Protecting the Second Amendment

Both of West Virginia’s congressional representatives voted for the big reconciliation bill that narrowly passed earlier today.

The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now headed to consideration by the U.S. Senate, where it could face changes.

The legislation, called the One Big Beautiful Bill, passed in a a 215-214-1 vote. Two Republicans voted against the bill, one voted ‘present’ and two did not vote. All Democrats voted against it.

Both Riley Moore and Carol Miller, Republicans of West Virginia, voted in favor of the bill.

“77 million Americans demanded generational change in November,” Moore said, referring to the number of votes received by President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

“Today, House Republicans delivered on that mandate from the American people.”

Are credit card companies quietly tracking your firearm purchases? A growing number of Americans and lawmakers think so. In response, pro-Second Amendment legislators have introduced federal bills to shut down the use of firearm-specific merchant category codes (MCCs) once and for all.

S. 1715, known as the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, was introduced by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and has already gained support from 16 Senate cosponsors. Its House companion, H.R. 1181, was introduced by Representative Riley Moore (R-WV). Both bills aim to prohibit the use of a firearm retailer-specific MCC, which banks and credit card companies could use to surveil and potentially restrict lawful firearm and ammunition purchases.

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) introduced legislation late last week that will prevent credit cards from using a special merchant category code (MCC) to track sales of guns and ammunition.

Moore’s legislation, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, would also prohibit financial institutions from tracking gun sales.