Friend wants to give me a gun, but...

I have a friend who bought a gun from a guy but he can't remember who, then traded it off...then the guy he traded it to sold it to someone who found out it was stolen. Big problem, as my friend is the one who can't prove where he got the gun. I mostly agree with the transfer solution, but I frankly wouldn't take a gun that is openly acknowledged as not the property of the person giving it.

Never look a gift gun in the muzzle.

A little paranoid, are we? I can’t believe some of you guys. I would graciously take the gun, thank him profusely. If I like the gun a lot, maybe pick him up a bottle of decent scotch.

I just would have said thank you, shook his hand and that would have been the end of it.

Good for you dude! Wish I had friends like yours!

Ha, I can't believe you hesitated. That looks really nice.

Very nice gun

first and foremost, FFLs cannot check stolen gun database, only police.
second, if the firearm is stolen and you are in possession during a traffic stop, you will be handcuffed in front of your loved ones and friends and go to jail immediately, not passing go whatsoever!

the police do not care if you have a BoS, completed 4473 from an FFL - these are run on the buyer not the seller, you, now in jail, now need to find an attorney to defend you!

if your arrest is say Saturday night you have a long wait till your first court appearance to say your innocent w/your public defender by your side. (remember the BoS are at home, FFL - closed)

remember the police do not care you are innocent

your free gun from an acquaintance is now costing you lost time from work, legal fees and the possibility of loss of all your firarm privileges if found guilty.

you are an adult, your choice

if it is an acquaintance you enjoy being around don’t call the police as you’ve just got your acquaintances in a pack of trouble!

btw, not sure of your age (> 21) and able to actually own a handgun nor intimately familiar with the NV/Vegas (NVegas) firearm statutes and not an attorney!

Take the gun, leave the cannoli.

This makes me wonder what abandoned personal property laws are in a particular state.

I know that in many states that a divorce can be granted under abandonment, so what about taking possession of an abandoned firearm?

Nice gift enjoy it

E.D.P said:

Thanks cos, here is what I've read over and over again from multiple sources:

Here is a summary of what the new language of the state preemption statutes say in detail:

• Only the legislature can make laws regarding transfers, sales, purchases, possession, carrying, owning, transporting, selling, registering and licensing, firearm accessories and ammunition.
• All local laws, regulations, rules or ordinances on guns, except for unsafe discharge of firearms, are null and void. This means they are unenforceable as if they didn’t exist.
• Any actions taken to enforce the preempted local laws (arrest, detention, citation) are null and void.
• Clark County’s previous exemption for handgun registration is eliminated.
• All local ordinances or regulations must be repealed and signs contrary to state law taken down.
• Las Vegas Metro PD has destroyed all handgun registration records by the required deadline of June 2, 2016.

I am going to a local gun shop today to pick up my wife's new gun, and I plan on getting a little more knowledge from them as the law here is pretty new.

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Forgive me, E.D.P. et al., i was quoting federal standards currently in place, and speaking from personally seen the devastation caused to a young mother who properly purchased a firearm from the local gun store, got stopped on a Saturday night, the nice police officer took control of the firearm 'for officer safety' (federal ruling) ran the s/n and then walked back 'dragging' the woman out of the vehicle, handcuffing her in front of her children, then placed and sat in the backseat of the squad car and forced to leave her children being transported to the station by another male officer and held until family members arrived to take control of the minor children.

of course the GS was closed until Monday morning, opened up and seems they purchased the firearm in question from a regular who several years earlier reported his firearm stolen and failed to notify police he 'found' it misplaced! Mother spent the weekend in jail until her court arraignment ~ not a soul apologized for the 'misunderstanding'!

remember, the FBI's NCIC stolen gun database isn't a state contrivance and as stated, FFLs can't access this Law Enforcement only database..

as stated...best of luck

If you live in Florida

http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/restricted/PAS/StolenGun.jsf

ray15 said:

I don't see any risk here - I'd take it. If you are concerned about the gun's history you can call most local LEO offices and have them check the NCIC database. You need to have the gun in your possession to do so because if it comes back stolen or involved in a crime they'll expect you to bring it to them. So unless you've paid for the gun there's nothing to lose.

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I totally agree. If the gun is stolen it should be returned to it's rightful owner. I'd have the local police run it thru the NCIC database.
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E.D.P said:

My gun guy says to get a bill of sale and call it good. He's pretty knowledge able so I'm going to do that. Also I heard if I can find a police officer that will run it from his cruiser I can get it checked that way, but they will not run it at the PD because of the new laws here, they will only offer to destroy it. So I'm going to look into finding a police officer that will help me find out if this legally belongs to someone else, and if it does I will return it to them no questions asked

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Might ask your nice lawyer, not your gun guy, what happens when you personally hand a gun to a nice PD to have it checked in NCIC's database and it comes up stolen with your fingerprints all over it...

hummm...NV 202.254 comes to mind

If you had any part of stealing a gun, would you take it to the police and request they check to see if it's stolen? Fortunately common sense isn't that uncommon.

paranoid, i am sorry but the nice PD, friend or not, is duty bound by oath to uphold the law...so you hand them a firearm with a made up BoS and the firearm comes back stolen...

by the way you are aware LEs are allowed by the US SCourt rulings to lie to its citizens in the accomplishment of their jobs!

and you are right everything will be just fine which is why you had concerns enough to post it here asking the question...

ray15 said:

If you had any part of stealing a gun, would you take it to the police and request they check to see if it's stolen? Fortunately common sense isn't that uncommon.

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ya guys that is how the 'smart' bad guys get caught...there have been bad guys call the cops wanting them do arrest someone cuz they got ripped off in their drug transactions...