So, what do y’all think... purchase information from interrogation of the subject - or from the “non-existant” firearms purchase database?
I suppose it could be credit card records but your point is a good one
No mystery there. The moment the cops had the guns they had the maker and serials. It took about 20 minutes or as soon as the sun came up to trace the guns to the makers-—distributors——dealers——point of sale. Point of sale records (4473’s) are kept only at the dealers and the ATF guys have the authority to come and read them——not take them, just read/copy them. But the dealers would read back the name/address of the purchaser to the ATF records check gal. In this case it appears all four guns traced to the same guy so BOOM-—DONE!