Opinion
On Friday, July 12th, Governor Chris Sununu (R-New Hampshire) signed HB 1186, “an act relative to firearm purchaser’s privacy,” into law. Thanks to the tireless work of leading New Hampshire gun rights advocate Rep. Jason Janvrin (R-Rockingham District 40) and the strong support of NRA members, New Hampshire becomes the seventeenth state to protect the privacy of law-abiding gun buyers by prohibiting financial institutions from collecting and misusing their personal information.
The NRA and its members thank Governor Chris Sununu, Rep. Jason Janvrin, and pro-gun New Hampshire lawmakers for supporting Granite Staters’ Second Amendment rights.
In the Fall of 2022, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for firearm retailers. MCCs are used by payment processors (like Visa and Mastercard) and other financial services companies to categorize transactions. MCCs enable payment processors and banks to identify, monitor, and collect data on certain types of transactions. Before the ISO decision, firearm retailers fell under the MCC for sporting goods stores or miscellaneous retail.
Collecting firearm retailer financial transaction data amounts to surveillance and registration of law-abiding gun owners. Those promoting this scheme are in favor of firearm and gun owner registrations. Therefore, it should be assumed that the goal of this program is to share all collected firearm retailer MCC data with government authorities and potentially private third parties that may include gun control organizations and anti-gun researchers.
HB 1186 prohibits the assigning of a specific merchant category code to the sale of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories and provides a civil penalty for violations.
This critical legislation protects gun-owners privacy and ensures that bad actors cannot use credit and debit card transactions to create a gun-registry or block cardholders from making gun-related purchases.
About NRA-ILA:
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess, and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
Live Free or Die!
why so many people from taxachutcs are moving north
I Wish New Hampshire would use more of the quote for their State Motto.
”Live free or die, For death is not the greatest of evils”.
I love me some New Hampshire!!!
Go New Hampshire! Although, I would have liked to have seen a list of the 16 other states somewhere in the article. Somehow “…becomes the seventeenth state…” doesn’t quite quench my thirst, So I did find a partial list in a July 18, 2023 article on the BFA website: March 11: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed HB 2004. April 5: Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed HB 295. April 13: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed HB 1110. April 29: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed HB 1487. May 12: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 214. May 19: Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed SB 359. June… Read more »
It looks like Kentucky ( https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2024 ) can be added t the list. Missouri has introduced the legislation but it has not gotten very far yet. Arizona is making some progress ( https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/HB2727/2024 .)
It looks like Ohio is also making some progress with SB148 but are not quite there yet.
Without privacy there is no freedom…
Good god, y’all!! WHY is everybody still so in love with the idea of licking the boots and kissing azzes of known criminals, like in the political and legal arenas?? They must taste pretty darn good for no one to want to give up those practices! Do they really taste like top grade beef and lobster tail dipped in butter?
Because like the example given us by our Founding Fathers, you can’t start shooting until all other options have been exhausted.
Independence Day was just a few weeks ago. Did you take the time to reread and ponder the Declaration of Independence.