(pic) New Discriminating Question on DROS Form?

[us3]

Thanks

[spetsnaz]

could be something to do with identity fraud or gathering statistic show many they buying

[the86d]

What if you found out you had ancestry that is of Spanish origin also (I'm a Europian-Native-American mutt[, I mean thoroughbred]) before a second DROS? Would they deny if the second included yet-another?!

[bohoki]

basically there are 2 kinds of people you are either hispanic latino or you arent

[the86d]

basically there are 2 kinds of people you are either hispanic latino or you arent

Hispanic has nothing to do with Latino...

Hispanic means of Spanish origin (Spain), and Latino, means coming from "South of Mexico"... does it not?

[A-J]

Hispanic has nothing to do with Latino...

Hispanic means of Spanish origin (Spain), and Latino, means coming from "South of Mexico"... does it not?

You are geogrpahically correct. Latino intimates "from latin america" which for purists doesn't start until central america, south of mexico. However, society generally uses the terms "hispanic" and "latino" to be synonymous.

The bigger question is, if the government is not collecting the data into a database (becuase they're not *supposed* to be doing that) how is it even relevant?

[Rand B. Wilson]

i saw this when i did my form last month.. i thought it was funny and had the same question: what makes them so special?

[kemasa]

First off, it is not on the DROS form, it is on the 4473. The DROS form is CA, the 4473 is Federal.

If you want to see how much of a mess it is, check out the Q&A:

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/non-immigrant-aliens.pdf

An American Indian and Alaska Native only seems to apply if they maintain a tribal affiliation or community attachment. If they don't, then what are they?

In addition, I was told that this aspect was not actually from the BATF, but is an attempt to standardize the questions. I think this came from the OMB.

[Barbarossa]

What do you mark if you are Cuban?

Cuba is east of Mexico.

[PolishMike]

1) As Kemasa said - Its NOT the DROS
2) People are really getting worked up about nothing. You can mark whatever the **** you want. You will not get denied for changing your race from purchase to purchase and ATF doesn't even see it.

[EBR Works]

Yep, the 4473 just gets printed out by the dealer in a California purchase transaction and he then puts it in a box for 20 years of safekeeping. The only time ATF will see it is if they come looking for firearms transaction info about the buyer specifically.

[Eddy's Shooting Sports]

This subject has really been blown out of proportion on many forums. The form was changed to be in line with government guidelines regarding describing race and ethnicity. it follows the lead set by the US Census in 2010. Check whatever boxes you want. Nobody will ever call you out on it. You must however check only one in ethnicity and as many as you want under race.

[njineermike]

What if your mom is latina and your dad isn't? There is no "kinda sorta" option in there either.

[halifax]

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An American Indian and Alaska Native only seems to apply if they maintain a tribal affiliation or community attachment. If they don't, then what are they?
...

Good question. I guess if they "maintain a tribal affilation" only in their mind that will have to be good enough since there is no "Other" or "None of the Above" check boxes to choose from.

[Cruznegao]

Hispanic has nothing to do with Latino...

Hispanic means of Spanish origin (Spain), and Latino, means coming from "South of Mexico"... does it not?

Hispanic means the ones that were colonized by Spain, basically from Tijuana all the way to south america, with the exceptions of the countries colonized by other European countries...

Latino is a bigger group, it includes Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Brazil... All of the speakers of the romance languages (derivated from Latin)

I always get thrown off by this question. Because I am from brazil, I am Latino, but not Hispanic...