How can you find out if a handgun you purchased at a flea market is stolen or who it used to belong to without calling the police?

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If you are in the US, there is no central registration to keep track of a gun's current or previous owners. The police can check some databases to find lists of firearms reported stolen, but many cannot be identified because the person who owned it didn't know the serial number (and often not even the manufacturer, model or even caliber).

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