Is there a web site available to the public for checking if a gun is stolen for the state of Florida or national?
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Is there a web site available to the public for checking if a gun is stolen for the state of Florida or national?
m1gunner
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Nope.
It is one of those secret things only the gov't and LEO organizations can use.
It is one of those secret things only the gov't and LEO organizations can use.
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Florida does have a site. Check out Florida Department of Law Enforcement Public Access System. I am in Florida now and used it before
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Interesting thought you have there.
Wouldn't it be in the best interest of law enforcement, and the citizenry, to have those serial numbers made public? What would be the downside?
Say for instance, that I buy a gun online from a person I don't know. It gets shipped to my FFL, we run the serial number, and the gun is hot. We contact the seller, as well as the police, and they proceed to track down the bad guys and return the property to the person who got robbed.
You would get your money back, and the person who did not check the serial number to see if it was hot is up the creek, unless he can get in touch with the person that he aquired it from and get his money back from them.
In reality, I don't think that police manpower is up to tracking these things down, unless there was a task force within the BATFE that was responsible for doing this exclusively.
The only downside I see to this, would be them asking for a registry of ALL firearms, so they would have a comparison list. They wouldn't need one, but they would most likely push for one anyway.
WG840
Wouldn't it be in the best interest of law enforcement, and the citizenry, to have those serial numbers made public? What would be the downside?
Say for instance, that I buy a gun online from a person I don't know. It gets shipped to my FFL, we run the serial number, and the gun is hot. We contact the seller, as well as the police, and they proceed to track down the bad guys and return the property to the person who got robbed.
You would get your money back, and the person who did not check the serial number to see if it was hot is up the creek, unless he can get in touch with the person that he aquired it from and get his money back from them.
In reality, I don't think that police manpower is up to tracking these things down, unless there was a task force within the BATFE that was responsible for doing this exclusively.
The only downside I see to this, would be them asking for a registry of ALL firearms, so they would have a comparison list. They wouldn't need one, but they would most likely push for one anyway.
WG840
m1gunner
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With records from only one state, that is somewhat close to useless.
The national database of stolen guns does exist, and we should have the right to use it as citizens.
The national database of stolen guns does exist, and we should have the right to use it as citizens.
The national data base (NCIC, GENT/GINQ,ect) is never really up to date, the data hits on the serial number only,,the rest of the data is for comparison,,and alot of the time the comparison data is missing, incomplete or wrong. It's as good of a system as there is but you have to realize the shortcomings of it when using it. Access to to all the data entry points to verify info in the system is necessary. Something a simple 'hot sheet' system doesn't allow.
As with any computer data base,,it's only as good as the info that's entered into it,,and that in some instances is not as good as it could be.
The same holds true for the Vehicle, Article & wanted persons files also.
As with any computer data base,,it's only as good as the info that's entered into it,,and that in some instances is not as good as it could be.
The same holds true for the Vehicle, Article & wanted persons files also.
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