AlwaysLearninginCT
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Hello everyone. I'd like to get some opinions on a situation I am currently going through. My late family member had passed away without a will, and his firearms are part of his estate that is being executed by another family member. A situation arose at our household between two family members (neither of them are the executor or really linked to my late family member's firearms, they simply lived here) and the police were called by one of the two parties. The police arrive and the situation was resolved. One of the two family members has since moved out of the house
Now, the firearms in question had nothing to do with the incident, and were securely stored in the late family member's safe. Someone mentioned the fact that there are firearms in the house to the police and they asked if we wanted them (the police) to take them for safe keeping while the two family member's "cooled off". The executor (again not one of the two family members who fought) agreed :banghead: and the police took them to the police station. I wasn't living here at the time or I would have definitely ended that talk right off the bat.
Fast forward a couple months when the executor went down to the local PD to inquire about getting the firearms back. The desk sergeant asked us if the firearms were siezed to which we replied that they were given voluntarily for safe keeping. They told us that we would need to write a letter to the chief requesting that the firearms be returned to us. We wrote a letter and brought it down to the PD but never received a reply. We wen't down again and were told that since the executor doesn't have a pistol permit, that it would be better to transfer the firearms from our late family member to one of our family members who has their CT Pistol Permit (this family member is again un-involved in the situation that started this whole mess.)
The executor filed a transfer and we notified the police department. It took a little over a month for the firearms to appear as registered to our living family member according to the police officer handling the case. We were told we needed to write another letter to the chief as the first one was never received apparently. We wrote another letter and submitted it. We were then told that the serial numbers did not appear on the registry so they had to run a "federal gun trace" on the guns (the officer's words). The gun trace conversation was held a month ago and we still have not gotten any word back. The family member who the firearms are registered to has been trying to reach the chief, and left a message with his secretary, but still nothing.
I would like to get input from the fine folks here about what they think about the whole situation and what they would do from here.
TL,DR: Gave police our guns, they wont give em back.
Now, the firearms in question had nothing to do with the incident, and were securely stored in the late family member's safe. Someone mentioned the fact that there are firearms in the house to the police and they asked if we wanted them (the police) to take them for safe keeping while the two family member's "cooled off". The executor (again not one of the two family members who fought) agreed :banghead: and the police took them to the police station. I wasn't living here at the time or I would have definitely ended that talk right off the bat.
Fast forward a couple months when the executor went down to the local PD to inquire about getting the firearms back. The desk sergeant asked us if the firearms were siezed to which we replied that they were given voluntarily for safe keeping. They told us that we would need to write a letter to the chief requesting that the firearms be returned to us. We wrote a letter and brought it down to the PD but never received a reply. We wen't down again and were told that since the executor doesn't have a pistol permit, that it would be better to transfer the firearms from our late family member to one of our family members who has their CT Pistol Permit (this family member is again un-involved in the situation that started this whole mess.)
The executor filed a transfer and we notified the police department. It took a little over a month for the firearms to appear as registered to our living family member according to the police officer handling the case. We were told we needed to write another letter to the chief as the first one was never received apparently. We wrote another letter and submitted it. We were then told that the serial numbers did not appear on the registry so they had to run a "federal gun trace" on the guns (the officer's words). The gun trace conversation was held a month ago and we still have not gotten any word back. The family member who the firearms are registered to has been trying to reach the chief, and left a message with his secretary, but still nothing.
I would like to get input from the fine folks here about what they think about the whole situation and what they would do from here.
TL,DR: Gave police our guns, they wont give em back.
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