Reply #51: How long does a thief need to keep your car before it is his? [View All]

http://www.titleii.com/BardwellOLD/wheaton_v_caldera.txt

"Can a party acquire title to stolen property sufficient to
defeat the rights of the registered owner? If so, can the same
government which mandates registration and which maintains the
central registry of such property acquire such title to stolen
property when it has actual knowledge of the registered owner?"


Short story, a legally registered 1904 Maxim gun is stolen from a New Jersey VFW Post during remodeling.

Years later, this exceedingly rare gun turns up in the museum at the West Point military Academy.

The gun is listed by serial number in the NFA registry as belonging to the Plaintiff.

The ATF argues the registry was never intended to return stolen property to its lawful owners.

Please re read that. A lawyer for the Federal government, argued in front of a Federal judge, the registry of NFA firearms WAS NEVER INTENDED to reunite owners with their stolen property.

The Federal Judge rules the owner of the stolen property has no standing to sue for the return of his property.

So, evidently, if the government has possession of stolen property long enough it gains title to it because it says so.

Or let's put it in simple English,and answer me this:

How long does something have to be stolen before the original owner has no claim the property?

How many times do firearms registries have to be abused by governments at all levels before they become suspect?

Are you still waiting on the money from that Nigerian widow woman who e-mailed you?