Well... Crap.

[MrWhiteRabbit]

Just went out to the storage unit where some of my lesser-used (or sentimental-value-only) guns are kept among a bunch of other household goods and ... well ... the guns *were* kept there. Looks like several guns were taken from there somewhere between mid-November and today. You'd think that a digital keypad for building entry, a key-locked unit nestled several rows away from the door, and keeping the guns hidden back out of sight and trigger-locked would be sufficient, but I guess not. Thieves walked past thousands of dollars of dive gear, carbon fiber bicycles, and thousands of rounds of ammo to get those cases, but they got what they came for.

So what do I do now? I'm compiling a list of make/model/serial/description (some of the guns they took were custom-engraved and should be easy to spot) before I call the cops. Any idea what kind of shitstorm I'm in for when I make that call?

[Grant H.]

Call the cops.

Let them ask the storage facility for video footage. If you have already talked to them, expect there to be "disk" failures. This sounds like Storage Unit Owners/employee's watching what's stored there and taking the things they are interested in.

Good reminder to not leave firearms unsecured... Padlocks are NOT secure.

[Zundfolge]

Padlocks are NOT secure.

I've watched enough Lock Picking Lawyer videos to know that's for sure.

[WETWRKS]

I would call the cops now and compile info afterwards. Get them working on it ASAP.

[Bailey Guns]

No... You're doing it right. Get all the info you can, especially serial numbers and makes/models. That way the officers burglary report will contain all that and the info can immediately be entered in CCIC/NCIC databases. Without that info entered it will be more difficult to identify your guns even if they're recovered. And don't worry about any hassle from the cops. Frankly, it'll be just another burglary report they'll forward to the detective division. From what you're saying it sounds like someone knew those guns were there. Do you have kids that might've inadvertently been in the storage unit with their "friends" or anything like that?

[flogger]

No... You're doing it right. Get all the info you can, especially serial numbers and makes/models. That way the officers burglary report will contain all that and the info can immediately be entered in CCIC/NCIC databases. Without that info entered it will be more difficult to identify your guns even if they're recovered. And don't worry about any hassle from the cops. Frankly, it'll be just another burglary report they'll forward to the detective division. From what you're saying it sounds like someone knew those guns were there. Do you have kids that might've inadvertently been in the storage unit with their "friends" or anything like that?

ditto

[MrWhiteRabbit]

No... You're doing it right. Get all the info you can, especially serial numbers and makes/models. That way the officers burglary report will contain all that and the info can immediately be entered in CCIC/NCIC databases. Without that info entered it will be more difficult to identify your guns even if they're recovered. And don't worry about any hassle from the cops. Frankly, it'll be just another burglary report they'll forward to the detective division. From what you're saying it sounds like someone knew those guns were there. Do you have kids that might've inadvertently been in the storage unit with their "friends" or anything like that?

I called non-emergency for Denver (where I live), they told me to call non-emergency Aurora (where the guns were stolen from). We're meeting at the storage unit in the morning and they'll see what they can do to review tape, etc.

I've already printed out a list of make/model/serial/description (one was a custom-engraved 1911 that will be easy to spot if it ever gets picked up).

No kids. I'm the only one who went to pick stuff up in the last year or so. My specific unit is nestled pretty far back in the center of the building and nobody paid special attention whenever I was there with the door open and it was closed/locked whenever I needed to make multiple trips out to the car and back. Not like there were any chatty cathys coming by to socialize. There is open air space at the top of the units so if someone got on a ladder in an adjacent unit and looked over to mine, they could see piles of boxes, but they'd be hard-pressed to know which containers had guns in them from that viewing angle.

[Bailey Guns]

Is any lock secure against that guy?

[RblDiver]

Is any lock secure against that guy?

Send them into space on a rocket. That might make it take him 10 minutes to figure out, if you're lucky.

[TheNash]

Locks only keep the honest out