Is there a website to check if a gun is stolen before i buy it?

[wolverine_173]

when buying a used gun is there a web site to check the serial number to see if it is stolen before i buy it.

 

[Rail Driver]

It depends on where you're at for the most part. Stolenweapons.com is beginning to be used more, and if you're in Florida, you can use the FDLE website. Try googling searching:

"[your state/locality] stolen gun search"

 

[kingpin008]

And keep in mind that only guns that have been reported stolen will show up on any list or database you may find.

In other words, don't rely on databases to give you a hard-and-fast answer whether you've bought a stolen gun or not.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

And keep in mind that only guns that have been reported stolen will show up on any list or database you may find.

Well the feds have not perfected the psychic data bases yet, LOL. Actually, only the guns reported stolen and the information entered into the database prior to being checked will show up. A gun certainly may be reported late, after a purchase is made. This is true with any used purchase. I seem to recall our pawn shops selling 2 guns over a 25 year period that were stolen. They were not reported stolen at the time we initially took possession of them and passed the local police check just fine. One was even pawned multiple times and as a result, checked multiple times. The gun simply had not been reported stolen yet. This type of thing happens and will continue to do so until that psychic system is worked out.

Any check you can do, however, will undoubtedly boost your odds of NOT getting a stolen gun.

 

[mgmorden]

And keep in mind that only guns that have been reported stolen will show up on any list or database you may find.

In other words, don't rely on databases to give you a hard-and-fast answer whether you've bought a stolen gun or not.

Very true. A lot of people also don't keep track of their serial numbers for their guns either. It know it's foolish, but it happens all the same. Many times a gun is reported stolen with a description rather than a serial.

Good luck getting a gun returned when you call to report a "wooden stocked 12ga Remington 870" stolen.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I've got a question for the OP. This is the 3rd thread you've made asking just about the same thing. What gives? Where/ With who are you doing business that has you so concerned with the buying and selling stolen guns?

 

[mgkdrgn]

I'll give you the same answer I gave you the first two times ... and it's still true.

NO