Posted on 09/13/2022 10:40:21 AM PDT by bitt
Visa, MasterCard and American Express said they will implement a new merchant category code for gun retailers.
The International Organization for Standardization approved the code last week.
The National Rifle Association is criticizing the move and says the code is "a capitulation to anti-gun politicians and activists."
Gun law advocates are praising a decision to adopt a new sales code for transactions at gun stores, a move they had urged to help flag suspicious purchases.
Last week, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which sets standards for payment transactions, approved the special merchant code for credit and debit card transactions at U.S. gun stores. Then over the weekend, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express said they would begin using the new code.
John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said the move is a critical first step toward giving banks and credit card companies the tools they need to recognize dangerous firearm purchasing trends − such as a domestic extremist building up an arsenal — and report them to law enforcement.
A merchant category code indicates the types of services or goods sold to consumers. Previously, gun store sales were categorized as "general merchandise".
The attorneys general of New York and California and Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., were among the other notable figures who supported the effort. In New York, dozens of lawmakers had sent letters to the leaders of major credit card companies, urging them to adopt the code.
"When you buy an airline ticket or pay for your groceries, your credit card company has a special code for those retailers. It's just common sense that we have the same policies in place for gun and ammunition stores," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said to the Associated Press over the weekend.
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What if you buy Beatrice Bakery Grandma’s Heavenly Trio Fruitcake Gift Set from BassPro Shops?
Do you get flagged? They sell firearms at the same store.
This whole thing sounds Naziesk to me. Also, an attempt to shut down internet sales of arms and ammo. You can’t pay cash over the internet. It will not stand before any honest court. Use their trick …. Sue the he!! Out of them.
[[There’s already hundreds of merchant codes]]
yeah but those codes aren’t coupled with biased determinations of ‘suspicious purchases’ by an anti-gun party-
Wouldn’t it be nice to see the government, educators, the media and law enforcement go after the criminals and not law abiding gun owners? Is that too much to ask?
” such as a domestic extremist building up an arsenal “
Would buying 1000 rounds be a suspicious activity? I usually buy in bulk.
If I were a bad guy up to nefarious actions, I would purchase the weapon with cash. If I were a felon and not allowed to purchase a weapon I would get it "on the street."
What this is really about is a gun registry and who has them, so we can take them away in the future.
It's not "suspicious". It's a convenient way to find all the gun and ammo purchases/purchasers to create a database of persecution targets.
What’s next, monitoring your red meat consumption and cutting you off when you’ve bought ‘too much’?
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They don’t have to.
They will create shortages and then ration what food is available.
During WWII the government issued ration books controlling what you could buy. It was for the war effort don’t you know. I am sure the Democrats can create a crisis that will require ration books to buy...anything.
Who voted for the credit card companies to report us exercising our BIRTHRIGHT to FedGov? NOBODY did. This is FASCISM.
And how many of those categories encompass an enumerated Constitutional RIGHT, which courts have ruled as incorporated to the States?
Of course.
Cash is king…
SEIU bank too, IIRC
Yea, so like the REST of your purchase/transaction history it can be not only broken down and commoditized, some entity can take all the customers that have THAT code, analyze their comings and goings and either straight up steal, or seize under some ‘Rat generated pretext…
They have yet to destroy their 4473 stash… one of the political toilet lickers tried to get funding to digitize it a few years back…
Good point. Maybe money orders for Internet transactions too. More cumbersome but perhaps worth the effort.
I quit using the credit card years ago about the same time I cut the cable. I have a prepaid credit card that I use for on-line purchases. Otherwise it’s cash or check. I also try to avoid stores without cashiers.
If it’s in the computer there’s a permanent record. If your doing self-checkout “They” even have your picture.
That schooldays threat has come true.
Look up Fascism in a hardcopy dictionary or encyclopedia. "They" can't Winston Smith those.
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