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Indiana’s Gov. Eric Holcomb and Utah’s Gov. Spencer Cox recently stepped up for gun owners. They signed the Second Amendment Privacy Acts, supported by NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation). These new laws stop banks and financial firms from tracking legal firearm and ammo sales using a special code.
Last week saw the laws come into effect – Indiana’s HB 1084 and Utah’s HB 406. NSSF played a key role, working with local lawmakers. Their goal? To shield legal, private gun purchases from misuse. These laws aim to keep your gun buying details safe from political misuse and illegal government prying.
NSSF’s Senior VP, Lawrence G. Keane, highlighted the urgency. He stressed the need to protect lawful gun and ammo buys from overreach by corporate banks and the government. Keane thanked both governors for guarding citizen rights. “No American should fear a government watchlist for exercising their Second Amendment rights,” he said.
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The U.S. Treasury’s FinCEN crossed the line, admitted U.S. Sen. Tim Scott. They unlawfully collected credit card histories of gun buyers around Jan. 6, 2020, without a warrant. This violated the Fourth Amendment, which guards against illegal searches.
The idea for a special firearm-retailer code originated with antigun columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and Amalgamated Bank. They pushed the ISO for this code’s creation. This move sparked NSSF’s call for a Congressional probe into the bank’s actions.
Sorkin himself suggested that such a code could lead to a national firearm registry, which current federal law prohibits.
Indiana and Utah now join a growing list of states like Florida and Texas, prioritizing Second Amendment privacy. More states are looking to follow suit. On a national level, Rep. Elise Stefanik introduced a bill to protect buyer privacy.
Meanwhile, California goes the opposite direction, mandating the use of this specific code, with Colorado possibly following.
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So, let me get this right you’re all for reducing the regulatory burden on companies by telling them how they can do their business. You know, because you’re paranoid about the codes credit cards companies use for product categories might be misused. What about all the other product categories that theoretically might be used to see who is getting the pill, or abortion pill, or anything that might point to them having miscarried or being using family planning products? Why didn’t they include other categories that could get people arrested and prosecuted in some states.
Sorry, the vast majority of the men reading this are all for that kind of misuse.
It is sadly funny how many in the gun community worry about just their rights and are all for restricting women and their partners 1st Amendment Rights to follow their Faith, as their Faith allows. All but for two branches of Christianity allow abortion within the 1st 2 trimesters, have exceptions for rape and incest. I know there are guys who are screaming “What about the mans rights!” That isn’t something happening among people who are for the most freedom for the most people.
That is one thing I’ve noticed among the strident 2A they are less accommodating of freedom for if they dont like it. I am a 5 alarm liberal, gun owner, PSYOP combat veteran.
Hypocrisy or defending everyone else’s freedoms?
To shield legal, private gun purchases from misuse.
Kentucky legislature just passed a similar bill. Our gutless liberal governor vows veto. Supermajorities in both houses should easily override.