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How can you find out the serial number of a gun you purchased that was stolen and you lost the number?
Go the the gunshop or person you bought it from.
How do you find out if the gun you purchased is in fact stolen?
Contact your local police and ask them to run the serial number.
How do you find stolen gun serial numbers?
Was thinking of buying a used firearm to defend my home from invasion. But how do I know if its stolen? Call your local police department and have them check it in NCIC. You may have to bring it in so they can confiscate it if it is stolen.
If you ask the police to find out if the gun is stolen and it is can you get in trouble if you just bought it?
If you just bought it and ask the police to check it and then it turns out to be stolen, in all likelihood you'd be in no trouble at all; you're just trying to verify the gun is clean. If it does turn out to be stolen, however, the police have to confiscate the gun, so you'd be out whatever you paid for it unless you filed a civil suit against the seller.
You want to know if a gun is stolen by the serial number?
Contact your local police department and give them the serial number. The Police can check on the stolen gun list maintained by the BATFE. If the gun is stolen, the Police will conficate the piece and begin investigation of how it was acquired.
