How would they be able to track the 9mm Glock purchase down to a gun shop in Roanoke, and interview the owner by early evening (6-8 hours afterward), if he’d filed the numbers off? Come to think of it, I haven’t heard anything one way or the other about the serial numbers either.
Virginia has a one-gun-per-month law (courtesy of Doug Wilder) and he supposedly bought the Glock on 9 March. No idea when or where he bought the .22, it hasn’t been reported.
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OK, the “ground off serial number” story was from the gun shop guy who posted that he sold the weapon and was interviewed by ATF. Since the rest of his story checked out, I give the remainder of his story higher credibility, although I am still going to wait for official confirmation.
But given they had the receipt, it wouldn’t have mattered if the numbers were wiped, the receipt would lead them to the gun shop and others have said that the numbers can still be read if filed off.
“How would they be able to track the 9mm Glock purchase down to a gun shop in Roanoke, and interview the owner by early evening (6-8 hours afterward), if he’d filed the numbers off?”
Many firearms have “secret” SN’s due to anti-gunners demanding design changes. The design demands usually include a magazine disconnect, loaded chamber indicator, secondary SN, locking device.
Or, the earlier report of obliterated SN was wrong, which is the most likely.