IN-DEPTH: ATF Agents Carrying Rifles Raid Oklahoma Gun Dealer’s Home, Confiscate Guns

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TUSKAHOMA, Okla.โ€”As agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) left Russell Fincherโ€™s house with 50 legally-owned firearms and his freshly relinquished Federal Firearms License (FFL), they offered him a tip.

โ€œThey said, โ€˜Tell all your FFL friends weโ€™re coming for them next,โ€™โ€ Mr. Fincher told The Epoch Times.

An ATF spokesman said he could not comment on the June 16, 2023, raid at Mr. Fincherโ€™s home in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma.

โ€œWe are not allowed to comment pertaining to ongoing investigations. I can assure you once we can discuss the case, you will be notified,โ€ Ashley N. Stephens, resident Agent in Charge of the ATFโ€™s Tulsa Field Office, wrote in an email to The Epoch Times.

According to Second Amendment advocacy groups, the raid indicates a coordinated effort by President Joe Bidenโ€™s administration to throttle legal gun sales to advance a gun control agenda.

Oklahoma state Rep. J.J. Humphrey is incensed over the raid.

He wrote to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Pushmataha County Sheriff B.J. Hedgecock on Aug. 17, demanding an investigation.

Mr. Humphrey told The Epoch Times that there is a legal term for what the ATF did to get Mr. Fincher to give up his FFL.

โ€œItโ€™s called extortion. The mob does it, criminals do it, and when you have a badge, that makes it worse,โ€ Mr. Humphrey said.

Mr. Stittโ€™s office did not respond to emails or telephone calls seeking comment.

Spokespersons for the attorney general and Mr. Hedgecock said they are looking into the matter.

Phil Bacharach, a spokesman for the attorney general, confirmed that Mr. Drummond had seen the letter.

โ€œWe have received Rep. Humphreyโ€™s request and are reviewing it,โ€ Mr. Bacharach wrote in an email to The Epoch Times.

Attorney General Reviewing Letter

Pushmataha County Undersheriff Dustin Bray said his office has the letter also. He said they plan to look into the matter further but have been focused on an Aug. 29 murder in Antlers, Oklahoma, Pushmatahaโ€™s county seat.

Byย Michael Clements

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