No matter what the ATF was or wasn't doing to this little shop 75 miles north of Seattle, there must have been quite a bit of hinky stuff going on behind the scenes to get to the point the kid off'd himself over it.

But yes, the gov't seldom works on things that yield the most value first. They undoubtedly were conducting thorough investigations of every compliant to a T ma & pa dealer within a 20 min drive of the office.