I was reading this article today on the Seattle Fox news station and saw a curious comment.
http://q13fox.com/2014/06/24/sherif...ice-cant-find-officers-69-guns/#axzz35QiUFDTQ
"Holiwell also has 69 guns registered to his name, but police have not been able to find any of them."
I thought there was no long term gun registration in the state of Washington. As I understand it all records of gun purchases (except FFLs) are supposed to be destroyed after 30 days. So how is LE able to know that this individual has 69 guns registered to his name? Did he buy them all in the last 30 days or is there some sort of illegal government gun registry? Or am I misunderstanding the law in the state of Washington?
http://q13fox.com/2014/06/24/sherif...ice-cant-find-officers-69-guns/#axzz35QiUFDTQ
"Holiwell also has 69 guns registered to his name, but police have not been able to find any of them."
I thought there was no long term gun registration in the state of Washington. As I understand it all records of gun purchases (except FFLs) are supposed to be destroyed after 30 days. So how is LE able to know that this individual has 69 guns registered to his name? Did he buy them all in the last 30 days or is there some sort of illegal government gun registry? Or am I misunderstanding the law in the state of Washington?