to retrieve guns stolen from me by a PD they (at least claimed they) did a background check.
- Once they returned my property when the DA decided he couldn't charge me with anything.
- Once (a different PD) I had to get a court order (which took 4 months & 2 court hearings, then several trips to various police offices).
- And the last time (same PD as time #2), once the jury found me not guilty & left the room, the judge turned to the ADA & basically said "you ARE giving her back ALL her property RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT?"
. . . . . And the ADA squirmed a little when he explained that he'd have to do some paperwork & get a court order for the return. But 2 days later I picked up the paperwork from my lawyer's office, & made the required 2 trips to the property room to get all my property back. (So far, they refuse to return a firearm & ammunition at the same time.)
Freedom1Man said:
When I had a city PD take my handguns from me, it took them a month to do the 'back ground check' before they would give them back.
The first time I had to get a gun back from a PD & went to pick it up (after they'd had it for a couple weeks already), they claimed they needed another week to run the BG check. When I listened to the radio traffic from the initial problem where they stole the gun from me, it took the dispatcher less than 5 minutes to do it.
One more example of lying & delaying. Not the way to get the public on their side.