New 4473. Explain please?

berettaprofessor said:

So the reports are that the new 4473 announced yesterday includes a question of whether you live in the city of your address (as opposed to a township or something outside city limits). What legitimate purpose would this question serve the ATF? An address is an address.....unless you want to easily differentiate rural from city folk. Am I just jumping onto a conspiratorial limb?

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If you have to ask that the answer is usually yes.

If a person gets denied, then they’re presumed to be committing a crime, by attempting to purchase a firearm when prohibited. Why, then, would they tell the truth on the 4473 when essentially asked which jurisdiction should be contacted for their potential arrest?

I am pretty sure I live outside the city limits of the town in my address… but honestly not 100% certain. Not really sure why the feds wouldn’t just check a database/google, since it seems a question many may inadvertently get wrong, too.

And from what I see, we have to download and print off the 4 page form, because the ATF won’t be producing them until late February... WHAT A JOKE.