The police stopped by here about ten minutes ago asking about a Ruger SR9c I pawned a year or two ago. All they would tell me is it was found at a crime scene. TG I remembered where I sold it and the business will have records!! It pisses me off that some A-hole douche bag could have caused me some serious problems!!
'Crime scene' can involve being recovered on a theft bust - which happens more often than you think.
Thats my fear actually. I have two shelves of broken or otherwise no longer desired pistols that I won't sell or give away. Legal issues but also the thought they could be used in a crime would make me feel responsible.
You're over-thinking it. If you sell your car that's later involved in a DWI fatality, are you responsible?
Been there done that. Got a call from Police wanting to return a gun I had traded at a gun show 10 years before. All they said was the legal proceedings were all over and did I want to come pick it up. I have this honest streak that made me tell them it wasn't mine. They withdrew the offer. Everybody was nice.
Got a visit from a Sheriff's deputy from nowhere near me. Wanted to arrest me for robbing a convenience store. They got me from the plates on my truck where it crashed in a ditch. I had traded it in a year before. Seems the dealership failed to change the title when they sold it. I had a paper trail on the truck that saved me a night in jail. My uncle sold a car and was arrested the next morning for robbing a bank. He did a morning in jail before they worked it out.
Not all dealers are honest!
Guys, we NEED to continue private-party 'off-the-books' sales! If we stop out of fear - out of being terrorized by the left - then what good is even having a gun?
Eli