I would most likely have called about my property after a while, too. I don't know anyone at the ATF but in general, if they didn't arrest him that day, they would have been back to to it pretty quick. Unless he's involved in something illegal he didn't admit in his posts, it's not going to take months for them to decide if it was an auto weapon or not, lol.You’re absolutely right. There’s a time and a place to draw a line in the sand. I would have at least bugged them about getting my stuff back. I’m not afraid to call the BATFE I used to talk to them all the time. I’ve been through MANY audits, both just random and after serious burglaries at the shop. I know our local agent by name. I’d have been bitching to get my property back after the dust settled but I understand why he chose not to