Firearms missing in transit

[sephy]

Hello all,

I got a distressing call from my brother this morning. He is in the Navy and is in Rhode Island at the moment for training.

He had the Navy contract out and move all of his belongings to Rhode Island from California. On March 30th they came while he was here and boxed up his belongings. Among his things were several handguns and a rifle. The mover packed them up "the way he always does" because he "had done this a thousand times." I wasn't there for that, but from what I gather it was wrapping them up and putting them in a box marked something else.

He finally received his shipment today but he left me a message saying that the box that contained all of the firearms is now without them. He is beginning to call around to the company to try and figure out what happened. I don't know if just that one box was hit, whether it was missing, whether it looked tampered with.

I just need to know that if it comes down to it and his guns were stolen what does he have to do for California to make sure he's in the clear if (God forbid) they ever pop up? I told him to have his serial numbers handy but beyond that I don't know. I really do hope that he either didn't look close enough or the shipping company pulled them out for some reason.

Thank you,
Russ

[diggersdarling]

I think that filing a NLIP form would suffice, ja??

Sent over the Cortex

[diggersdarling]

There isn't a requirement for reporting guns stolen that I know of, just FYI

Sent over the Cortex

[sephy]

Thanks for the info. I really do hope he goes home later and finds out they were just in another box or he was so worried about being on time getting to base that he overlooked them.

[Ron-Solo]

Keep a copy of the police report, and the NLIP form isn't a bad idea. It will require a police report number

[sephy]

Thank you again for the information. My initial gut feeling was right. The moving company pulled them out when they transferred his belongings to another truck. They are sitting in a company safe. He's upset but it's so much better than if they were stolen.

[Ron-Solo]

Good news. Sounds like the company has some experience with keeping things from vanishing.