Robbery Firearm Stolen

[hawk1]

...YES I NEED A SAFE! so that argument can stop. ...

No, it needs to be repeated over and over. Hopefully the guy reading this and doesn't have a safe, goes out and gets one.

It's already too late for you...

[the big ravioli]

I'm sure the OP knows by now he needs a safe. The question is "Is there anything else I need to do, if anyone has experience in this please let me know." I seem to recall there are online stolen firearms registries . . .
Here's one, there may be others:
http://www.ar15armory.com/forums/Sto...ry-t50508.html

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[C&Rtrader]

Sit and wait. i had one stolen from my trunk. Police found it 5 months later. Took me 8 months and a few miles of red tape (and a detective who recognized it was a collectible gun and wanted me to have it back) to have it returned.

[BigDogatPlay]

Other than filing an insurance claim against your homeowner's or renter's insurance, assuming you have coverage, if you have photos you could circulate a flyer to your local FFLs and pawn shops that take firearms. Even at that, the gun would likely be sold on the street long before it turned up in an FFL or pawn.

Beyond that, go buy a replacement for it.

A burglary... and the only thing taken was your gun. Hmmmmmm. Those kind of circumstances always make my whiskers twitch.

[Vipersx911]

Other than filing an insurance claim against your homeowner's or renter's insurance, assuming you have coverage, if you have photos you could circulate a flyer to your local FFLs and pawn shops that take firearms. Even at that, the gun would likely be sold on the street long before it turned up in an FFL or pawn.

Beyond that, go buy a replacement for it.

A burglary... and the only thing taken was your gun. Hmmmmmm. Those kind of circumstances always make my whiskers twitch.

As well I am thinking of everyone that knew I owned a firearm, as well as anyone that may want to use that for less than positive means... The list is growing and I am trying to figure it further from here.

[targetarcher]

I'm his roommate. We've been pricing safes since we moved in at the beginning of this month.

[Vipersx911]

I'm his roommate. We've been pricing safes since we moved in at the beginning of this month.

Thank you for the chime in bro, appreciate it. The people on here also do not understand the circumstance or anything of that nature as well.

[Stonewalker]

Thank you for the chime in bro, appreciate it. The people on here also do not understand the circumstance or anything of that nature as well.

What do you mean? Understand rental situations or roommate situations? When I got my first gun I bought a little 5 gun sentry safe and bolted to the corner in the bedroom closet of my rental apartment. It's not much but it will help keep bad guys occupied for a minute or two during a burglary.

If you are reffering to money issues then I understand that as well. The safe I got was $150 from walmart.com

[targetarcher]

We both moved from places where we hadn't had to own our own safes. Now, we need one. And a dining room table, plates, and some other of the thousand other things that go into a new place.
I'll be seeing if Costco still has that one for $500 or so, seems pretty well reviewed.

Edit- I see the cheap safe as a dubious protection against someone breaking in. If we had kept everything in a cheap metal box with a lock on it, we'd likely be reporting the loss of several rifles and a few more handguns too... Great for protection from little kids (which we don't have), but if I'm keeping all my eggs in one basket it will be a pretty bombproof basket.

[Jayruta]

Sorry for your loss. I happen to live of 163 and genasse as well. Really sounds like someone who may know you have guns or a worker who may have had access to your home. I hope your gun turns up down the road clean without blood on its barrel. I just bought my first safe from the sd county fair from the canon rep there, I live in an apartment and I definately have a better piece of.mind knowing my guns are locked up.

[andytothemax]

Yesterday my house wasbroken into and a firearm was stolen. have filed a report with San Diego Police Department and they took note of serial numbers, make, caliber,and model of the handgun. Is there anything else I need to do, if anyone has experience in this please let me know. Thanks for the help in this troubling time. Once again this is why there is such things as Calguns, so people can get the information necessary when they do not know the answer for this state.

File a Notice of No Longer in Possession [PDF] with Cal. DOJ. Once you file the form it should show up in any subsequent records checks on the stolen gun so that the police don't show up at your door asking why your handgun was found at the scene of a crime...

[cadurand]

I think reporting the theft to the police is all you need to do.

I suffered a similar loss back in 2001. Lost three pistols.

I actually got one of them back in 2004 though. I don't know all the details but the cop said someone had tried to sell it to a local gun shop.

I'd love to get the other two back but as time passes I think my chances fade.

[BigDogatPlay]

File a Notice of No Longer in Possession [PDF] with Cal. DOJ. Once you file the form it should show up in any subsequent records checks on the stolen gun so that the police don't show up at your door asking why your handgun was found at the scene of a crime...

The gun should already be in AFS with a stolen flag and the case number. That assumes the reporting party no longer has it. Submitting a no longer in possession form to augment the AFS record isn't adding any real value, IMO.

To the OP and his room mate... it's quite possible you know the burglar personally. Who helped you move? Do they have any friends that you don't know as well or who might be a little sketchy?

And yes, even a simple Stack On RSC, for maybe $150, lag bolted to the wall studs would create a certain amount of peace of mind.

[Southwest Chuck]

Was it forced entry? If not, I'd at least re-key your place and beef up your physical security.

[targetarcher]

Was it forced entry? If not, I'd at least re-key your place and beef up your physical security.

With apologies to Dr. Seuss... Oh the places you'll go (with a crowbar)