Gov. Brian Kemp ( R- GA ) and Gov. This year, Bill Lee (R-TN) signed the Second Amendment’s privacy laws that prohibit the use of credit card merchant codes to gather information about financial gun purchases.
Kemp signed HB 1018 on Monday and Lee signed SB 2223 on Tuesday. With the signing of their signatures, there are now 14 states with Second Amendment protection work protections.
On February 13, 2024, Breitbart News reported that Visa, Mastercard, and American Express are implementing a particular merchant script to monitor weapon and gun- relevant purchases in California.
CBS News , reported , that the new trader code will be used to agree with a” California legislation that will allow banks  , to possibly record suspicious weapon purchases , and review them to law police”.
Following the adoption of major credit cards, major credit card companies abandoned plans to use a new vendor code to track gun sales and buying across the country.
On September 11, 2022, Breitbart News , noted out , that Visa caved to pressure from gun control teams and New York Democrats, agreeing to flag weapons and weapons buying via a merchant script. The Associated Press , observed , that Mastercard and other major credit card companies also agreed to flag gun sales.
On March 2, 2023, Breitbart News , noted , that Discover was slated to begin tracking gun and ammunition purchases with the new merchant category code (MCC ) in April 2023. The left felt a wave of support as a result of this news, which was countered by a wave of counterreplies from conservatives.
On March 9, 2023, Breitbart News , reported , that Visa and Mastercard pivoted amidst the pushback and announced they would not begin tracking gun and ammunition purchases
But California’s new law, which takes effect in 2025, will require credit cards to track gun and gun- related sales beginning in 2025.
In addition to Georgia and Tennessee, the other states which prohibit such point- of- sale data collection are  ,  , Iowa, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Utah, Texas, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia
AWR Hawkins is an award- winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News , and the writer/curator of , Down Range with AWR Hawkins,  , a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for , Armed American Radio, and a pro- staffer for Pulsar Night Vision. He holds a Ph.D. and was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010. D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War ( brown water navy ), U. S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Beef is his favorite vegetable. Follow him on Instagram:  , @awr_hawkins.  , You can sign up to get Down Range at , breitbart.com/downrange.  , Reach him directly at , [email protected].
