re: Auburn 4 trailer robbery update...

You are right to some extent. Anytime a gun is sold or resold by a gun shop, record of who the gun was sold to is kept on file by them. That does not hold true to unlicensed dealers such as person to person sales because private individuals are exempt from the law.

....so it would be correct to say that licensed dealers are required to keep records of all sales. It is essentially "registered" to the first point of sale by them.