Comments on: Congrats

By: emdfl

emdfl — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:47:19 +0000

The first time my dealer tells me to fill out a form on his computer is the last time I buy a gun from him. Of course that attitude is probably a much hoped for side effect of this change.

By: HtownTejas

HtownTejas — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:11:26 +0000

…is this an admission that all those supposedly willful violations they used to shut down federal firearms license holders weren�t, err, actually willful?

I think they’re just upgrading their “willful” gotcha to a much larger registration capability where it’ll be easier to identify and attack citizens when they think up future gotchas.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:40:19 +0000

Never use electronic when paper is available. Make them read the forms, store the forms, et, et, whether doing taxes or FFLs.

By: Nomen Nescio

Nomen Nescio — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:00 +0000

gun buyers and dealers will now be able to complete what officials say is a fail-safe

BZZT! FAIL!

seriously, even i know not to taunt Murphy like that.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:42 +0000

My FFL-guy club-member uses computerized on-line forms for his stuff, and he’s a computer scientist MIT grad…

By: Justin Buist

Justin Buist — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:18:57 +0000

the next step is the �reasonable� idea that gun stores electronically transfer the records to the BATF to make traces faster, etc.

I see that it has a handy little option, when exporting your record, that they can be emailed right from the application itself.

I’ll look into it more tonight.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:14:53 +0000

What are the odds they’re still asking for a ‘County’ even for places like DC where there are no counties?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:58:34 +0000

What are the odds it’s using any kind of security?

Hello identity theft!

By: BobG

BobG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:10 +0000

My first thought was the same as Alan’s; it’s just a way to get everyone registered in a database without having to hire clerks to do data entry.

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:18:42 +0000

Oh yeah, Alan, we've been down that road before.

By: Sebastian-PGP

Sebastian-PGP — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:10:48 +0000

Wonder if they apologize to Valley Gun for shutting them down for the very clerical errors they’re now admitting are an issue.

Comment from the Brady Bunch, who slandered Valley Gun using these human errors as a cudgel to beat on an honest businessman?

Don’t hold your breath.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:09:08 +0000

I’ve also been reading the GOA newsletters & I’m curious if anybody else can confirm whether intellectual property has been stolen by BATFE.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:01:59 +0000

Too bad it’s also a set up for a computerized gun registry because I guarantee the next step is the “reasonable” idea that gun stores electronically transfer the records to the BATF to make traces faster, etc.

Just wait. You’ll see.

By: Paul Simer

Paul Simer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:47:22 +0000

Too bad that in order to design their system they ripped off the work of a private company that was looking to do the same thing.