Reply #65: Hidden gun stolen. [View All]

Here is a question. IF the gun was the only thing stolen, and as you say, carefully hidden, then I would suspect an inside job. Especially if the house was not ransacked. Somebody KNEW about that gun and broke in specifically to steal it. Very likely either a friend, family member, cleaning lady, trusted service man, etc took it, or blabbed to "somebody" about seeing it. You may even been overheard confiding to a friend "how much you wished the damn thing was out of the house" while having lunch at a restaurant.

That you were targeted because someone had specific knowledge would be even more likely if the break-in occurred during a preplanned absence like a dinner party, wedding, funeral or vacation.

A safe or a lock box may deter a casual or opportunistic burglar, but not a determined one armed with specific knowledge that something worth stealing is really there. One local cop who was known to have an extensive collection came home from a family vacation to discover someone had used his own tractor and hi-lift from the barn to break through the wall of his house and cart off his gun safe!