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ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:18 am
by MacDonald
I am sorry to ask this, but I can not find a statute in the ORC on this and I know that does not mean the law does not exist...

Does Ohio law require a person to report a handgun stolen to the local or state police?

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:15 am
by Chuck
ORC 2923.20(A)(5)
http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2923.20v1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person's possession or under the person's control

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:01 am
by WY_Not
So... when things get ugly and we all "lose" all of our firearms in a tragic boating accident we'll get in trouble for not reporting it. :mrgreen:

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:42 am
by pirateguy191
(5) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person's possession or under the person's control.

What authorities?

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:20 am
by Chuck
All my guns were lost in a terrible fishing accident on Lake Erie
I was lucky to survive

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:01 pm
by WY_Not
Yes, but have you reported it yet? :mrgreen:
Chuck wrote:All my guns were lost in a terrible fishing accident on Lake Erie
I was lucky to survive

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:16 pm
by Chuck
It was in Canadian waters,

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:33 pm
by WY_Not
So... smuggling and failure to report. Sounds like we have a one man international crime spree in the works. :lol:

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:03 pm
by MacDonald
Chuck, thank you for citing the statute and responding so quickly.

...and good luck on you trips to Canada... :wink:

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 5:25 pm
by M-Quigley
WY_Not wrote:So... smuggling and failure to report. Sounds like we have a one man international crime spree in the works. :lol:
Perhaps, but who would have jurisdiction on those charges, the US or Canada? :lol:

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:07 pm
by FormerNavy
M-Quigley wrote:
WY_Not wrote:So... smuggling and failure to report. Sounds like we have a one man international crime spree in the works. :lol:
Perhaps, but who would have jurisdiction on those charges, the US or Canada? :lol:

More importantly, does one have any firearms or dangerous ordnance in one's possession or under one's control if they've already been stolen?

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:15 pm
by Brian D.
Imagine that: Poorly worded, hard to enforce laws crafted by the OGA. Only takes 'em two years from introduction through hearings then onto long legislative vacations followed by summer vacations, then elections, and finally last minute voting for each of these goat ropes.

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:18 pm
by Brian D.
Oh, did I fail to mention those goat ropes ultimately contain little or non existent enforcement teeth? "We'll get it right next time, keep reelecting us!"

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:08 pm
by MyWifeSaidYes
"Forthwith"?

Is that longer or shorter than "promptly"?

:wink:

Re: ORC on reporting stolen pistol

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:31 am
by Brian D.
Brian D. wrote:Imagine that: Poorly worded, hard to enforce laws crafted by the OGA. Only takes 'em two years from introduction through hearings then onto long legislative vacations followed by summer vacations, then elections, and finally last minute voting for each of these goat ropes.
In the above post from last night I may have used the word "vacations" once more than intended. Let's change the first one to "legislative vacillations". Hey, it was National Beer Day yesterday, that's as good an excuse as any.