Post by: wolfbait on December 11, 2022, 08:07:13 PM
https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/firearms-purchases-reportedly-being-blocked-by-credit-card-companies/
Post by: Antlershed on December 11, 2022, 08:22:46 PM
Post by: smalldog on December 12, 2022, 02:56:45 PM
Post by: jackelope on December 12, 2022, 04:12:26 PM
Why in the world would you use a card to buy a gun. They are monitoring everything you do with a card. Buy your ammo and gun purchases with cash.
Pretty sure you still have to fill out all the paperwork regardless of how you pay for it. Seems to me like they're going to be able to follow you regardless of how you pay for it.
Just my gut thought.
Post by: emac on December 12, 2022, 04:53:09 PM
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Post by: bkaech on December 12, 2022, 09:05:26 PM
Post by: builtfordtough on December 12, 2022, 09:35:30 PM
Buying ammo with cash i believe is untraceable. As long as you don't put in your phone number when the teller asks for it. I.e.cabelas or sportsmans. Buying a gun with cash, they have all your info anyway. As for having a CC is irresponsible I disagree. Atleast for me, having a debit card back in the day was irresponsible. Not enough in checking and overwithdrawling. CC works so much better for me. I pay for everything with my CC and pay it off every month. Having my own business helps and the miles I have wracked up since not flying anywhere for the last 3 yrs has paid off in a big way Kick backs are good from Alaska CC. Only down fall it is through bank of satin (bank of america) everyone has their own method of buying and saving. Just depends on which method best fits you.
Post by: jackelope on December 12, 2022, 10:15:28 PM
Post by: huntnphool on December 12, 2022, 11:44:53 PM
I should say, as a moderator, that this thread is probably not intended to be about how financially responsible or financially irresponsible it is to use a credit card. Save that for a different thread. Hopefully on a different forum.
:chuckle:
Post by: Wizekrakr on December 16, 2022, 09:21:50 AM
On a similar note, The Woke CEO of Kroger grocery stores has decided he will not permit gun magazines to be sold in his stores. Kroger would include Fred Meyer and QFC. Not sure which others. I now drive past Fred Meyer on my way to Safeway or Albertsons. Won't do business with FM any longer.
Post by: Farmer72 on December 16, 2022, 12:45:41 PM
So you call your CC company and find out if they are using specific MCC codes for purchases of firearms. If they are, terminate that card and don't do business with them. Go get another card that doesn't do that. If anyone knows of a company that is doing that, post it up so we can boycott the *censored*s. I know if my CC company does that I would terminate that account immediately.
On a similar note, The Woke CEO of Kroger grocery stores has decided he will not permit gun magazines to be sold in his stores. Kroger would include Fred Meyer and QFC. Not sure which others. I now drive past Fred Meyer on my way to Safeway or Albertsons. Won't do business with FM any longer.
Other than Kroger is in the process of trying to buy Safeway / Albertsons. I believe it is being fought though antitrust.
Post by: birddogdad on December 16, 2022, 01:09:30 PM
I should say, as a moderator, that this thread is probably not intended to be about how financially responsible or financially irresponsible it is to use a credit card. Save that for a different thread. Hopefully on a different forum.
:chuckle: i like to launder sky miles this way... :sry:
Post by: wolfbait on January 18, 2023, 08:52:11 AM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 18, 2023, 09:33:31 AM
Post by: kselkhunter on February 05, 2023, 06:13:43 PM
Post by: kselkhunter on February 05, 2023, 06:15:48 PM
So you call your CC company and find out if they are using specific MCC codes for purchases of firearms. If they are, terminate that card and don't do business with them. Go get another card that doesn't do that. If anyone knows of a company that is doing that, post it up so we can boycott the *censored*s. I know if my CC company does that I would terminate that account immediately.
On a similar note, The Woke CEO of Kroger grocery stores has decided he will not permit gun magazines to be sold in his stores. Kroger would include Fred Meyer and QFC. Not sure which others. I now drive past Fred Meyer on my way to Safeway or Albertsons. Won't do business with FM any longer.
All credit card companies agreed to the merchant code. Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, etc. It's not a specific bank. Its the brokers that create the credit: Visa, Mastercard, etc. There is no way around it......all credit cards will have that merchant code now.
Post by: idaho guy on February 05, 2023, 06:38:18 PM
It wasn't a new law. The credit card agencies agreed to adopt a new merchant code for credit card purchases at gun stores. Back in September 2022. Made the news at the time. People that lobbied for it want it to be used by credit card agencies to flag suspicious gun purchases. The anti-gun folks wanted it as a way to try to monitor and limit gun purchases. But it's just a merchant code that tracks the amount of the expense. Visa/Mastercard/etc. have no idea if it's a gun being purchased or what type of gun. So it was a politically motivated change to add a merchant code to track expenses at stores that sell guns....but with no actual visibility to really do anything about it.....
I had read about this when it was first passed also. My understanding is that it was a separate category that would indicate that you had purchased a gun? Not what type of gun etc but the category did specify a firearm. as opposed to before when it was very general like outdoor stores etc. Looks like the alarmist might have been right if they are actually denying transactions. I hope not but I guess we will see.
Post by: wolfbait on March 02, 2023, 10:00:12 AM
Post by: GWP on March 02, 2023, 10:10:24 AM
Not sure it is related, but he said it was 'odd'.
Post by: wolfbait on March 10, 2023, 07:49:54 AM
Post by: wolfbait on March 15, 2023, 10:30:31 PM
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/authoritarian-democrats-urge-doj-to-take-action-on-gun-control-after-credit-card-companies-refuse-to-track-purchases/
Post by: haftard on March 15, 2023, 11:45:24 PM
Post by: broadhead on March 15, 2023, 11:57:06 PM