[superloser]

Remember, the gun shop that sold the Bushmaster to the Beltway Sniper is in Washington state.

This seems to me to be "too little too late and cover your butt" stuff to make it appear that they are on the job.

[husky ed]

Remember, the gun shop that sold the Bushmaster to the Beltway Sniper is in Washington state.

And you got this inside information from whom?
The last that I have heard is that the rifle was "may" have been stolen.

[Myrddin]

Remember, the gun shop that sold the Bushmaster to the Beltway Sniper is in Washington state.

It wasn't "sold". The box for the rifle was still on the shelf. The dealer didn't know the rifle had left the shop. No record of sale. More like a theft and a failure to report the missing inventory.