{"id":102518,"date":"2024-06-19T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=102518"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:52:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:52:09","slug":"102518","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=102518","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2024\/06\/18\/gov-jeff-landry-signs-bill-making-louisiana-16th-state-block-credit-card-tracking-gun-purchases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Jeff Landry Signs Bill Making Louisiana 16th State to Block Credit Card Tracking of Gun Purchases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation SB 301 last week to prohibit credit card companies and other financial institutions from tracking firearm and firearm-related purchases in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Landry\u2019s signature made Louisiana the 16th state to ban such tracking efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The National Shooting Sports Foundation\u2019s Darren LaSorte applauded Landry:<\/p>\n<p>Governor Jeff Landry\u2019s signature on the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act is a powerful statement that the Second Amendment rights of Louisianans are not negotiable. This law will protect Louisiana\u2019s citizens from unlawful intrusion on their private purchases when purchasing firearms and ammunition with a payment card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Woke\u2019 Wall Street banks, credit card companies and payment processors won\u2019t be able to collude with government entities to spy on Louisianans\u2019 private finances when they exercise their rights,\u201d LaSorte added. \u201cNo American should fear being placed on a government watchlist because they choose their Constitutionally-protected rights to keep and bear arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other 15 states that have barred credit card tracking of firearm and firearm-related purchases are Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Iowa, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Utah, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, California\u2019s Democrat-controlled legislature passed a bill requiring credit card companies to track firearm and firearm-related purchases in their state. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the legislation, which takes effect in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Jeff Landry Signs Bill Making Louisiana 16th State to Block Credit Card Tracking of Gun Purchases Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation SB 301 last week to prohibit credit card companies and other financial institutions from tracking firearm and firearm-related purchases in Louisiana. Landry\u2019s signature made Louisiana the 16th state to ban such tracking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=102518\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102519,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102518\/revisions\/102519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}