If I were to hazard a guess, it sounds like they got all the guns they could find, but he had more registered in his name.
Maybe he jerked them around by saying he sold one/some, just to have enough time to finish things with the wife?
Speculation, but it shows how easy that would be. If they knew he had more than they could find, why was he not arrested for .... something?
I spent a day with disgraced Hawaii county police chief Carvahalo( (sp?)
he was working as a temp at my job on the summit.
He was the cheat that got fired for being unethical to
his subordinates, among other things.
I asked about gun registration from his point of view.
Paraphrased, he replied,
"always register your guns, but when they ask if you have them or come to take them, claim you
lost them betting in a card game or chicken fight when you were drunk".
This was the top cop in Hawaii county for more than a few years.
Sounds better than losing them while out fishing.
