oped: A little reverse racism here...shame on the Obama administration and the ATF for profiling! Tiring of the do as I say not as I do mentality of the Obama administration...anyone else agree?
The Obama
administration quietly has been forcing new gun buyers to declare their
race and ethnicity, a policy change that critics say provides little
law enforcement value while creating the risk of privacy intrusions and
racial profiling.
With little fanfare, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2012 amended its Form 4473 — the transactional record the government requires gun purchasers and sellers to fill out when buying a firearm — to identify buyers as either Hispanic, Latino or not. Then a buyer must check his or her race: Indian, Asian, black, Pacific Islander or white.
With little fanfare, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2012 amended its Form 4473 — the transactional record the government requires gun purchasers and sellers to fill out when buying a firearm — to identify buyers as either Hispanic, Latino or not. Then a buyer must check his or her race: Indian, Asian, black, Pacific Islander or white.
The amendment is causing a headache for
gun retailers, as each box needs to be checked off or else it’s an ATF
violation — severe enough for the government to shut a business down.
Many times people skip over the Hispanic/Latino box and only check their
race, or vice versa — both of which are federal errors that can be held
against the dealer.
Requiring the race and ethnic information of gun buyers is not required by federal law and provides little law enforcement value, legal experts say. And gun industry officials worry about how the information is being used and whether it constitutes an unnecessary intrusion on privacy.
Requiring the race and ethnic information of gun buyers is not required by federal law and provides little law enforcement value, legal experts say. And gun industry officials worry about how the information is being used and whether it constitutes an unnecessary intrusion on privacy.
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