Firearm Privacy News Today

Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant from using a "firearms code" defined as "merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers."

A bill introduced in the New Hampshire House would prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant code that would enable the tracking of firearm and ammunition purchases.