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 discernable 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. [More]
I guess seizing records outright beats taking pictures with their phones. Funny, how this most significant piece of information got buried until the end of the “news” account…
[Via Jess]
IRS takes all 4473s! Likely copied, collated, and entered to searchable database over at ATF, FBI, etc, etc, within a day or so. So no matter if some court unintentionally rules the paper work must be returned.
Even the blind must see the corral closing in on we tax serfs.
Impeach every bag of mud on Capitol hill; then hang ’em along with the ‘administrative’ vermin who really make and lay the ‘law’ on us.
Careful. People have gotten in trouble for generalities in sentiment being conflated with actionable threats before.