Federal Stormtroopers Descend on Montana Gun Shop
Meanwhile, as the wannabe dictator croaks “God save the Queen” while demagoguing against our right to bear arms, this is what the weaponized federal bureaucracy is up to in the Heartland:
[Tom] Van Hoose says for two years his Highwood Creek Outfitters gun shop [in Great Falls, Montana] has been the subject of surveillance by state and federal agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the State of Montana and now the Internal Revenue Service.
Then on Wednesday,
“At 7:30, I came in and they pulled in behind me with 20 heavily armed agents.”
If they had dragged him off in handcuffs, it would have been the full Mark Houck treatment.
The ostensible purpose was to search for financial documents.
An IRS spokesperson confirmed to MTN News that the agency was at Highwood Creek Outfitters on official business, but declined to provide any details.
Van Hoose was told that his store had been reported.
He doesn’t know by whom, or the reason. He thinks it’s part of a nationwide pattern and feels it’s political.
That’s how things work in the sort of country Democrats are turning this into.
Van Hoose says his shop has a good relationship with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which was also present. He says because his shop carries “fun guns” like AR-15’s and AK-47s their level of licensing draws more scrutiny.
“We have a reputation of dotting all the i’s and crossing all the t’s because there’s so much legal fun to be had,” said Van Hoose. “It’s just not worth doing things that are going to get you in trouble.”
Unless you are Hunter Biden and don’t need to worry about legal consequences.
Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter says there is no law stating that the sheriff must be notified prior to any such investigation by federal agents.
The Great Falls Police Department was notified of the investigation and provided security.
In the future, local law enforcement will be pushed out of the picture altogether. Undermining it was one of the main objectives of the establishment-endorsed Black Lives Matter rioting. Locals cannot be counted on to side with federal bureaucrats against the American population.
Rep Matt Rosendale (R-MT) sent a letter to ATF Director Steven Dettelbach and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, putting it on the record that the incident was “outrageous”:
“Under Director Dettelbach’s leadership of the ATF, a pattern of intimidation and harassment against hardworking Americans has emerged – Montanans will not tolerate these political witch hunts. I remind both Director Dettelbach and Commissioner Werfel that Congress has the power of the purse, and I will ensure that funding for these agencies is not weaponized against the American people,” Rosendale said in his letter.
That is only conceivable so long as Democrats do not control Congress.
This incident suggests preparations for a roundup of firearms, which will require federal bureaucrats to know who legally owns them. Via Gateway Pundit, here’s Rep Rosendale on Newsmax:
20 armed IRS agents raid Great Falls gun store.
They didnt take any financial records, accounting or tax statements.
But they did take all the 4473 forms. (Buyer's Information)
Now we know what the 87,000 IRS agents are for.#614clinton pic.twitter.com/uJCTfcJfIK
— Clinton (@614clinton) June 17, 2023
On a tip from Chris Neilson.
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