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Originally Posted by cgpd2515
Today we arrested a couple of misunderstood youths on some probation violations. Turns into alot more...stolen goods out the ying-yang..drugs etc.
Sad part is...one of them was armed with a really really nice 6" 28-2. I'd say it was about 90-95% with what appeared to be correct grips.
Unless we can identify it as stolen and return it to it's owner...once the case is disposed of in court it's headed to the melting pot.
Makes me sick...I've begged to be allowed to buy some of our evidence room guns....no deal.
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You may likely already know this, but if you run an ATF Etrace you may be able to find the last owner of record. Any private sale since then would require luck to find the last owner. But, its a start. A lot of people do not have a record of their serial numbers so when stolen it cannot be entered into NCIC, obviously.
I run about 100 Etraces per year. I've got lucky with a couple, finding they were un-entered stolen guns.
Edited to add that post #20 has the same idea.