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  • Younggun

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    Good thing it was stored "just as it should have been". Whatever that means.


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    Tony2

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    Pretty cool to get it back after all that time, Probably came down with the snow bird migration in the late 70s and 80s
     

    Nightwatch

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    Great story-great points! We're all wide awake today. You know the press's gotta screw up the story. I wonder if he turned it over to his ins. co.

    That's the good thing about NCIC. Once entered-it's there...till it shows up. Sometimes the handling isn't done fairly, though. Once ins pays, the present owner should be able to keep the gun, if he bought it legally. The system's not perfect.
     

    Nightwatch

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    Nope-but I said the PRESENT owner should be able to keep it, if he bought it legally. He's put out good money in good faith, and the fact that the insurance company's taken a loss is part of their doing business. Once paid by ins, the original owner (car or gun) has no legal claim to it. Like I said, it ain't always fair.
     

    ZX9RCAM

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    I misread, you are correct.
    But either way, somebody is taking a loss after "paying" for it.
    Insurance companies are not in the business to give away money.
     

    Nightwatch

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    Correct, but they agree to take risk as part of the way they profit. The guy who buys a used gun from a pawn shop or gun store, jumps through all the hoops-shouldn't lose his money. FTF deals aren't checkable, but those done through an FFL should be...and I don't remember for sure but I think I did fill out an ownership affidavit last time I traded in a gun to a gunshop-which they submitted to the PD, similar to the pawnbroker's slip. I don't do that often, so I may be forgetting.

    If I buy a gun FTF, I'm assuming the risk that it might be stolen and hence confiscated. I can't expect any protection there.
     

    ZX9RCAM

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    Can't argue with a thing you said.




    Well, not without being an asshole, lol.


    ETA: Why did it edit my words?
    I think my filter is off.
     

    Bozz10mm

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    I wonder if the insurance co. would even want to mess with a 40 year old shot gun? Might be more trouble for them than its worth.
     

    Nightwatch

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    Can't argue with a thing you said.




    Well, not without being an *******, lol.


    ETA: Why did it edit my words?
    I think my filter is off.

    My wife says I'm an asshole EVERY time I argue with her...she might be right...

    (It edited me, too-maybe the BS filter needs backwashed-again.)
     

    satx78247

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    To All,

    IF my great-grandfather's circa-1910 "Plain Jane"/field grade Parker (that was stolen out of the house 2 decades plus ago) was ever recovered, I believe that I should be able to reclaim the old Parker, IF the insurance company is paid back the amount that they paid out under the household insurance policy.
    (That old DB likely means ZILCH to anyone but our family but it has sentimental value to our family/me.)

    just my OPINION, satx
     
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