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Creating a "city crime" for not reporting lost or stolen guns to police is a bad idea.

The only thing it will do is turn the VICTIM of a CRIME (theft), into a CRIMINAL. A law breaker, simply because they may not yet realize that they themselves have been victimized (stolen from). 

I hardly ever use my gun. Maybe 1 or 2 target shooting trips into the mountain a year. So I might not notice my gun missing for what could easily be months. That should not make me a criminal.

Reporting a gun lost or stolen will Not prevent guns from being stolen and used in crimes! Do you really think this law will somehow deter criminals from stealing and using guns? No, it won't.

It will NOT stop people from stealing and using guns illegally!

It will NOT make a stolen gun magically appear!

It will NOT remove a stolen gun from the hands of someone who plans to use it in a crime!

There is NO upside to this law.

Well, I guess you could say it's good for job security if your a cop or DA. 

For Cooks, Food = Paychecks

For Car Dealers, Cars = Paychecks

Soooo........For Cops, Crimes = Paychecks

If someone steels my gun kills someone and the police catch him. They get him and me for being stolen from. thats 2 crimes committed, with 2 convictions. This proves them effective. Effective justifies budget. Budget = Paychecks. If they don't catch him, hey at least they still get me. The two crimes still happened justifying the need for police budget, and they still solved one. Catching me! Again justifying their need/budget/paycheck.

Without this law they would only be able to claim a single crime had been committed. With this law they get 2. Yet still have NO impact on gun theft or crimes committed with stolen guns. Catching someone after the fact is nice, but does not undue what was already done. Nor prevent it from happening in the first place.

posted 1 year, 8 months ago
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