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August 29th, 2007, 07:52 PM #1
Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
Does anyone know of a website where people post serial numbers of stolen firearms so that people could check before they buy a gun?
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August 29th, 2007, 08:22 PM #2
Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
no site exists, there was a place called isthisgunstolen.com years ago, but its been down a long time.
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August 29th, 2007, 11:54 PM #3Super Member
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Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
AR15.com just started a forum in their Equipment Exchange for stolen guns and info. It's not much, but its a start.
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February 10th, 2009, 10:17 PM #4Junior Member
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Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
There is a site called hotgunz that is searchable by serial number.
http://www.hotgunz.com
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February 10th, 2009, 10:45 PM #5
Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
That's actually one of my pet peeves, that you can be charged for being in possession of stolen property, but there's no objective way for you to determine whether it's stolen or not.
If you get a great deal on a long gun at a yard sale or flea market, you run the risk that your great deal should have alerted you that it was likely stolen (which is another reason for you to shut up when the police ask you about possible crimes they think you committed, the seemingly innocent statement "hey, a guy was offering the Mini-14 for $100, of course I bought it, I could sell it the next day for 3 times that" can subject you to possible liability for "having reason to know it was stolen" as well as ATF interest in your intent to buy & sell guns without an FFL. So shut up, please.)
I'd be pleased to have a resource where we could do our due diligence on our used gun purchases. I don't see much of a downside, even if crooks checked it first to see if their stolen gun had been reported yet, it doesn't give them any advantage over innocent purchasers that they don't have now.
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February 11th, 2009, 10:32 AM #6
Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
We've asked the Montgomery Twp. (MontCo) police to check SN's for us and they have. First time they came out to us and were friendly as can be. Second time I stopped by the station; They looked at me a bit funny but ran it anyway.
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February 11th, 2009, 05:25 PM #7
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February 11th, 2009, 05:34 PM #8
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February 11th, 2009, 05:36 PM #9
Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
Here's another site http://stolenweapon.com/ but I wouldn't trust it either...BEWARE
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February 11th, 2009, 05:51 PM #10
Re: Way to check for Stolen Firearms?
I'm wondering if it is being used as some way to find out who has what guns.
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