TwinReverb
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It's basically a business / legal thing. I don't see the problem with it, if you ask someone to do something and don't pay for them.
...he reluctantly ran it for me, but stated that he could possibly get in trouble for doing it.
Well, okay. My advice is not valid in VT. Everyone outside of VT, it's still an option.
If a person contacts them and says they have concerns about a gun in a transaction, they could.
Well, okay. My advice is not valid in VT. Everyone outside of VT, it's still an option.
Davek1977 said:Believe it or not, not every police station outside of VT has the time or resources to check every random gun someone wants info on.
Amended Statement said:if you have questions you can always write down the serial number and contact your local police department to have them verify if the gun has been reported stolen. Addendum: Your local police agency my refuse to run the number and thus you have the horrible fate of having wasted a grand total of five minutes of your life!!! THE HORROR!!! Conversly, you may live in a location where they will run the number for you and thus you have the answer you were seeking... so, you gotta ask yourself... PUNK. Do you have five minutes to find out? Well? Do ya?
Davek1977 said:You are operating on assumptions, not facts. What makes sense in your head, and the reality of what goes on, are NOT one and the same it seems, at least in this instance.
Averageman said:I too am in Texas and I have never had an LEO, even one far from my home, have an issue running a Serial Number for me. I got a got deal on an H&K USPC in 45acp in the Houston area, that's about 200 miles from home. They ran the numbers and we did the exchange in the PD parking lot.
Davek1977 said:I operate a hotel. We've had people park to where they are obstructing the fire lane. I called the police to run the plates in an attempt to find the owner. Such a request did not fall under their definition of police business and the plates were not ran.
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