Won't mention the location, but local medium-sized city police department has a policy that if you want to inquire about a private firearm sell, as to whether it was ever reported as stolen, you have to actually bring the firearm to the department to have them run the background on it. That way if it is stolen, they can take it and return it to the rightful owner/whatever. The person bringing it in could be taking a chance on being arrested. Is that a standard policy everywhere?
Lots of people have bought guns that they assumed were honest, but some guns could be bought/sold several times over the years, and a person could inadvertently buy a stolen one. Doe anyone know if a national database exists that the average citizen could access to see if a particular gun had a stolen report in its' background? Thanks in advance to all your opinions. Oh yeah, happy 4th !
Lots of people have bought guns that they assumed were honest, but some guns could be bought/sold several times over the years, and a person could inadvertently buy a stolen one. Doe anyone know if a national database exists that the average citizen could access to see if a particular gun had a stolen report in its' background? Thanks in advance to all your opinions. Oh yeah, happy 4th !