All of us have done it. Found a deal at a yard sale or ran into somebody at the gun show selling a handgun you've been trying to find for years. No big deal. It sits in your collection for years and then you get the itch to get rid of it to fund your next "gotta have one" urge. But when you purchased it, you never properly transferred it at an FFL. Now you go forward with trepidation, because ... what if you actually purchased a stolen firearm?!

In this day and age, I would never do it that way again, but is there any way for the average person to check if a handgun you have in your collection was ever registered as stolen?