South Dakota: Senate Commerce Committee to Hear Firearm Financial Privacy Legislation

Tomorrow, January 28th, the Senate Commerce and Energy Committee is scheduled to hear Senate Bill 81, providing financial privacy protections for persons purchasing firearms and ammunition. Please contact members of the committee by using the TAKE ACTION button below and ask them to SUPPORT this bill!

Senate Bill 81 will prohibit the use of firearm-specific Merchant Category Codes, which could be used to track firearm purchases and create a registry of lawful gun buyers. This is an important protection for gun owners, protecting private purchasing data from abuse by third parties. For more information click here.

Collecting firearm retailer financial transaction data amounts to surveillance and registration of law-abiding gun owners. Those promoting this scheme are in favor of firearm and gun owner registrations. Therefore, it should be assumed that the goal of this program is to share all collected firearm retailer MCC data with government authorities and potentially private third parties that may include gun control organizations and anti-gun researchers.

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