Firearms Confiscated During Kansas Tornado:
...Guns and ammunition that were collected were taken to a trailer and an ATF agent manned the trailer. When people first came to collect their guns they were asked for proof of ownership such as receipts and serial number lists and they had to fill out a 4473 and get a NICS approval before they could claim their guns. No one had paperwork, receipts, or lists of serial numbers because it had all blown away. Later into the process they quit demanding these items and asked only for a list with make, model and description of the firearm. In one case, in the collection trailer, a gun case was claimed by one man who had a very nice trap shotgun in it and when he opened the undamaged and closed case, he found not his nice BT99 but another damaged gun that did not belong to him. That $1500.00 BT99 has never turned up. One comment made by all sources is that many "nice" guns were never recovered. Every source has reported that little to no care was taken with any of the firearms retrieved and taken into protective custody.... One resident said "they were just thrown in there in piles"...
(by Particia Stoneking)
http://www.ksccw.com/site/showthread.php?t=6209
[ED - Tornados are apparently now federal offenses giving the ATF "local" jurisdiction to seize and hold firearms and run NICS checks on victims seeking the return of their OWN property.]
...Guns and ammunition that were collected were taken to a trailer and an ATF agent manned the trailer. When people first came to collect their guns they were asked for proof of ownership such as receipts and serial number lists and they had to fill out a 4473 and get a NICS approval before they could claim their guns. No one had paperwork, receipts, or lists of serial numbers because it had all blown away. Later into the process they quit demanding these items and asked only for a list with make, model and description of the firearm. In one case, in the collection trailer, a gun case was claimed by one man who had a very nice trap shotgun in it and when he opened the undamaged and closed case, he found not his nice BT99 but another damaged gun that did not belong to him. That $1500.00 BT99 has never turned up. One comment made by all sources is that many "nice" guns were never recovered. Every source has reported that little to no care was taken with any of the firearms retrieved and taken into protective custody.... One resident said "they were just thrown in there in piles"...
(by Particia Stoneking)
http://www.ksccw.com/site/showthread.php?t=6209
[ED - Tornados are apparently now federal offenses giving the ATF "local" jurisdiction to seize and hold firearms and run NICS checks on victims seeking the return of their OWN property.]