‘“Failure to do so will cause potential criminal prosecution and a denial of Second Amendment Rights,” Nappen writes. “The Form 4473 has been around since 1968, but never before has one ethnic group been singled out where individuals have to affirmatively state whether they ARE or ARE NOT a member.”’
Im not sure this is true. IIRC in the past I’ve always, or at least some times, had to give my race via a check box. I think it varied from ‘white’ to ‘caucasian’ and I cant say what the other choices were b/c they didnt apply. At any rate I never tried leaving that unspecified but I should have. In fact next time I will. If Im denied the govt needs to explain why. I really dont think requiring race would pass legal review.
It’s correct. If you falsely fill out a 4473 it’s a felony. If you refuse to properly fill out the 4473, we are not allowed to complete the sale.
The form used to ask just for race. Now, it asks if you are latino or not. Then it asks for race.
When we call in the background check, this information is required to be given. I’m under the assumption that DOJ wants this information to compile a statistic to further attempt to justify gun control. but, I could be wrong.
Given the history of the current administration concerning their lack of concern for Civil Rights, I doubt I’m wrong though.
It is my understanding, that up to now, you could check any box that you wanted and there was no penaltie. A person's race was decided by the person involved, not by the state. I think there were court rulings to this effect.