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peter nap wrote:
Are you saying to never check Sn's or are you saying never but F2F guns. Neither option is acceptable to me.
No, not saying either... I'm just trying to get inside the LEO's head. (A scary prospect, I know!
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Since there is not really a public list of all serial numbers of guns that have been stolen or used in a crime, having knowledge of, and inquiring about a specific number that exists in a database raises questions. And of course that is fine, that's why we would be asking.
Consider this far-fetched, but analogous scenario based on current events: Helpful Joe walks into police station and says Hey I know there are kidnappings all the time... tell me, are there any kids who have a missing front tooth, a birthmark on their upper left arm, two moles on their right foot, and speak with a little bit of a British accent?
Why yes sir, the there is a missing kid who fits that description, but hey.... none of those details were released to the public, how do you know those things?
Oh, a friend of a friend of mine asked me to babysit a couple days ago... I guess I will decline from now on. No biggie, thanks...
Now I realize that analogy is over the top, but you can see my point. If you come in asking about the S/N of a stolen gun, how do you know what they are going to do? You have presented knowledge that "only the criminal could have". Are you saying that a zealous LEO is just going to let you walk out with no further action?
I don't know these answers, I'm asking... but it doesn't make much sense that they would just let it drop. This would certainly be a situation where you could use a "friend on the inside", but even then I don't see how you would not end up turning in your "friend" who is offering to sell the stolen gun. Maybe that is what you intend to do from the start, I'm not saying that is all bad either. I guess my point is that by asking the question, you have already decided to turn in the "friend" if the gun turns out to be stolen, etc.
TFred