This new law prohibits financial institutions from collecting — and potentially misusing — data from such transactions.
Much credit went to Rep. Jason Janvrin of the 40th District for strongly backing legislation to defend the privacy of sportsmen and those exercising their constitutional right to self-defense.
The ever-widening standoff began in the fall of 2022 when gun control advocates convinced major Wall Street financial firms of the “necessity” of establishing a specific Merchant Category Code (MCC) for guns and ammunition. This code could be broadly shared, used against purchasers’ privacy rights, and be a precursor to a national firearm registry.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) agreed and began implementing the MCC for credit card issuers such as Visa and Mastercard.
The reaction was immediate and fierce.
States and prominent lawmakers rose en masse against the scheme, and by spring, the financial giants backed off.
That victory was only temporary, however, as California and soon others recognized the opportunity to further infringe on gun rights by mandating that credit card companies collect this data. A statutory response was needed, and this week, New Hampshire joined 16 other states in codifying their opposition to invading gun owners’ privacy.
Federal law for decades has banned the establishment of a national gun registry, but that inconvenient fact hardly deters advocates for tracking every firearm in the U.S.
Make no mistake, pushing through a national registry is historically followed by gun confiscation. That is the stated goal of many Second Amendment opponents, and states such as New Hampshire are absolutely correct in standing in opposition to measures that lay the groundwork for such unconstitutional actions.
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