I guess what i said could have been clearer. I meant if a guy showed up to a LGS with a stolen/lost long gun permit and a fake ID bearing the name of the permit holder, he could obtain a long gun.

I guess what i said could have been clearer. I meant if a guy showed up to a LGS with a stolen/lost long gun permit and a fake ID bearing the name of the permit holder, he could obtain a long gun.

What's that really got to do with the police report though? The same could be said if I dropped my handgun permit. It tells you what shop you are buying the gun from.

The police report does nothing that I can see.

What's that really got to do with the police report though? The same could be said if I dropped my handgun permit. It tells you what shop you are buying the gun from.

The police report does nothing that I can see.

Sure it does.

It ensures that charges can be filed against you if you file a false police report.

I guess they want to prevent the "My permit was stolen and someone bought a gun in my name" crap from going on

Still trying to figure that out. I can now see a reason for LEs desire to keep tabs on stolen/lost permits to acquire but not permits themselves. A long gun permit to acquire, being good for one year in this State, is kept by the permit holder and may be used by he holder to acquire any number of long guns. Keeping track of lost/stolen permits to acquire may help LE track crimes tied to the aquisition of firearms acquired with lost/stolen permits. Can't see how reporting lost/stolen permits (handgun or long guns) benefits LE, however.

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Still trying to figure that out. I can now see a reason for LEs desire to keep tabs on stolen/lost permits to acquire but not permits themselves. A long gun permit to acquire, being good for one year in this State, is kept by the permit holder and may be used by he holder to acquire any number of long guns. Keeping track of lost/stolen permits to acquire may help LE track crimes tied to the aquisition of firearms acquired with lost/stolen permits. Can't see how reporting lost/stolen permits (handgun or long guns) benefits LE, however.

I'm still not with you.  Let's say you file a report, how will that help? Only if they go to the gun store and get the video footage (if they have it; and most people would do a 30 day loop etc... so it would be long gone).   They don't forward stolen permits to local FFL holders, as well, that would be a violation of privacy. I'm also not sure what permits you are thinking are different? You only really have one type of permit - a permit to acquire.

It helps only in the sense of tracking the illegal use of the permit to acquire which may ultimately lead to the apprehension of the thief and justify the passage of more ridiculous gun control laws. Think of it as being similar to a lost or stolen credit card.  I'm not saying the reason is valid or justified. I'm simply looking for a reasonable explanation for having to report a permit to acquire as having been lost or stolen.