Montana Firearms Dealer Sticks to His Guns, Reopens Business After IRS Raid

Montana Firearms Dealer Sticks to His Guns, Reopens Business After IRS Raid
Various firearms are on display at Highwood Creek Outfitters in Grand Falls, Mont., on June 20, 2023. IRS Criminal Division agents raided the gun shop on June 14, seizing boxes filled with private gun owner information. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
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GREAT FALLS, Mont.—A gun shop in Great Falls, Montana, is back up and running after 20 heavily armed IRS agents raided and searched the business on June 14, seizing thousands of documents containing private customer information.

Highwood Creek Outfitters owner Tom Van Hoose said agents of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) showed up carrying semi-automatic rifles and dressed in full tactical gear when he arrived to open the store at 7:30 a.m.

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