San Bernardino councilman wants gun back

07/07/10 12:55 PM EDT SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — San Bernardino City Councilman Jason Desjardins used the public comment period of a recent meeting to ask a thief to return property stolen when the window was smashed out of his parked van. He did not mention that the items stolen on June 19 included a loaded FN 5.7 mm handgun, a weapon that can fire bullets that pierce Kevlar vests worn by police. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that Desjardins says the gun was legal, he kept it for protection, and he doesn't have any of the Kevlar-piercing bullets. He says he had been moving it from his towing service to his home. The councilman wants the thief to turn the items over to police and promises he would waive his desire to prosecute.