At a recent Hartford City Council meeting:
Lost and Stolen Guns – The Council referred, to its Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee, an ordinance requiring Hartford gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to the Hartford Police Department within 48 hours of finding that the gun is missing. The ordinance also allows the Hartford Corporation Counsel to sue a resident of any town in Connecticut whose gun was used in a felony in Hartford and who did not report the gun lost or stolen to their local Police Department or Connecticut State Police. A public hearing will be held on this ordinance on Monday, April 16, 2007. (Item #22)
But 48 hours seems like too much time. I understand that in some cases, a person might not even know he has had property stolen from him, but the rules must change when there is weaponry involved. Even if the gun is used for target shooting or deer hunting, it remains a weapon. Any argument against that show delusions about the nature of guns.
With gun ownership comes responsibility. That means knowing exactly where the device that can (and often does) take away life is.