So i'm making a deal with a fella on craigslist, trading a glock+cash for a foxbody mustang. I met with the guy, and he seems ok, not sketchy. He wants to check the serial # of the pistol to check that its not stolen. Is there an easy way to do this? He wanted to take down the serial and he said he would call me after he checked it. I told him i wasn't comfortable with that, because he could report it stolen and i could get into bs trouble.

Was i being too paranoid? I offered to do the transfer through an FFL if he wanted. What would you guys have done?