Under the butt plate of a Rem Model 11 that my dad had was the bill of sale from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. My Grandfather had retired as Under Sheriff and bought it from the department. Unfortunately it was stolen along with 10 other firearms about 1965 and even though we had all of the serial numbers and I have posted to hotgunz.com, not a single one was ever recovered. You would think with all of the hysteria about gun crime that there would be a national registry for stolen firearms but if there is I am unaware of it.
The government is uninterested in solving crime. Sorry for the rant.
