One of my worst nightmares come true

[Dennis]

John, sorry to hear about the loss of a fine shotgun. As an ex cop I urge you to either persist with the police and ask them to at least take a courtesy report so the serial number is in the system OR talk to a USPS inspector. That should be done in any case. Someone should be able to at least put the serial number in the system. I agree with one of the posters about how can a 34 inch barreled gun be lost. My guess is the gun was never, "lost" but stolen. It may turn up one day in a crack house and hopefully some idiot didn't cut the barrels down to use it as a sawed off weapon. I am told that here in CA where I presently reside if your guns are not registered with a law enforcement agency and they are stolen you will not get them back when/if recovered. Even if you have receipts showing possession they will not return the gun to you. What a dumb state this is. Hopefully your state is not like that. My best wishes to a safe and sound return of your Parker.