On Tuesday, April 23rd, Senate Bill 281, the gun owner financial privacy bill, received unanimous approval on the Senate floor. It will now be transmitted to the House for further consideration.
House Bill 389, the House companion bill to SB 281, will be heard tomorrow at 9a.m. in the House Financial Services Committee. Please use the Take Action button below to contact members of the House Financial Services Committee and ask them to SUPPORT HB 389!
SB 281 and HB 389 prohibit the use of firearm/ammunition specific merchant category codes by payment processors. This is an important protection for gun owners, protecting private purchasing information from abuse by third parties. For more information click here.
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.
Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox for updates as this critical legislation progresses.
