Be wary of using credit cards for any firearm or related purchases.

[GC7]

The inconvenient truth here is that credit cards and any sort of "payment processor" system has always been ancillary to using cash.

In other words, none of our rights are being violated by them implementing this because if you have a debit or CC in your wallet, you at one point got a card issuer agreement that explained how it all works, and buried in the legalese it says that you are at mercy of their policies. It's really no different than being deplatformed on social media, paypal, or ebay for being a conservative gun owner.

 

[MilitantBEEMER]

The inconvenient truth here is that credit cards and any sort of "payment processor" system has always been ancillary to using cash.

In other words, none of our rights are being violated by them implementing this because if you have a debit or CC in your wallet, you at one point got a card issuer agreement that explained how it all works, and buried in the legalese it says that you are at mercy of their policies. It's really no different than being deplatformed on social media, paypal, or ebay for being a conservative gun owner.

I agree that this is not a right violation issue. As long as I continue to have the right to do business in cash, there are alternatives.
Seems to me many of the same people responsible for the above want to get rid of cash as well. Wonder why?

 

[chuter]

There's something called a virtual credit card, it's an option on one of mine.
I haven't spent much time looking into it, but you use a different number that makes it harder for someone to use your card fraudulently.

 

[BobbyV]

At this point I want to buy 2000 rds of 9mm just to see what happens . . .

 

[BobbyV]

Might be a good option for something like this . . .

Virtual Cards That Protect Your Payments | Online Payment Security

Protect your payment security. Shield your financial information and protect against credit and debit card fraud with secure, randomly-generated virtual card numbers.

privacy.com

 

[Cat City Slim]

Might be a good option for something like this . . .

Virtual Cards That Protect Your Payments | Online Payment Security

Protect your payment security. Shield your financial information and protect against credit and debit card fraud with secure, randomly-generated virtual card numbers.

privacy.com

This looks interesting. Has anyone actually used it?

 

[Timmy59]

These are the consequences of allowing the cheat that occurred. I'm sure I don't need to say there's more coming.

 

[Pstmstr]

Dang, I was gonna max out my credit cards and hope for credit card balance forgiveness. It’s not my fault they have a predatory lending policy.

 

[emapples]

I despise these tyrants.

New way to track suspect credit card sales of guns and ammo approved by international organization

A CBS News investigation found credit card companies initially resisted the proposal.

www.cbsnews.com

“The International Standards Organization, which sets rules across the financial services industry, agreed to create a new merchant category code for gun and ammunition retailers at a meeting this week, and announced the decision Friday. The decision came amid mounting pressure on credit card companies by Democrats in Congress who urged the code's creation.”

With a new code for firearms merchants, potentially suspicious purchasing patterns could be flagged to law enforcement — much the same way banks and credit unions made more than 1.4 million suspicious activity reports in 2021 for other types of transactions that might suggest anything from identity theft to terrorist financing.


Supporters believe the code could be a useful tool to help law enforcement identify bad actors, pointing to a number of notorious mass shootings that were financed with credit cards.

The shooter who terrorized a Colorado movie theater in 2012 charged more than $9,000 worth of guns, ammunition and tactical gear in the two months leading up to his attack, which killed 12 people and injured 70. The man who shot up the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, killing 49 people, put more than $26,000 on credit cards on firearms and ammunition. And the shooter who killed 59 at a music festival in Las Vegas in 2017 charged almost $95,000 on dozens of guns.

Mastercard, American Express and Visa initially resisted the creation of a merchant category code for gun and ammunition retailers according to an investigation by CBS News in June. Watch that report in the video below:

It would be wise for those people here with an FFL and a retail site it would behoove you to put something in place to pass through products from major websites We all frequent I will pay a little more to be able to pick things up with cash at a local shop since I will no longer buy online

 

[StLPro2A]

I despise these tyrants.

New way to track suspect credit card sales of guns and ammo approved by international organization

A CBS News investigation found credit card companies initially resisted the proposal.

www.cbsnews.com

“The International Standards Organization, which sets rules across the financial services industry, agreed to create a new merchant category code for gun and ammunition retailers at a meeting this week, and announced the decision Friday. The decision came amid mounting pressure on credit card companies by Democrats in Congress who urged the code's creation.”

With a new code for firearms merchants, potentially suspicious purchasing patterns could be flagged to law enforcement — much the same way banks and credit unions made more than 1.4 million suspicious activity reports in 2021 for other types of transactions that might suggest anything from identity theft to terrorist financing.


Supporters believe the code could be a useful tool to help law enforcement identify bad actors, pointing to a number of notorious mass shootings that were financed with credit cards.

The shooter who terrorized a Colorado movie theater in 2012 charged more than $9,000 worth of guns, ammunition and tactical gear in the two months leading up to his attack, which killed 12 people and injured 70. The man who shot up the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, killing 49 people, put more than $26,000 on credit cards on firearms and ammunition. And the shooter who killed 59 at a music festival in Las Vegas in 2017 charged almost $95,000 on dozens of guns.

Mastercard, American Express and Visa initially resisted the creation of a merchant category code for gun and ammunition retailers according to an investigation by CBS News in June. Watch that report in the video below:

Have he tee that we've all seen "Since we're redefining everything, this (AR pictured) is now a cordless hole puncher." In that light, since we're redefining everything, Bob's Guns will now be redefined as Bob's Drilling Hardware Outlet.