Posted on 09/14/2022 9:48:37 AM PDT by bitt
The far left is eager to repeal 2A. We are not as free as we think. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an organization headquartered all the way in Geneva, will be tracking all gun purchases made on credit. The ISO develops standard documentation that is globally recognized. Gun sales were previously listed as “general merchandise,” but the ISO is changing the code.
If you purchase a gun through a credit card, an international agency will document the purchase. Cash is still an option for now, but I expect it will become increasingly difficult to gain access to firearms – at least for those who plan to purchase them legally.
Visa is eager to participate. “Following ISO’s decision to establish a new merchant category code, Visa will proceed with next steps, while ensuring we protect all legal commerce on the Visa network in accordance with our long-standing rules,” they said in a statement. American Express said that they would work with a third-party processor (more people with access to your data) and will implement the code once the details are finalized. Mastercard said they will “turn our focus to how it will be implemented by merchants and their banks as we continue to support lawful purchases on our network while protecting the privacy and decisions of individual cardholders.”
Every credit company will comply. The National Rifle Association is pushing back, but the change is already underway. “The [industry’s] decision to create a firearm-specific code is nothing more than a capitulation to anti-gun politicians and activists bent on eroding the rights of law-abiding Americans one transaction at a time,” National Rifle Association spokesman Lars Dalseide stated to Fox Business.
As a reminder, criminals have access to guns. Joe Biden continually calls on Congress to ban assault weapons, but that is the beginning. Not so coincidentally, Joe Biden’s own family members illegally discarded a gun in a trash can outside a school, but that’s (D)ifferent. The Second Amendment is under fire, and the people must vote accordingly.
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Of course. There's nothing quite as protective as giving those decisions to third parties who want to end them.
Whenever any organization tells me they have a “privacy policy”, I automatically assume that means they want you to sign away your privacy.
I think I will use my FBI expence account credit card to buy a few guns!
There's lots of talk about building a parallel economy, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
“Whenever any organization tells me they have a “privacy policy”, I automatically assume that means they want you to sign away your privacy”.
That’s how I look at it.
This should be unconstitutional to collect and retain this data on American Citizens. If they’re going to do that, then they should be barred from doing business in the USA.
Biden the PedoAho surrenders more of America’s sovereignty to his Turd Wurld Turds buddies. This may give Americans the right to sue those Turd Wurlders for violating the AMERICAN Bill of Rights. That would be one way for us to get some of our tax dollars back from those bass turds.
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The only workable reason for this change is to violate your privacy, every gun is serialized, they know immediately where it was bought and by whom from who for any commercial seller.
Private sellers are not using credit purchases, any who would use a PayPal or other credit market would be insane to do so.
This is more about doxing and exposing those who buy or a means to lock you out from a purchase than anything else. They already know what purchases are made in any commercial market selling guns.
Buy from private individuals with cash
I hadn’t thought much about it, but what you say makes a lot of sense.
This will do virtually nothing to uncover illicit sales.
It’s nothing but an easier way to track who is making legal purchases.
It’s kinda like why they gave everyone under 75k income covid money during the (way longer than 2 week) lockdowns, and it didn’t matter who lost their jobs or not. They did it that way because there was no easy way to sort out the populace, because the government is nothing but inefficient and antiquated bureau-bloat. A private IT database developer could write the query in minutes and set up the new tables and code in hours.
But I digress. The salient take-away is what you said. Nothing but a way to circumvent constituational rights by using the private sector as your proxy.
“Gun Purchases to be Tracked”
The CC companies only know the amount and location.
Exactly.
Already illegal in States with “ universal background checks.”
Just one more reason to NEVER have digital currency. Use cash to buy weapons.
Then pay by cash or money order. Problem solved.
Notice to gun buyers:
you are gonna get a ding on your social credit score if you buy a gun with a credit card
cash is safety
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