{"id":93306,"date":"2023-05-31T20:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T01:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93306"},"modified":"2023-05-31T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T01:08:19","slug":"93306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93306","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-commends-north-dakota-gov-burgum-for-signing-second-amendment-financial-privacy-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSSF COMMENDS NORTH DAKOTA GOV. BURGUM FOR SIGNING SECOND AMENDMENT FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 NSSF<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, commends North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for signing legislation to protect the financial privacy of purchases with credit cards at firearm retailers. Gov. Burgum signed the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act to prohibit the use of a special Merchant Category Code (MCC) for credit card purchases and prevent personal financial information from being shared by financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Burgum is putting gun control special interests in \u2018woke\u2019 Wall Street financial corporations on notice that their attempts at antigun policies end at North Dakota\u2019s borders,\u201d said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. \u201cNorth Dakotans legally purchasing firearms and ammunition should never be threatened by private financial service providers or government authorities by having their name and financial data being added to a government-accessible watchlist simply for exercising their Second Amendment rights. Governor Burgum is ensuring North Dakotans won\u2019t be held captive by the radical \u2018woke\u2019 antigun agenda that seeks to weaponize credit cards in gun owners\u2019 wallets against them. Gun owners should worry about what\u2019s in their wallet, not who\u2019s in their wallet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Burgum signed the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/ND\/bill\/HB1487\/2023\"><strong>HB 1487<\/strong><\/a>). The law prohibits financial institutions from requiring a firearm retailer-specific code that is different from that of other sporting goods or general merchandise retailers.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2022, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced it would create a unique MCC, at the behest of Amalgamated Bank which has been\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/07\/how-amalgamated-bank-became-the-the-lefts-private-banker\/\">described<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as the Left\u2019s Private Banker, that would allow credit card companies to monitor transactions at firearm retailers. Credit card companies suspended plans to implement the use of unique firearm retailer MCCs after significant opposition by NSSF and several state governments.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota joins Florida, West Virginia, Mississippi and Idaho in enacting laws to protect firearm purchasers\u2019 privacy when using credit cards at firearm retailers. Legislation similar to these state laws is pending in Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSSF COMMENDS NORTH DAKOTA GOV. BURGUM FOR SIGNING SECOND AMENDMENT FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 NSSF\u00ae, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, commends North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for signing legislation to protect the financial privacy of purchases with credit cards at firearm retailers. Gov. 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