In this article, by midsouthgunlawyer.com, Reed Martz deals with the question of stolen firearms and whether or not a gun owner should be held liable by the perpetrators’ actions with said gun. A gun stolen from a home during a burglary is one thing Reed says, yet when a gun is stolen out of an unlocked vehicle, it is quite another.

Stolen Firearms – Should Owners Be Liable?

I am constantly and utterly amazed at the number of firearms that are stolen from unlocked vehicles. I find it hard to blame a victim when a firearm is stolen from their home in a burglary or robbery, but it is a tough pill to swallow when a pistol, rifle, or shotgun is stolen from a car or truck the owner left unlocked. Reading the police blotters show just how frequently this occurs. In this morning’s paper alone there were three shotguns , two pistols, and one rifle reported stolen. Only one of those six was from a vehicle but some days it has been two-three pistols from unlocked cars.
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