ConcealedCarry.com: Congress Moves to Block Gun Purchase Surveillance with New Bill

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.