“There’s a bill in Congress that would end this spying on lawful gun and ammo purchases. The time is now.”
Governors in 14 different states have taken decisive action to protect the Constitutional rights of their citizens from flawed and troublesome gun control schemes aimed at tracking the spending habits of law-abiding Americans through a shady firearm-specific merchant category code (MCC) at guns stores. The concept is a ruse hatched up a few years ago and has now become popular among some of the most strident gun control activists around.
Not surprisingly, California Gov. Gavin Newsom became the first governor in the country to enact the MCC firearm credit card code. After all, he’s eyeing his own presidential run in the future and has never met a gun control idea he didn’t favor, no matter how ludicrous. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis followed suit as well, enacting the gun retailer tracking code in August.
Not to be left out, New York Governor Kathy Hochul joined in by becoming the third state to enact the firearm retail store MCC. She signed a package of gun control bills into law last week in front of media while touting her gun control efforts and mocking law-abiding New Yorkers along the way. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords was in attendance, as were members of Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and March for Our Lives.
By Mark Oliva
