Stolen Gun Research Investigation

[tntklundt]

Almost 30 years ago, some scum of the earth broke into my parents house and stole from us.  One of the items they took was a 1863 Springfield Civil War Rifle that was given to my grandpa by a Civil War Veteran.  We reported the theft at the time but nothing ever turned up. Other guns were stolen too.  Is their any good way to look for a gun to see if their has been a record of it being sold later?  I have the serial numbers.  I tried looking online but came up with nothing.

[ICEMAN]

The NCIC database has been around for a long time....  Did your parents report the stolen serial numbers at the time of the theft? If so, then apparently no LEO has re-run the numbers to date. Numbers are often ground off. IF the gun was sold private sale, and the number has never been run against NCIC, then nobody knows it was stolen...


Here is what I found real quick on the web...

It’s been called the lifeline of law enforcement—an electronic clearinghouse of crime data that can be tapped into by virtually every criminal justice agency nationwide, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The National Crime Information Center, or NCIC, was launched on January 27, 1967 with five files and 356,784 records. By the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, NCIC contained 11.7 million active records in 19 files. During FY 2011, NCIC averaged 7.9 million transactions per day.

NCIC helps criminal justice professionals apprehend fugitives, locate missing persons, recover stolen property, and identify terrorists. It also assists law enforcement officers in performing their official duties more safely and provides them with information necessary to aid in protecting the general public.

About the records: The NCIC database currently consists of 21 files. There are seven property files containing records of stolen articles, boats, guns, license plates, parts, securities, and vehicles. There are 14 persons files, including: Supervised Release; National Sex Offender Registry; Foreign Fugitive; Immigration Violator; Missing Person; Protection Order; Unidentified Person; U.S. Secret Service Protective; Gang; Known or Appropriately Suspected Terrorist; Wanted Person; Identity Theft; Violent Person; and National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Denied Transaction. The system also contains images that can be associated with NCIC records to help agencies identify people and property items. The Interstate Identification Index, which contains automated criminal history record information, is accessible through the same network as NCIC. See details on the files

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ncic

[tntklundt]

Everything was reported at the time.  I will check this out. thanks