Colorado lawmaker: Credit card tracking of gun purchases could've saved son's life
A measure requiring firearms dealers to allow credit card companies to track firearm and ammunition purchases has advanced in the legislature.
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A measure requiring firearms dealers to allow credit card companies to track firearm and ammunition purchases has advanced in the legislature.
Open forum letters to editor for Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
I just submitted the following testimony against SB 24-066 – Firearms Merchant Category Code on the Colorado Legislature’s website. Here it is verbatim. “I am writing to voice my opinion against SB 24-066, which seeks to require merchants who deal in firearms and related equipment to use a specific Merchant Category Code to identify those purchases and thereby the personal identification of the purchasers of such equipment to government officials. This is simply a back-door method of creating a gun registration, which is in flagrant violation of Federal law and historically always...