About that missing shotgun...

[TeddyBallgame]

...well, it's still missing

we just finished our move out of California, and I can now officially say "my Moss berg 500 is MISSING

does that mean I have to report it stolen in California?

that should go real well

"When did you first realize your shotgun was missing"
"Today, right after dinner"
"When was the last time you saw it"
"Right around 1997"
"1997?"
"Yes, pretty sure it was 97', for sure I saw it in 95', but the last time was probably around 97"

It'll all probably go downhill from there

[AKSOG]

If you have a parrot on your shoulder they might be more forgiving

[fritztkatt]

It's not a crime, yet...

I'd try and track down anyone I was hanging out with back then. Maybe you let them borrow it and both forgot.

It would really suck if you reported it stolen and then your buddy gets pulled over...

Otherwise, if my gun(s) were actually stolen, I'd be reporting it very quickly. If for nothing else but to keep my rear covered.

[TeddyBallgame]

It's not a crime, yet...

I'd try and track down anyone I was hanging out with back then. Maybe you let them borrow it and both forgot.

It would really suck if you reported it stolen and then your buddy gets pulled over...

Otherwise, if my gun(s) were actually stolen, I'd be reporting it very quickly. If for nothing else but to keep my rear covered.

I have nothing, no paperwork, no serial number, only where I bought it

goin back that far to when I bought it I'm sure there isn't much of a paper trail

[Rockit]

Not uncommon at all.
I know of at one instance the gun was reported missing when the owner moved. About a year later I was called back to the house to pick up a found firearm by the new resident.
Owner had hidden it about 10 years before and simply forgotten where he put it.

People forget where they hide/store things, cop will understand.

Heck, my dad found a bike pump he had put up in the mid '70's three years ago when he moved.

[alabamacoastie]

My mom is a life long Alabama resident. About a year ago she told me that she had lost one of her handguns. I said, "How do you lose a handgun?"

She said it was in her purse for 20 years and then one day it wasn't there anymore. I asked her if it was stolen. She said, "It probably fell out in the back of the SUV, or under the driver seat, or in the back yard, or in the bedroom...

I told her that she needed to report it stolen so that, one day, if it's used in a crime she won't be held liable. She said, "Nah, it'll be OK."

That was the end of it. She never mentioned it again. I guess that's Alabama for you.

She did buy a new semi auto sub compact though... to replace it...

[alabamacoastie]

Also, one of my uncles, in Alabama lost a tiny .22lr revolver. You know, the kind that holds a few rounds and it's still smaller than your pointer finger...

My dad said he traded in his old car and the tiny .22 was laying in the ash tray, mixed in with the loose change.

My dad told him he should report it stolen, and my Uncle said, "Why?"

That was the end of that one too...

[Trriemferent]

Is it possible you sold it and cant remember

[ColdDeadHands1]

...well, it's still missing

we just finished our move out of California, and I can now officially say "my Moss berg 500 is MISSING

does that mean I have to report it stolen in California?

that should go real well

"When did you first realize your shotgun was missing"
"Today, right after dinner"
"When was the last time you saw it"
"Right around 1997"
"1997?"
"Yes, pretty sure it was 97', for sure I saw it in 95', but the last time was probably around 97"

It'll all probably go downhill from there

I am LMAO at that! F it. Just do nothing. If you lost a chainsaw in 1995 would you call the cops?

[dozer wright]

I have friend who rented a room from me ask if I had seen his guns . Explained they were all missing something like 10 or 12 rifles . I told him we put them in his truck just as he asked . He said that what he thought and what his kids said . Who knows .

[geoint]

My mom is a life long Alabama resident. About a year ago she told me that she had lost one of her handguns. I said, "How do you lose a handgun?"

She said it was in her purse for 20 years and then one day it wasn't there anymore. I asked her if it was stolen. She said, "It probably fell out in the back of the SUV, or under the driver seat, or in the back yard, or in the bedroom...

I told her that she needed to report it stolen so that, one day, if it's used in a crime she won't be held liable. She said, "Nah, it'll be OK."

That was the end of it. She never mentioned it again. I guess that's Alabama for you.

She did buy a new semi auto sub compact though... to replace it...

In a free state I don't think people would be crucified for failing to report a stolen gun.

[joepamjohn]

I have nothing, no paperwork, no serial number, only where I bought it

goin back that far to when I bought it I'm sure there isn't much of a paper trail

Well you HAD nothing to worry about until you posted your story here!