One other note as far as the contiguous-ness goes, the gentleman at Bulls Eye never asked as to what state I had been coming from, as if it was a blanket statement and did not matter which state it was.
So the conclusion could possibly be.......I am a legal resident becasue I have a physical address and a WA DL so I can purchase long guns, but have not yet been a legal resident for said 90 days, so cannot purchase a hand gun? Could it be that simple?
-z