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  • #1
    corvetteguy
    Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 144

    Pistol History

    How can I find out if a pistol has been used in a crime or if it is stolen? I was given a pistol that was in a box of my uncles stuff when he passed away. I know my uncle was a good guy but his step kids were not! I am afraid he may have aquired the revolver from one of them as he was not much of a gun guy. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks!

    David
    Last edited by corvetteguy; 07-12-2010, 3:20 PM.
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      corvetteguy
      Member
      • Oct 2009
      • 144
      Really, no one knows how to find out if a gun is stolen! I would like to see it returned to it's owner if it is stolen, or move on with the process of enjoying my new firearm if it's clean. With all of the vast knowledge here at Calguns I'm sure someone can point me in the right direction!

      Thanks!
      "Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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        • #3
          -hanko
          CGN/CGSSA Contributor
          CGN Contributor
          • Jul 2002
          • 14174
          Originally posted by corvetteguy
          Really, no one knows how to find out if a gun is stolen! I would like to see it returned to it's owner if it is stolen, or move on with the process of enjoying my new firearm if it's clean. With all of the vast knowledge here at Calguns I'm sure someone can point me in the right direction!

          Thanks!
          Call your local PD, give them the serial number, and ask. If you're worried, make the call from a payphone.

          -hanko
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            • #4
              ke6guj
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              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
              • Nov 2003
              • 23725
              Its not that hard. Just have the local PD run the numbers. If it is stolen, they'll keep it. that is why many LEAs won't run the numbers unless the firearm is physically present. Doesn't do much good to tell someone over the phone that a gun is stolen and that they need to turn it in.

              In your case, did you follow the law when you acquired the handgun from your uncle's estate? When you did the op-law form, CADOJ gets the numbers of the handgun and might do a stolen check as well.



              Originally posted by -hanko
              Call your local PD, give them the serial number, and ask. If you're worried, make the call from a payphone.

              -hanko
              not all PDs will do stolen checks over the phone. They would require that an officer has posssession of it while they do the check so tha they can confiscate it on the spot, if need be.

              If I am a cop and I tell a person, over the phone, that XYZ item is stolen, do you think it would be likely that we would recover it? or would it just disappear?
              Last edited by ke6guj; 07-12-2010, 4:12 PM.
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                • #5
                  pyromensch
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 6881
                  and assuming that you don't live in san fran, where they will use any excuse to take you firearm
                  That may be a CG first!



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