two things here: to the minimal extent to which I paid attention to this story, I hadn't heard the gun was stolen. or is this a different incident from the alleged nightclub shooting? actually, on second thought, I don't really care what the answer is.
secondly, whatever the case, if the original owner of the gun gets it back, I guarantee he'll be able to sell it for a ridiculous amount of money.
--alex.
p.s. I was going to say it probably wasn't a 1911, but dick h. put it another way