If stolen then by one of the acceptance office employees or the driver. That is as far as it has gotten.

If it went to homeland security for any reason would they show tracking for that?

ATF just told me to go pound sand as well. To report it to local police. ATF does not take reports from citizens only FFL holders.
WTF

Unbelievable.... :shock:

Have you considered the County Sheriff? Someone should be able to do a report documenting the loss as a matter of courtesy. When in law enforcement that was an often done report. "John Doe reported to this officer that after he turned in a shotgun for shipment to the USPS the gun was reported as being stolen or lost. The serial number is XXXXXX. If the postal inspector who is a law enforcement professional won't do it I would surely expect the police or sheriff to at least take that short report to put the number into the system. God, it makes you wonder where this world is going.

P.S. You would think law enforcement would WANT that number entered into the DOJ/NCIC system.

I am sure if a crime was committed with your stolen gun, the ATF would then be concerned with it. Whether Stolen from an FFL or Individual.

I could be wrong and often am but I doubt ATF would take a report concerning the missing firearm. If they were to do that it would open them up to everybody in the country calling them. The job of taking the report to list the serial number is up to local law enforcement or the postal investigator. John, my unsolicited advice would be to call the post office and ask for the number of their investigator. I would contact the investigator and insist a report be taken and the serial number be listed on computers so the gun can be returned to you if/when it turns up.

John,
I understand you were sending the gun for repairs to the ejectors. Does the person or company that was going to work on your gun have a FFL? If so, contact them and maybe they can help you in reporting it to the ATF and other officials.

I would still summon the Postmaster in a small claims court action or something bigger is the value of the gun exceeds small claims court limits. Our research chairman game me the heads up about bringing bad car people into court.

I own an HVAC contracting company. One of my vendors did not get paid by a contractor on a Naval Reserve construction job. She went to the county seat and filed a "Mechanic's and Materialmans Claim for Lien" on the building. She got a call from the contracting officer, a US Government employee

Fed: Ms. XYZ, you can't file a claim for lien on a federal property.

Vendor: Well I did.

Fed: Well you can't because the state court does not have juridstiction over the US Government.

Vendor: I'm no constitutional lawyer but the county - they let me file the claim.

Fed: Well it is invalid.

Vendor: Then why are you calling me?

and so on and so on.

She got a check from them in a couple of weeks.

Best,

Mike