<Kind of inwardly cringing about letting myself get sucked into this thread>
but...
So you spent an hour, in wrist restraints, in the back of a patrol car. Did you sue the county for your injuries? Were you reimbursed the $450 (?) for the motorcycle tow? Yet, no charges were ever filed, and you didn't have to retain an attorney? What county (and dates)?
Ever heard the phrase, "Trust, but verify?" Guy joins an internet forum, first post relates this horrible story...
Bottom line here for me is, even should the OP's entire account be verifiable truth, it's such an unlikely and uncommon sequence of events that it's simply not something that any of us should ever have to lose sleep over.
I'm kinda remembering that movie from the '70s, Macon County Line...
As to the actual thread-starting statement: If one purchases an (as presented to them in a retail store) new firearm through an FFL and uses this firearm as one's concealed carry handgun, should one feel compelled to have the serial number of the gun checked to ensure it's not been reported as stolen? (Four pages and almost a hundred posts on this topic later)