cjwils
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I have had guns stolen in home burglaries on two occasions many years apart in two states. Both times, the guns were locked up in small safes that thieves were able to remove from my house. (But this post is not about safes.) Both crimes were investigated by local police.
The first theft happened in California in 1986. Local police investigated and filed a report, which included descriptions and serial numbers of five stolen guns (I still have a copy of the report). I assume that some state or national stolen gun database existed back then, and that my guns’ data was entered therein, but I am not certain.
The second theft occurred in Washington State in 2014. I have a copy of the police report that specifically states that data about my four stolen guns including makes, models, and serial numbers was entered in the national database (NCIC) and in the Washington State database, called WACIC.
I have moved several times since the California theft. It would be difficult for the local police there to find me now, if they wanted to. However, I still live at the same address as the 2014 Washington State theft.
My questions:
1. Did a national database, or a California database exist in 1986? If so, is there a way that I could provide my present address regarding the guns stolen in 1986 so that I could be contacted if guns are recovered?
2. Is there any time limit on data in NCIC or WACIC?
3. If any of my guns are recovered by police, will they actually check data bases and try to contact me?
This paragraph is slightly off from my questions above, but a few years after the theft in California, the local police department there contacted me to say that one of my guns had been recovered at a crime scene in another city, and they were following up to see if the gun had been returned to me. I told them I knew nothing about that; the other city had never contacted me about returning my gun. They did some research and contacted me again to say the other city had destroyed my gun after the trial.
The first theft happened in California in 1986. Local police investigated and filed a report, which included descriptions and serial numbers of five stolen guns (I still have a copy of the report). I assume that some state or national stolen gun database existed back then, and that my guns’ data was entered therein, but I am not certain.
The second theft occurred in Washington State in 2014. I have a copy of the police report that specifically states that data about my four stolen guns including makes, models, and serial numbers was entered in the national database (NCIC) and in the Washington State database, called WACIC.
I have moved several times since the California theft. It would be difficult for the local police there to find me now, if they wanted to. However, I still live at the same address as the 2014 Washington State theft.
My questions:
1. Did a national database, or a California database exist in 1986? If so, is there a way that I could provide my present address regarding the guns stolen in 1986 so that I could be contacted if guns are recovered?
2. Is there any time limit on data in NCIC or WACIC?
3. If any of my guns are recovered by police, will they actually check data bases and try to contact me?
This paragraph is slightly off from my questions above, but a few years after the theft in California, the local police department there contacted me to say that one of my guns had been recovered at a crime scene in another city, and they were following up to see if the gun had been returned to me. I told them I knew nothing about that; the other city had never contacted me about returning my gun. They did some research and contacted me again to say the other city had destroyed my gun after the trial.
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