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A Kansas bill would prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant category code that enables the tracking of firearm and ammunition purchases.
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...
The bill would prohibit financial institutions from requiring merchant category codes for a purchase that identifies a merchant as a firearms retailer. It would also prohibit the Indiana Department of Justice from maintaining a list of firearm purchases based on information from its background checks. No other government entity would be allowed to keep a firearm owner registry.
A bill filed in the Georgia 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.
A bill filed in the Kentucky 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.