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Well that is stupid, to worry about you being implicated on a murder because of your gun. If your gun is stoled or was, and it was used for a crime, then its not your fault. If they still your gun from your car, go and kill someone, they are not going to put it back in you car next day right? So you will see you are missing a gun from your car and report it was stolen so your not responsible anymore for what happens with your gun. It could the same with a millions of thing, if you lose your credit card, or if your car is stolen and they make a crime with it. Most cars stolen are because they want use it for a crime, so most people just report it the minute the car was stolen. The same should be with guns and anything else. You report because you dont want to be vinculated with that item anymore, and maybe they catch the person and give your item back.
In the case the gun was stolen, in dont know in the states but in most countries when you buy a used gun its cleared if it has papers. That is weard, if the gun is actually legal, adn you have the papers for it, how is it they dont report if it was stolen some years ago?
Actually that do sounds like a police business. What happens if a cop just shows up, and says its stolen, and its not. They could confiscate tons of guns this way and you would never know it. I dont mean the cases where you ask for a proof.