Typical Gateway Panic.
It was a
Routine inspection, which all federal firearm licensees undergo. The inspection entails looking over records and conducting inventory. "They are not in trouble," said Nathan Banks, a spokesman for the ATF's Atlanta field division "... T
his happens to all the federal firearm licensees, they all get inspected in some form or fashion. We don't have a time that we do it, and we don't have to announce it."
Banks said the inspectors will likely wrap up their inspection Thursday or Friday, and the store will probably not be inspected again for another year or two.
Erik Longnecker, an ATF spokesman, said the store was being inspected by a major inspection team (MIT),
which is staffed with investigators from throughout the country.
The teams provide support and assistance to local field divisions with "complex inspections involving large inventories, sites and/or other factors," Longnecker said.
Adventure Outdoors on its website bills itself as "t
he actual largest gun store in the world."