I can't believe they made you pay to get your gun back. That's a load of bull. That can't possibly be the law.
Depends on the county here in NE.
In Douglas, the OPD would have confiscated the firearm from the pawn shop and returned it to me.
In Sarpy, it's up to me to go get the firearm from the
pawn shop and reimburse them what they had into it.
Lets say the police take it and return it to me. The pawn shop just got screwed out of the money they paid for the gun. The pawn shop did NOTHING wrong.
Lets say I have to go reimburse the pawn shop for the gun. I just got screwed by having to pay for what was already rightfully mine. I've done NOTHING wrong.
In either situation, someone gets screwed. I can see both sides of the fence, whatever.
edited for clarity