Ohio AG creates Stolen Gun Portal Ohio AG creates Stolen Gun Portal (Source: Pixabay/stock image) By Steph Krane | February 2, 2021 at 10:13 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 10:13 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a new website Tuesday that allows people buying used firearms to check whether the gun was previously reported stolen.
“This is a tool for gun buyers and law enforcement alike that will lead to the recovery of stolen firearms and serve as a deterrent for criminals seeking to make a quick buck,” Yost said in a press release.
The Stolen Gun Portal allows people to enter a gun’s serial number and see whether it’s been stolen before.
People who buy and sell firearms in Ohio can now search through a statewide database to see whether the gun for sale was stolen.
The Ohio Stolen Guns Database contains the serial numbers of stolen guns as reported to the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) by law enforcement agencies throughout the state and authorized for release to the public.
It s the brainchild of Ohio Attorney General David Yost and a group of firearms dealers who wanted an easier way to determine whether a gun was stolen.
“Once you log on and put the serial number in and once the database exists you’ll be able to just get an answer back – hot or not, Yost told NBC 4 in January.
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