I own rentals and have delt with a lot of creeps in my life. Here is my advise. File in small claims court. It does not cost much. Claim the highest amount of $ allowed, usually 5k maybe more in your state. This fella will be served papers by the Sherrif notifiying him when to appear in court. Odds are he won't want to appear and you will get your gun back or he won't appear and you automatically win a judgement against him. I have found judgements to be pretty worthless so I turn the judgement over to collections. They usually want 50% but will negotiate. Eventually he will have to pay to clear his credit record. He won't be given any cedit with this judgement hanging over his head. Do it and good luck. Ken
