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   From: a425couple@hotmail.com   
      
   "Dänk 42Ø"  wrote in message...   
   >  rbowman wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Yes, but all this happened within a few hours, not nearly long enough to   
   > send the gun to a lab for a proper forensic analysis.   
      
   If a LEO takes a particular interest in it, and a detective   
   also gets interested, that testing can be done in under 1 hour.   
   It does not take a fancy lab.   
   There are some definite advantages to interpersonal cooperation!!   
      
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