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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1729854, member: 37498&quot;]Before I accept this statement at face value, I&#039;d like to see some actual numbers that prove how these sort of laws have helped reduce theft of precious metals, or increase recovery of stolen precious metals in the communities where these laws are already in effect, because I don&#039;t believe these sort of laws would have any effect on either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only assume that these laws were sold to the public as being &quot;for your own protection&quot; because precious metals are so easily exchanged for cash.&nbsp; You know what is even easier to exchange for cash?&nbsp; Cash!&nbsp; They should write a law like this that would cover all cash transactions.&nbsp; No more paying cash without showing a photo ID and making a record of the transaction.&nbsp; Maybe even require merchants to photograph or scan the cash involved.&nbsp; That way, if someone steals a pile of cash from your stash, there <i>might</i> be a chance the police could recover it for you!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my experience with police and stolen property.&nbsp; My $1500 mountain bike was stolen back in 1999.&nbsp; I reported it stolen.&nbsp; I had the serial number.&nbsp; I had photographs.&nbsp; They took a report and basically said they weren&#039;t going to do anything to try and find it (i.e. Check in with or even put the word out to pawn shops, bike shops, etc) but if they happened to stumble upon it, they&#039;d let me know.&nbsp; Guess what.&nbsp; It was never recovered.&nbsp; Big surprise there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, here&#039;s another idea:&nbsp; Be careful with anything that is valuable, highly liquid, and portable, like cash, precious metals, jewelry, bikes, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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