A response from CGI member Leathur.

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This is a snip from the pdf file of a letter that Matthew M. Rosendale addressed to the ATF and IRS regarding the raid on Highwood Creek Outfitters in Great Falls, Montana.

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Dear Director Dettelbach & Commissioner Werfel,

It has come to my attention that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) abruptly entered and closed Highwood Creek Outfitters in Great Falls, Montana. Although the ATF are a useful resource in crime prevention and firearms theft cases this event is another example of President Biden weaponizing federal agencies to target and harass hard-working Americans for exercising their constitutional rights.

While we wait to hear more details and rational behind this raid, given the positions of the Biden Administration this raid appears to be an attempt to intimidate firearms dealers and owners. This is particularly worrying given that it comes just weeks after the ATF closed a gun store in Cobb County, Georgia without any advance warning. A pattern of intimidation and harassment seems to be emerging under Director Dettelbach’s leadership of the ATF. This pattern appears to be orchestrated directly from the White House as evident by the “fact sheet” released by the Biden Administration, where they detail their plans to hassle mom-and-pop gun shops over minor record keeping and paperwork discrepancies.

During my visit to Highwood Creek Outfitters, I learned that the IRS confiscated all the 4473 forms from the store. This means that the sensitive personal information of any customer ever to purchase a firearm at Highwood Creek Outfitters is now in the hands of the IRS. These background check forms include no
financial information, and there is no discernible reason why the IRS would need these forms. The IRS committed an egregious breach of privacy for Montana’s gun owners, and I am outraged that the agents involved showed no regard for federal law. Although there are still some murky details regarding the events at Highwood Creek Outfitters. There is no circumstance in which 4473’s would be necessary in an investigation spearheaded by the IRS.

CONTINUE READING: https://rosendale.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rep_rosendale_letter_to_atf_and_irs.pdf