Could this AK-47 be stolen at a Pawn Shop?

When a pawn shop takes in a gun, they are required to call in the numbers to see if it's stolen, they then must leave the firearm out of inventory for 14 days while all police reports come back. After 14 days, if the firearm comes back clean, it can then be placed out in inventory. Pawn shops are heavily regulated, often more oversight is done with them than a regular gunshop where firearms are concerned.

NO it should NOT be stolen....since pawn shops are required to call in serial numbers to police and have them checked...BEFORE they can sell them.....

** that being said i just got back form a round town trip hitting all my pawn shops.....and some lady got arrested last night and gun seized as "Stolen" and she had bought it from pawn shop.....

i was there while they were sorting out the info.....turns out that particular firearm came from a "police auction" in '06 ....and the sheriff department never bothered to "clean " the file so it was still showing stolen from report from '02.......

and that was today at a local pawn shop.....

but in general u will be fine........in that case my bet is that there will be a lawsuit filed against local sheriff dept for negligence......and they will probably get a 10k or so settlement in about 3-5 years......

A pawn shop that sells guns operates like an actual gun store. When stupid people sell there guns to a pawn shop for 1/20th of what they are actually worth the pawn shop has to run the serial through the NICS to see if it was reported.

If it was stolen both you and the pawn broker can legally file suit against the individual who brought it in. It would be kept as evidence but you would eventually get it back.

stolen or not, its not your problem, you filled out the ATF form, if it is stolen its none of your problem.

what the ATF form does is show you purchased this rifle from this store at this date. if it was reported stolen before or after the date, it doesn't matter. that's for the police & ATF to sort out.

* many used guns are dirty & beat up, for some reason sellers don't realize that clean & well cared for guns sell fetch better prices *

its like selling a car. if you sell it all beat up, filthy on the inside, not well maintained, you'll have trouble finding a buyer or anyone who would pay at its blue book price. looks are everything if it looks nice then people will look at it. if it looks well maintained & cared for, people are more likely to believe its a good thing to buy and willing to pay more for it.

It's possible.

I bought an AK clone from a gun shop 12 years ago, and a year later got a letter from the police that it had been stolen. They caught the guy, he took the detectives to the shop, and guy still had records of my purchase.

Had to turn it over, but at least the gun store refunded me. And he's gotten quite a lot of business from me over the years because of that.

Unlikely, here they are required by State Law to punch the serial number into an online system to check for stolen property, plus they record the ID of the person they got it from. I imagine most states do that. Pawn shops don't want stolen weapons either.

talking of stolen guns remind me of a 38 i bought at a pawn shop, i look at the gun for a while then after like 5 month went by i bought the gun. kelp it for a spell then got in need of cash so i pawn it , an then after a week went by the law sent a letter to me asking me to come in. said the gun i just pawn was stolen . an wanted to know how i came by it i told them so i went to where i bought the gun with the letter they then told me to go get it an they give my money back,long story short in the end the gun been stolen for a few years an lay their in the shop for a year. in the end i got my money back an the law got the gun.

I also live in Texas. Simply put? If, it's out for sale at the pawn? It's not stolen.

If it was stolen then you can show the police the recite and proof of registration and you will be refunded

I'm sorry for my supposed bad answer, that got 14 thumbs down! But I live in the UK, and do not know the gun licence in texas! I think I have been insulted many times on this question by the asker, and some of the answerers, thank you, and sorry for my 'bad answer' but I do not live in the US