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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   Dänk 42Ø wrote:   
      
   > These two statements are contradictory: If there was no serial number   
   > then how could the gun have been identified as stolen?  It is true that a   
   > firearm with an obliterated serial number is probably stolen, but the   
   > national crime database could not have verified this based on a non-   
   > existent serial number.   
      
   I don't know if it was the case but obliterated serial numbers can often be   
   restored. Doing a Dremel job on the surface stamping isn't good enough these   
   days.   
      
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