https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-law-now-in-effect-will-record-every-card-based-gun-purchase-with-special-merchant-codeCalifornia law now in effect will record every card-based gun purchase with special merchant code
by: Matthew Holloway 2024-07-02 Source: Law Enforcement Today News
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SACRAMENTO, CA - A new law enacted in California now requires that major payment processors such as Visa and Mastercard use specialized retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores to compile a database of firearm and ammunition purchases.
According to The Associated Press, the Senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Lawrence Keane expressed serious concerns that the tracking law is merely a "first step," saying, "We view this as a first step by gun-control supporters to restrict the lawful commerce in firearms."
The debate over gun sale tracking has become another among many divisive policies that have set Democrat and Republican states against each other with the states of Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee, and Wyoming passing bans on the practice in the past few months joining thirteen other states who had previously. According to CBS News, Colorado, and New York have also passed laws requiring firearms sales codes set to go effective in 2025.
The law, AB-1587, was part of a 12-bill package passed in 2023 which Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) Vice President of Communications Richard Thompson described in a statement saying, "This tyrannical package shows the legislature’s utter disdain for peaceable People and their willingness to use state violence to squash their rights."
