A few months ago, I had several firearms stolen from a friend's house. I filed a police report when I discovered they were missing - unfortunately, it had been several months since I had actually seen them, so there's a window of months, rather than days. Bad on me.
(Please don't bother flaming me on this one - it's why I posted it here instead of GD. I'm already PO'd enough without additional BS)
Anyway, get a call from the detective handling the case to tell me he hasn't seen them turn up in any crimes yet (thank goodness), and he told me they had been entered in the ISP database.
(No duh... I had to fill out a "Lost Official ID" report when I lost my wallet and my "baby" badge was missing)
I mentioned that I was thinking of sending faxes to gunstores in the Chicago area with SN's and descriptions to tell dealers to be on the lookout for them... he replied that gun dealers were supposed to call the ISP and ask about SN's on guns that were traded or brought in for consignment sale.
HUH? I've never heard of this... truth, or BS?