Criggster

As I stated I will never buy another gun that does not have a cleared and checked serial number!! I definitely do not want to risk being accused of something that I did not do!!

DM

Quite a few years ago my brother bought a NEW semi auto 22lr. He bought it from a big gunshop in a city where he lives.

One evening a knock on the door and he answers. It was the police and they asked if he owned such and such 22lr. He said yes, they asked to see it and it was the NEW 22 he had just bought. They then told him that THAT 22had beenused in a MURDER!!!! (keep in mind he bought it NEW)

He about fell over and amazeingly he had kept the receipt and box for the gun, as normally he didn't as he traded guns all the time. He had a lot of guns (mostly 22's) and just didn't keep the boxes ect...

Lucky for him he proved where he got it, and the dealer gave him ANOTHER ONE new in the box!!

Later the dealer found out it had been removed from the distributor, used in a murder and put back to go out to a dealer!!!!

Buying NEW guarantees nothing!! You can't even blame the dealer for what happened to my brother.

Drilling Man

fufanu360

you see... us canadians, we got that covered, when we go to register our guns, they automatically do a thet check on it... kinda nice, but not too nice when you find out you had a stolen gun for 5 years and they take it away...

C. Davis

Man, I miss the days when you could buy a gun at Sear's or Western Auto, and you didn't think twice about trading a half worn set of mud grips for a shotgun your buddy was willing to deal with.

Used guns are my favorite kind of gun shopping.I bet the previous owner wasshocked the cops found his gun. That was very unfortunate on your behalf.

C. Davis

bigcountry

I know here in MD, when you buy a gun from a FFL dealer, used or not, they call it in on the NIC system. Even when I buy one on the internet and its shipped to my gunsmith, they do.

Do they not do that in other states?

Doe Dumper

They do it here also BC. Nothing more fun than finding a cheap used gun...although beware if their hands are shaking...

Bulzeye

Here in IL, all checks are made at the time of purchase or done during the waiting period. I keep a hard copy record of every gun I've bought, sold, adn who it came from or went to. Can't have too much paper trail when it comes to keeping your name clear.

Briman

I have lots of used guns, a few of which were probably used to kill someone in a faraway land a long time ago. I'm not too worried about anyone knocking on my door about it though

Adirondack Hunter

i dont think the moral of the story should be dont buy used guns, i think it should be more like know where the gun came from.

Criggster

Read it again.