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is there a website out there that you can type in the serial number of a gun and it show who the gun is registered to?

merlebo05 wrote:is there a website out there that you can type in the serial number of a gun and it show who the gun is registered to?

There is no gun registry.

forgive my ignorance so when you buy a gun new from a dealer and you do all the paperwork the serial number attached to that gun is not included in that paperwork?

merlebo05 wrote:forgive my ignorance so when you buy a gun new from a dealer and you do all the paperwork the serial number attached to that gun is not included in that paperwork?

I think all of that paperwork stays on site.

I'm sure the ATF could tell you the info you want to know... if you asked nicely.

are you trying to check to see if a gun may be stolen or something? if so the local police can run a check to make sure that serial doesn't show up on any reports. Outside of that thank god there isn't a widespread "known" resource to acquire that info otherwise the anti gun nuts would have a field day.

No gun registry.. If you buy a gun from me (a FFL dealer) you fill out the paperwork and then I run the background check. The only thing on the background check is Your name, place and date of birth, gun type (Longgun, handgun, other) and SSN (which is optional). Then I complete the paperwork that includes the Make, Model and serial number of the gun and file it away for 20 years.. If you have a Firearms Permit then there is no background check. Just filed paperwork on site..

If a gun turns up in a crime, the law enforcement calls the Manufacturer of the gun and starts the trace there, Smith & Wesson sent it to Davidson's Distributer, who sent it to CWINK who sold it to John Doe..

There is no gun registration.

There are some rules for multiple handgun purchases but that is about it..

I understand the whole there isn't a gun registry...but that scenario you just laid out Cwink, kinda resembles a registry.

"Police" want to know about a certain gun(s) so they call manufacturer, they know who they sold it to, then they know whoe they sold it to, so essentially the "police" can know who has what guns and how many, assuming they were purchased legally.

So 20 years after someone purchases a gun from you are you going to destroy all the paperwork?

420 racin wrote:I understand the whole there isn't a gun registry...but that scenario you just laid out Cwink, kinda resembles a registry.

"Police" want to know about a certain gun(s) so they call manufacturer, they know who they sold it to, then they know whoe they sold it to, so essentially the "police" can know who has what guns and how many, assuming they were purchased legally.

So 20 years after someone purchases a gun from you are you going to destroy all the paperwork?

It's no where close to a registry.. You can trace the serial number, but the officer would have to have the gun in hand to begin the trace.. And it is not an instantaneous trace. It could take weeks to find out the last legal purchase and as soon as a private sale occurs the trail is not longer traceable. A registry would be like what you have for your car.. "License and registration please". Where you would be required to report your purchase and keep paperwork on hand to show you are the lawful owner. And for those with a Fireams Permit, there isn't a sole who knows you purchased that gun other than the customer and the FFL dealer.. I would hardly call that a registry....

I am not sure what I am going to do after 20 years. I still have 17 years to figure that out..

I just don't trust big brother, so I buy used LNIB.

I just don't trust big brother, so I buy used LNIB.

Most of my guns were purchased new by me. Guess I need a "throw away" gun or two. If anyone ever comes knocking on my door to confiscate them and I tell them that I sold "those" guns at the last gun show. When I tell them I buy and sell guns all the time, I suppose I'll have to give them "something"?

Haha

Wildfowler wrote:Most of my guns were purchased new by me. Guess I need a "throw away" gun or two. If anyone ever comes knocking on my door to confiscate them and I tell them that I sold "those" guns at the last gun show. When I tell them I buy and sell guns all the time, I suppose I'll have to give them "something"?

Haha

Post up what ya got. I'm always in the market.

thanks CWINK you answered my questions!! I actually found a gun at my brother in laws that I am 99% sure is mine that I could have left over there from several years back and had just forgotten about the gun.. I was wanting to see if I could run the serial number on the gun and see who it came back to.. Its really no big deal, not anything of any significant value just thought it would ease my mind

merlebo05 wrote:thanks CWINK you answered my questions!! I actually found a gun at my brother in laws that I am 99% sure is mine that I could have left over there from several years back and had just forgotten about the gun.. I was wanting to see if I could run the serial number on the gun and see who it came back to.. Its really no big deal, not anything of any significant value just thought it would ease my mind

There is currently no way to run a serial number on a firearm to see who it belongs too. The only one that knows the serial number of the gun you bought (besides you) is the FFL dealer. The only exception is if you buy two or more handguns at the same time or from the same dealer within 5 business days.