We’ll sure need every trick in the book to make this one public - this blows the media’s “he bought the guns legally!!!” argument right out of the water.
Who's got the contacts?
"National and state databases are accessed simultaneously at the time of transaction. Four are maintained by the Virginia Department of State Police, accessible by the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN): Virginia’s wanted and missing persons files and protective orders, Virginia’s criminal history record files, a calendar file on handgun purchases required to monitor and enforce lawful handgun limitations and Virginia’s database of adjudications of legal incompetence and incapacity, and involuntary commitments to mental institutions.
http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Firearms_VFTP.shtm