U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- According to Gun Owners of America (GOA) the revisions to Form 4473 that were proposed back in December of 2019 as part of the Paperwork Reduction Act, will pave the way for full gun-owner registration in the future.
GOA argues that by making the information more concise and consolidated, that future potential collection, digitization, and registration would be easier and thus more likely. The GOA released an official statement and call to action explaining their take on the changes. See below.
The ATF is proposing more revisions to the Form 4473—making your future firearm purchase and transfer information easier to retroactively compile into a gun or gun owner registry.
The revisions were first proposed on December 26th, 2019 when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives announced in the Federal Register that it would be amending the Form 4473.
To be sure, this is an already unconstitutional form used to process NICS background checks before firearm purchases and some transfers.
Late December is reserved by the government for announcing sneaky, unconstitutional, and unpopular actions—like the Bump Stock Ban—while people are off work, at home, and spending time with their families for the holidays.
Disguised as mere compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the ATF’s proposed amendments to the Form 4473 will record gun owners’ personal information on the same page as the firearm make, model, and serial number.
Consolidating this information onto one page could pave the way for a future anti-gun administration or bureaucrat to more easily scan or photograph these forms, which are retained by the gun dealer for ten years, and create a de facto registry of firearm owners and their purchased firearms in violation of two provisions of the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act.
In the past, GOA has received concerning allegations that ATF agents were copying Form 4473s at dealers places of business. Our concerns went inadequately answered.
Yet again, the ATF is furthering an anti-gun political agenda while they hope gun owners’ attention is elsewhere during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Hoping that the bureaucrats at the ATF were not ill-willed and would see the error of their ways, gun owners participated in the public process for the revision of forms and collection of information.
Unfortunately, the ATF decided to ignore gun owners’ concerns.
Now, a second and equally flawed draft has been proposed and gun owners have been given an additional opportunity to make public comment. We must remind the ATF of their duty to uphold the intent of the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act in prohibiting a firearm or gun owner registry with an additional 30-day comment period.
About Gun Owners of America
Erich Pratt, or another GOA spokesman, is available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over 1.5 million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA’s Newsroom.
Short f trashing the entire 4473 form, the only modification I would accept would be to leave off ALL informaiton abut the GUN being purchased. This is suposed to be a background check for ME< the guy getting the gun. Am I legal/safe to own one? Yes, no. If yes, it matters naught WHAT GUN I am getting. If no, then no sale anyway so no form.
This has been a stab at registration from the git go.
GOA want to give us an email address or phone number? Also a reference to the proposal so we can site it?
Right now my email to [email protected] would read “Please don’t make changes to the 4473”.
I seriously doubt that will even make it there.
So HOW ABOUT SOME INFO in the article!
Hitler did the same thing. He registered firearms “for a kinder, gentler nation.” He then had them confiscated. Nobody had means of opposing him as he dragged the entire world into the second world war. Between him and the rest of the socialist/communist/tyrannical rulers some 400 MILLION people lost their lives. Register your firearms at your own risk. RIGHTS are NOT among the things that can be regulated!
Arm up, carry on.
ATF doesn’t care. Regardless of input or even the law and the Constitution, they do whatever they want and NONE of them ever is held accountable for their actions by the Federal so-called, Justice System. Rogue agency doesn’t begin to describe them, and sadly, they aren’t the only one any more.
Here to complain to the ATF.
https://gunowners.org/na03262020/
Let’s put it this way…if they start confiscating firearms…there are many of us who are a hunting we will go. For ANYONE involved.
Maybe it’s time the ATF had an audit of their records to see what information they are retaining.
FFL’s are required to keep their forms and Bound Books for twenty years, and surrender them if they close before that.
Well, still these articles fail to provide links to quickly and easily email your senators/representatives so I’ll just keep posting these for people who want to petition against this legislation.
Here are 2 easy, quick links to make your voice heard in opposition of these infringements.
https://gunowners.org/na02152020/
https://gunowners.org/na03262020/?
God Bless!
What ever happened to when you did a crime, was caught, you did your time to pay society for your bad deeds and you could go on with your life and still buy a gun if you wanted.
Politicians are to blame for all the BS with our current mess of laws.