OK Stevie, if they have the regulatory authority to conduct an audit any way they see fit, how could the Alaska gun shop owner have successfully prevented them from removing his books to make photocopies?

Are you telling us that after he prevailed against their unreasonable and illegal request, that they could have simply returned and accomplished the very same thing by taking photographs? Are you really that dumb and agenda driven?

Pray tell Stevie, what is the difference between a photocopy of records that are supposed to remain solely in your possession for 20 years, or until you retire, and a photograph of those same records? With the present technology available to scan a photograph of handwriting and convert it to a searchable digital format, would you concede that the potential for misuse of those records you permitted to leave your premises exists?

By the way Stevie, the type of inspection you permitted is prohibited under Federal law. The prohibition is in 18 USC 923(g)(1)(D) which specifically prohibits anyone in the Justice Department from ‘seiz[ing] any records or other documents other than those records or documents constituting material evidence of a violation of law. You weren't in violation of the law, were you?

I'd like to thank the FFL who provided this link to me. He obviously knows a lot more than small Stevie:

https://www.gunowners.org/news02042013c.htm

A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.