they will enter them into the FBI stolen weapon data base.
It took 12 years, but I got one of mine back. It was taken off a DWI stop, but they lost the record of the name of the perp.
I didn't even report it stolen until 8 years after it went missing. Then the police, in a town 30 miles away, didn't run the SN through the NCIC data base for another 12 years - for a total of 20 years out of my possession.
It was a miracle - they do happen!!!