Where do you check to see if a gun is stolen?

Answer 1

• Call your local law enforcement office and ask them to run it through NCIC for you. They will need the serial number, manufacturer, model, and caliber. This is important, since the same number may have been used by different manufacturers. In some cases you will be required to take the gun to the law enforcement office so that they may confiscate the firearm if it is stolen.

• The state of Florida offers an online database of stolen firearms to the general public but it only contains firearms stolen in the state of Florida. Firearms stolen in other states will not result in a positive match.

• Another option is user submitted databases. Such databases are not all encompassing as they are not linked with NCIC, but still worth a look.

Answer 2

You can take it to your local law enforcement agency and ask them to run it through the national database of stolen firearms. For a fee, the holder of Federal Firearms Dealer License would probably also do it. CAUTION: DO NOT CARRY IT into your local police station unless it is securely wrapped or boxed.

Answer 3

Every Police agency in the United States should have computer access to the Federal Data base that contains a list of all known stolen firearms. So if you would like to buy a specific gun write down the serial number and take it to your local police department and tell then that you are looking to buy a gun and you would like to make sure that it is not stolen. Then give them the serial number, Make model and any other specifics. If nothing comes up then either the gun is not stolen or it was never reported as stolen. Be prepared to answer some questions if the gun does come back as stolen. If that happens you had better be prepared to tell the officer how you know of the gun, where you looked at it and who tried to sell it to you. The advice I would give you is just to stay away from any deals from strangers that seem a little to good to be true. If you only ever buy from a Licensed dealer and people whom you know not to be criminals then you will save yourself any potential troubles. So Always abide by your state, local and Federal Laws, and you should not have to worry about a possible stolen firearm.

Answer 4

In the US, there is no central registry of stolen firearms to which a private citizen has access. You may contact local law enforcement officials and see if they can check the serial number of a firearm on the NCIC computer database. They will want to have the firearm "in hand" before doing so.

Answer 5

Check with the local police. They can usually check the serial number to see if it's been reported stolen.

Answer 6

Go to your local police with the sn.

Answer 7

Local law enforcement.