Being called a liar

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread. AFA the original post, yeah, that's messed up! As ordinary citizens, we certainly should be able to expect more help from LE, I would think. Makes me wonder just what can I do to protect my property. Guess I need to get busy photographing and recording every little detail about all my guns. Better do the knives and bayonets too.

Sure is discouraging to hear that a gun can get stolen, you find it in a pawn shop and tell the police "I found it! Here it is!!!", and then be accused of "stealing" and pawning it yourself. Not to mention you have to pay the pawnbroker for it to get it back? Oh, that would REALLY piss me off! [Rant1]

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Originally Posted by rondog

.....Not to mention you have to pay the pawnbroker for it to get it back? Oh, that would REALLY piss me off! [Rant1]

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That practice should really be stopped. Whether the pawn broker purchased the item in good faith or not, he is still in possession of stolen merchandise (which belongs to YOU) and the item(s) should be returned to their owner without the owner having to pay for it (again).

If you or I had stolen merchandise in our possession, do you think that it would carry any weight that we had a Bill of Sale for the item and claimed that we purchased it in good faith? Heck no. The item would be taken from us with NO compensation and returned to the owner.

How is it that a retailer, especially a pawn broker is exempt from this? Aren't they supposed to know better (My understanding is that pawn brokers are supposed to be tightly regulated)?

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Originally Posted by theGinsue

That practice should really be stopped. Whether the pawn broker purchased the item in good faith or not, he is still in possession of stolen merchandise (which belongs to YOU) and the item(s) should be returned to their owner without the owner having to pay for it (again).

If you or I had stolen merchandise in our possession, do you think that it would carry any weight that we had a Bill of Sale for the item and claimed that we purchased it in good faith? Heck no. The item would be taken from us with NO compensation and returned to the owner.

How is it that a retailer, especially a pawn broker is exempt from this? Aren't they supposed to know better (My understanding is that pawn brokers are supposed to be tightly regualted)?

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PRECISELY correct!!! My stepkids and the slime they hung out with used to be active heroin addicts, and they could steal and pawn anything in Denver with total impunity. Their favorite target was brand-new tools from Home Depot. They'd steal 'em, unwrap them outside the pawn shops and pawn 'em with no problems. Useless turds should be in prison forever for all the things they did. Instead, us taxpayers are supporting them via Section 8, free methadone, and whatever other freebies they can get from the gooberment's "social programs". While my wife and I are raising the daughter's kid because she can't be bothered. Kid would suffer anyway.

I never understood why it is that those of us who try to do the right thing and be responsible seem to be held accountable for our actions - often times to a higher standard than one might expect - while the dirt bags aren't held accountable at all.

95% of cops give the rest of them a bad name.