D17 Rifle found

[WrstQuailHntr]

Found a rifle this weekend and attempting to reunite with its rightful owner. Found in California D17. Message me and let me know the model, caliber and where you lost it and we can arrange getting it back to you!

 

[MQ]

Might consider having the serial number run to find out who bought it.

 

[WrstQuailHntr]

How do you have a serial number ran?

 

[Revo2811]

Wow wonder how long it has been there?
Rusted?in a case?

 

[WrstQuailHntr]

 

[#1Predator]

The serial number can be researched by the sheriff's department as "found property". It's a good idea to run it as it might have been stolen. Long gun purchase records weren't kept in a computer data base until California required them to be kept a few years ago. All long gun records are kept as a paper file in some warehouse somewhere.

Keep in mind, the sheriff's department might keep the rifle in their possession pending a serial number search. Also, you might be able to keep the rifle if no owner is located but, you would need to have the rifle transferred to an FFL holder, file out the normal background paperwork (Form 4473) and wait ten days for your background check.

One caveat - it would be illegal for you to return the rifle on your own. This would be considered an "illegal transfer of a firearm by an unlicensed individual", a felony. I know, I know, a bunch of BS but there it is.

When I was on the job, I "found" a lot of weapons dropped or ditched in bushes, under leaf litter, even partially buried by "non-hunters" as I approached them in the field. Unfortunately for them, I had already watched them actively hunting from a distance so........"sign here,press hard, seven copies".

 

[Rodburner]

Turn into Sheriff

 

[LosPadre]

The serial number can be researched by the sheriff's department as "found property". It's a good idea to run it as it might have been stolen. Long gun purchase records weren't kept in a computer data base until California required them to be kept a few years ago. All long gun records are kept as a paper file in some warehouse somewhere.

Keep in mind, the sheriff's department might keep the rifle in their possession pending a serial number search. Also, you might be able to keep the rifle if no owner is located but, you would need to have the rifle transferred to an FFL holder, file out the normal background paperwork (Form 4473) and wait ten days for your background check.

One caveat - it would be illegal for you to return the rifle on your own. This would be considered an "illegal transfer of a firearm by an unlicensed individual", a felony. I know, I know, a bunch of BS but there it is.

When I was on the job, I "found" a lot of weapons dropped or ditched in bushes, under leaf litter, even partially buried by "non-hunters" as I approached them in the field. Unfortunately for them, I had already watched them actively hunting from a distance so........"sign here,press hard, seven copies".

Thank you for describing the particular steps of Infringement the Communist politburo in Sacramento has crafted to make gun ownership as difficult as possible in California and to attempt to create felons out of American citizens who are simply exercising their God given RIGHT (as opposed to a permission or privilege granted by any form of government) to keep and bear arms. I suppose the founding fathers should have included 'get' to the mix. But if they did, the Antifa-loving Democrats would have fabricated another Infringing limitation as repugnant to the Constitution as the ones you described, knowing that their treasonous Communist colleagues dressed in black robes and masquerading as judges will preserve the deprivation of rights under the color of law so that citizens like the OP can get arrested and charged with a felony, losing his rights to own a firearm forever, for simply trying to do the right thing and return a lost item to its owner. You have, however, properly equipped him with a very helpful assessment of the current landscape so that he can understand a path to be able to navigate through this very deliberate minefield. That was thoughtful and kind. It is a crying shame that the situation exists where in this country you had to do that to keep a well-meaning person from falling victim to oppressive and tyrannical legal traps seditiously created by those who hold to godless ideologies and who's only goal is power and the erosion of Constitutional GUARANTEES. One cannot hate unAmerican activities enough.