Privacy rights – specifically those related to finances – would go by the wayside. The bill is fraught with civil liberty violations and not just those freedoms protected by the Second Amendment. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) who introduced legislation that would require the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) to give guidance to banks so they can report “suspicious financial activity.” This idea was backed by gun control front-woman Shannon Watts. Swipe, insert chip or tap just simply wouldn’t work for those attempting to legally purchase a firearm or ammunition. Sorkin’s idea is that enough financial pressure could be applied to credit card giants to deny lawful gun sales. Sorkin proposed the idea of cutting off gun purchases by throttling the use of credit cards in 2018, when he published a column titled, “ How Banks Could Control Gun Sales If Washington Won’t.” NSSF warned then of the dangerousness of this proposal. This is the definition of an Orwellian society. An international body of unelected bureaucrats, not accountable to the American public, is setting the conditions that will allow credit card companies to track, categorize and report “suspicious” purchases to law enforcement.
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