TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
The
proposal that requires gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to police
has the mayor and council's support, but is being criticized by gun owners.
Supporters say it's
another tool to help police, rather than a way to punish gun owners who do not
report the loss to police.
But according to
opponents, the proposal criminalizes those who lose their firearms or have them
stolen.
"And you end up being
prosecuted as a criminal even though you're the victim of a crime. Just doesn't
make any sense to me. I don't know. I think the city's looking for a solution
to a problem that doesn't exist. Gun owners are going to report their firearms
stolen."
"Just
to make people aware that if their weapon is lost or stolen that they ought to
have an obligation to report it to the police so that the police can try to
track it and when they find it have a sense of the chain of custody. So, yeah,
I don't think you're going to be looking at anything punitive."
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