Randy Kane was sound asleep in the wee hours Nov. 23, 2023, when, without warning, absolute chaos broke loose.
“All of the sudden there were lots of lights going on outside, pounding on the door and people screaming at us to come out,” Kane told Cowboy State Daily.
‘I Got The Full-Blown Mob Squad’
A team of federal agents, armed and in full gear, showed up at the door of the home he shares with Noreen Scroggins in Big Horn, a small community in Sheridan County, he said.
The agents were there to serve a search warrant for Kane’s house, pickup and person. The warrant was based upon accusations that, as a convicted felon, he was in illegal possession of numerous firearms.
Kane and Scroggins said they were baffled because, as they understood it, Kane’s firearms rights had been restored by the state of Wyoming.
And he had a certificate from Gov. Mark Gordon’s office to prove it.
But the time for those arguments would come later, Kane said. In the moment, he felt he had no choice but to comply.
“I got the full-blown mob squad. I think if I had resisted, they would have shot me,” he said.
“I had so many red dots on me, I