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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Democratic lawmakers are pushing for financial regulators to enforce a payment code for gun purchases to protect consumers' financial privacy. Several states have passed laws prohibiting the use of a firearm code for gun and ammo purchases at retailers, aiming to prevent government intrusion. The legislation is in response to concerns about the government spying on Americans' gun purchases through Merchant Category Codes (MCCs). Second Amendment advocates and Kentucky lawmakers have welcomed these measures as safeguards against potential targeting of firearm owners.
“Kentucky’s lawmakers are showing their citizens what leadership in action looks like by protecting their privacy and preventing woke Wall Street from colluding with government to target them for exercising their Second Amendment rights,” said Lawrence Keane, National Shooting…
Second Amendment advocates who lobby to ensure the government isn't targeting firearm owners or businesses selling guns hailed the legislation. https://t.co/NIut1hy8bJ
Kentucky is the latest state to pass a law prohibiting keeping or causing to be kept any list, record or registry of private firearm ownership. https://t.co/NIut1hy8bJ