The question that should be investigated then is why the dealer then sold it to him. I don't think you are supposed to letterman have it until the results of the BG check come in.
Apparently if X amount of days (3?) go by and the background check hasn't come back saying no, the sale is permitted to go through. Then, in cases like this, when it does come back after the sale as a no, the ATF get notification and they go and retrieve the firearm.
I believe in this case he is there to notify that the husband in fact failed, and that now he is illegally holding the firearm if he doesn't give it to the ATF agent. It appears to be a 'easy way or the hard way' where the hard way is if the husband won't turn it over, he gets a warrant and then he and other armed agents/police perform the search warrant and retrieve it.
The couple are not native English speakers, and my guess is the confusion between what the wife thinks is happening, and relays to 911 and what the 911 operator relayed to the police were way different (called in as a fake LEO with a gun trying to force entry).
When the cop goes back to the lady and asks here what is going on, she tells him that he only knocked on the door and stated she/they needed to turn over the gun. I don't blame her as she doesn't believe he is a real law enforcement agent (or just doesn't want to turn it over) and calls 911. He did in fact give his full name and ID/badge number to the 911 operator for her to verify that he is who he said he was - and none of that makes it to the responding officers.
The question that should be investigated then is why the dealer then sold it to him. I don't think you are supposed to letterman have it until the results of the BG check come in.
Apparently if X amount of days (3?) go by and the background check hasn't come back saying no, the sale is permitted to go through. Then, in cases like this, when it does come back after the sale as a no, the ATF get notification and they go and retrieve the firearm.
I believe in this case he is there to notify that the husband in fact failed, and that now he is illegally holding the firearm if he doesn't give it to the ATF agent. It appears to be a 'easy way or the hard way' where the hard way is if the husband won't turn it over, he gets a warrant and then he and other armed agents/police perform the search warrant and retrieve it.
The couple are not native English speakers, and my guess is the confusion between what the wife thinks is happening, and relays to 911 and what the 911 operator relayed to the police were way different (called in as a fake LEO with a gun trying to force entry).
When the cop goes back to the lady and asks here what is going on, she tells him that he only knocked on the door and stated she/they needed to turn over the gun. I don't blame her as she doesn't believe he is a real law enforcement agent (or just doesn't want to turn it over) and calls 911. He did in fact give his full name and ID/badge number to the 911 operator for her to verify that he is who he said he was - and none of that makes it to the responding officers.