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Mandatory reporting of theft of firearms
3/7/2012 8:02:02 PM
Is this accurate? Can someone cite the Ohio Revised Code that mandates the reporting of stolen firearms?
ETA: All I can find are local ordinances (Cleveland, Columbus) which are, I think, preempted by state law, whatever that may be:
In Columbus, Ohio, it is a misdemeanor to "knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm." Last revised in 1996, that provision and related rules "appear to be rarely if ever enforced," wrote Jeffrey S. Furbee, Columbus' assistant city attorney and police legal adviser, in response to questions. Neither he, nor the city prosecutor, could recall anyone being charged for failure to report under the city code, nor an identical Ohio law.
Link (1998)
ETA: The only other thing I can find is the section on Failure To Report A Crime.
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Cross-platform gun database/electronic bound book (v1.3.2) (and the original thread).
«nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum quibus non est salus»
3/7/2012 8:15:34 PM
Originally Posted By tc2k11:
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g441/tc2k11arf/screenshots/mandatory_reporting.png
Is this accurate? Can someone cite the Ohio Revised Code that mandates the reporting of stolen firearms?
ETA: All I can find are local ordinances (Cleveland, Columbus) which are, I think, preempted by state law, whatever that may be:
Link (1998)
ETA: The only other thing I can find is the section on Failure To Report A Crime.
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Cross-platform gun database/electronic bound book (v1.3.2) (and the original thread).
«nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum quibus non est salus»
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g441/tc2k11arf/screenshots/mandatory_reporting.png
Is this accurate? Can someone cite the Ohio Revised Code that mandates the reporting of stolen firearms?
ETA: All I can find are local ordinances (Cleveland, Columbus) which are, I think, preempted by state law, whatever that may be:
In Columbus, Ohio, it is a misdemeanor to "knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm." Last revised in 1996, that provision and related rules "appear to be rarely if ever enforced," wrote Jeffrey S. Furbee, Columbus' assistant city attorney and police legal adviser, in response to questions. Neither he, nor the city prosecutor, could recall anyone being charged for failure to report under the city code, nor an identical Ohio law.
Link (1998)
ETA: The only other thing I can find is the section on Failure To Report A Crime.
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Cross-platform gun database/electronic bound book (v1.3.2) (and the original thread).
«nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum quibus non est salus»
I think it qualifies, because to the best of my knowledge, stealing a firearm is a felony in Ohio.
(A) No person, knowing that a felony has been or is being committed, shall knowingly fail to report such information to law enforcement authorities.
3/8/2012 3:40:26 AM
I swear I remember seeing something in the ORC that required reporting stolen firearms, but I can't find it now.
3/8/2012 3:43:25 AM
Found it.
Lawwriter
"(5) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person’s possession or under the person’s control."
Fourth degree misdemeanor.
Lawwriter
"(5) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person’s possession or under the person’s control."
Fourth degree misdemeanor.
