RE: Stolen guns
You can call your local PD with the make and serial and they can run a computer check for you if they aren't being particularly lazy that day. State police stations are sometimes more likely to help out. If it comes back clean, there's still no guarantee it's not stolen. A weapon with 2 or 3 bodies on it isn't likely to be reported stolen if it wasn't already. Still, it's better to check it out than not.