I vaguely recall an incident within the last few months that made headlines concerning a person using a firearm in a competition they had purchased used. The gun had either been modified, or had parts worn that directly contributed to an unintentional discharge that resulted in injury. It's been a while and I can't recall all the facts. This type of incident is probably what the OP is talking about.
I don't have an issue with used guns. At least 2/3's of mine were purchased used. But I don't like to modify them. And even though most were purchased used they came though an FFL. Even if it comes up stolen It'd be easy to document that my purchase was legit.
On the handful of occasions where I've bought something in a FTF transaction I've had cop friends run the SN to verify that it hadn't been stolen before I'd use it.
I don't have an issue with used guns. At least 2/3's of mine were purchased used. But I don't like to modify them. And even though most were purchased used they came though an FFL. Even if it comes up stolen It'd be easy to document that my purchase was legit.
On the handful of occasions where I've bought something in a FTF transaction I've had cop friends run the SN to verify that it hadn't been stolen before I'd use it.