Buying Used Guns

[grittydog]

Is there a way to run Serial#'s on guns?

[Shotgun wg]

The only way I have done it is thru the police. If u know someone that runs a pawn shop they can probly help u out. Even if they charge a few bucks it would be worth it.


Shotgun
Arkansas

[halfbreed]

   nope the pawn shops turn in the tickets to the police dept and the police dept run them  .  things happen even after that  lol  we sold a gun out of the pawn shop I managed in dallas to a dallas cop and he ran the numbers on it and it came up stolen out of the Houston police dept property room  .

[Double K Kennels]

There are a couple of websites online that's you can put the numbers in to check. It's not as good as the sheriffs office.

[rdjustham]

NCIC is the national database that houses all the warrants and serial numbers for stolen property.  you wouldn't believe whats required to gain access.

[dub]

Sure makes it hard for an honest man to be honest. I can get a VIN checked out but not a gun. But if I get stopped and I am all legal but the gun comes back stolen it is rear that goes for a ride. That is why I buy used guns from a dealers or people that I know and they can tell me where they got. So if it does come back stolen it can be traced back away from me. Always get a receipt or a bill of sale on a gun. The last thing you want is it to get connected to a dead body. That way they can see the date of purchase and you can prove you did not own the gun when something happened. Guess I watch too many crime shows but I don't do thing that will put me in jail and I sure don't want to go to jail for someone else.