Officials emphasized that the use of the new software is voluntary and that the data entered on the form are not being used to create any sort of government database of gun ownership.Yeah, I believe that. Why wouldn't I?
This isn't the software BATFU...uh...ripped off from a private developer, is it?
A couple things stand out at first glance:

As long as the feds are going to racially profile, does it seem that one group might be conspicuously absent in this post 9/11 era of the War on Terror/ Homeland Security? Oh wait, my mistake--Pacific Islanders are there...
As long as the feds are going to racially profile, does it seem that one group might be conspicuously absent in this post 9/11 era of the War on Terror/ Homeland Security? Oh wait, my mistake--Pacific Islanders are there...

...and apparently filling out a dot is acceptable on the e-form, but entering "Y" or "N" on a paper form is a "willful violation."
Still, we can't entirely discount the benefits of technology. F'rinstance, I can't wait to purchase my tickets to the next Good O' Boys Roundup online...

...and apparently filling out a dot is acceptable on the e-form, but entering "Y" or "N" on a paper form is a "willful violation."
Still, we can't entirely discount the benefits of technology. F'rinstance, I can't wait to purchase my tickets to the next Good O' Boys Roundup online...