wise choice... filing a false report would be a very bad move. The firearm was not stolen. Just write the firearm off and I bet in a few months you will see it again.
A friend of mine was accused of stealing $300,000 in gold, watches and jewelry. This was at a storage place that also rents safety deposit boxes.
The evidence against him was a video of him at his safe deposit box that is next to the one broken into, but you cant tell what box he is at. He also lives a high-end life style without a paper trail to where his excess money comes from... he buys and sell junk from garage sales and antique shops.
The owner of the box that was broken into had / has no proof of the contents of his box other than he is a multi-millionaire, "Why would I lie". This his proof of the $300,000 theft.
The PD seized all the computers in my buddies home, all his phones, they froze all of his bank accounts and seized all of his firearms. That was 3 years ago. No charges have ever been filed and his lawyer says there is nothing he can do...its an on-going investigation.
How did this turn out?