{"id":50048,"date":"2023-04-17T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50048"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:14:31","slug":"protecting-our-freedom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50048","title":{"rendered":"Protecting our Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The North State Journal<\/a> posted an article about a bill introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives that would prevent credit card companies from tracking gun and ammunition purchases.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

A bill filed in the North Carolina House seeks to block credit card companies from attaching flags or codes to firearm and ammunition purchases.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

House Bill 564<\/a>, Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, was filed earlier this month by Reps. Reece Pyrtle (R-Rockingham), Edward Goodwin (R-Chowan) and Charles Miller (R-Brunswick). Joining the primary sponsors of the bill is House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If enacted, the bill would amend current statutes by adding a new article to prohibit financial institutions from using a firearm code in connection with payment card transactions involving a firearms retailer in the state and from knowingly maintaining a record of persons in the state who own firearms.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo financial institution shall knowingly maintain a record of individuals residing in this State who own firearms,\u201d according to the bill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The measure would also allow the state\u2019s attorney general to assess civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation after notice is given and a hearing is held. There are also civil actions individuals can take with the same penalty limit for each violation plus attorneys fees and court costs. The civil actions would have a three-year statute of limitations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bill cites merchant codes (MCC) created for firearms retailers by the Switzerland-based International Organization for Standardization in September 2022.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no reason for the government to know which citizens have guns or ammunition and what kind of each they have. This is a definite infringement of our Second Amendment rights, and the bill needs to pass to stop any tracking immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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