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I don't think so. RCW 9.41.090 regulates the sales of pistols by licensed dealers to customers -- the laws regarding the grant, denial, and record keeping related to concealed carry license are elsewhere. Only paragraph (1)(a) of 9.41.090 touches on concealed carry in that it lays out that if a person has such a license, the pistol can be delivered to the customer. For those without a concealed carry license, paragraph 5 applies (in the 1985 version, it was paragraph 4 and you can read the whole text in the link in my post above).
The old version of RCW 9.41.090 clearly says the Chief of Police/Sheriff will keep a copy of the application to buy a pistol. In 1994 the CoP/Sheriff was relieved of record keeping duty and it was shifted to the DOL -- RCW 9.41.129 came into existence in 1994 at the same time the CoP language was struck.
RCW 9.41.129 clearly states that the DOL will keep the records of pistol purchases processed under RCW 9.41.090: "... copies or records of applications to purchase pistols provided for in RCW 9.41.090 ..." meaning that the state keeps a database (or registry if you will) of all the people who have purchased a pistol through a dealer as well as exactly when and what they purchased (this includes both those with and those without a concealed carry license).
The state of course ALSO keeps a registry (or database) of all people with concealed carry licenses but that is dealt with separately elsewhere in the chapter.
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