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" I was treated with all the enthusiasm and good faith of cats being given a bath."JALLEN wrote:When my 226 Navy was stolen from my gun safe and recovered within a day or two under the seat of a car driven by a couple of young criminals in the parking lot of one of the high schools at 3 AM or so, San Diego PD kept it for ballistics testing and evidence. The perps were charged with a variety of crimes, and eventually pleaded guilty to at least some of those. My pistol remained in custody. I had been given the name and number of a detective who was handling the cases. I called repeatedly, got various explanations for further delay.
In California, to receive a firearm from the government and other situations, you must obtain and present a Certificate of Eligibility for which you apply and pay a fee to the state Department of Justice. Presumably, a background check is run to make sure you are still a good citizen, no criminal, domestic, mental health etc. problems, eligible under state law to possess a firearm. These are good for 30 days. I went through several waiting to get my pistol back.
This detective was almost never available. He rotated through various shifts and stations, went on several vacations. Finally, after weeks of leaving messages, hurried phone calls of excuses, I told him my latest COE was expiring, again, and he told me I could come to police headquarters and pick up the pistol. This was one of the strangest experiences of my life. I was treated with all the enthusiasm and good faith of cats being given a bath. It seemed extremely distasteful to the PD employees to be doing this.
The red dot sight was gone, but I picked up a couple of extra magazines. I forget how long all this was, but I believe it was a bit more than 6 months.
They said since I was not the Officer they could not release any informationMechAg94 wrote:If the crime lab is not part of the Sheriff's office, he can't tell you not to call them. I would call just to try to back up the officers claim that your gun is there and remains unprocessed. IMO, don't just contact that officer. Call everyone and bug them.
And get another gun as soon as you can afford to.
Exactly and they already tried to come in once.Rpenn57 wrote:General question - Is it worth buying a cheap gun for defense, in the slight chance that I'd have to use it? Aren't we suppose to be using a gun that we trust with our life? I would hate for my good gun to be "tied up" in the legal system and not have it.
No, but it is a good excuse to buy a gun anyway.Rpenn57 wrote:General question - Is it worth buying a cheap gun for defense, in the slight chance that I'd have to use it? Aren't we suppose to be using a gun that we trust with our life? I would hate for my good gun to be "tied up" in the legal system and not have it.
Here are my personal thoughts on the matter.Rpenn57 wrote:General question - Is it worth buying a cheap gun for defense, in the slight chance that I'd have to use it? Aren't we suppose to be using a gun that we trust with our life? I would hate for my good gun to be "tied up" in the legal system and not have it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1aKAnAmsSkTopbuilder wrote:" I was treated with all the enthusiasm and good faith of cats being given a bath."JALLEN wrote:When my 226 Navy was stolen from my gun safe and recovered within a day or two under the seat of a car driven by a couple of young criminals in the parking lot of one of the high schools at 3 AM or so, San Diego PD kept it for ballistics testing and evidence. The perps were charged with a variety of crimes, and eventually pleaded guilty to at least some of those. My pistol remained in custody. I had been given the name and number of a detective who was handling the cases. I called repeatedly, got various explanations for further delay.
In California, to receive a firearm from the government and other situations, you must obtain and present a Certificate of Eligibility for which you apply and pay a fee to the state Department of Justice. Presumably, a background check is run to make sure you are still a good citizen, no criminal, domestic, mental health etc. problems, eligible under state law to possess a firearm. These are good for 30 days. I went through several waiting to get my pistol back.
This detective was almost never available. He rotated through various shifts and stations, went on several vacations. Finally, after weeks of leaving messages, hurried phone calls of excuses, I told him my latest COE was expiring, again, and he told me I could come to police headquarters and pick up the pistol. This was one of the strangest experiences of my life. I was treated with all the enthusiasm and good faith of cats being given a bath. It seemed extremely distasteful to the PD employees to be doing this.
The red dot sight was gone, but I picked up a couple of extra magazines. I forget how long all this was, but I believe it was a bit more than 6 months.