Questions about bought a gun

[efang622]

I bought my first real gun ( .22 rifle ) two weeks ago. The gun store contacted my local police department to check my background before they sold this gun to me.
But I have some questions:

1)I like to know if I need to register in my local police department by myself. I believe right now the serials number of this gun and my information have been stored in police 's database already, I just want to make sure if I have finished all the legal procedures .

2) Second , if I sell this gun someday in future, I can sell it to second hand store or sell it online I understand that I should go through FLLgun dealer to sell my gun not simply by myself, but my question
is that if my local police department will update my record after the selling or I need to contact to them by myself.
Since the gun selling procedure is complicated and I don't want my record still showing that the gun is still under my record after I sold this gun.
Thanks!

[TA]

The local police have nothing to do with a purchase unless you buy more than 1 gun at a time or you have some specific local laws requiring that they be informed.

The NICS check that was done goes through the FBI.

[MLB]

efang,

A good place to start research on state regulations is www.packing.org. The best place is your local pistol permit office or sheriff's department. Find the law and read it.

I'm from NY and therefore not up to speed on the VA law, but long guns are usually less regulated than handguns. If you plan on selling any firearm, make sure you have written records at the minimum.

TA gave you some solid advice (as usual) regarding the firearm safety courses. Stay safe, good luck and have fun.