Videos tagged with Firearms Purchases

This video explains how using credit cards for ammunition and firearm purchases can lead to tracking by credit card companies and subsequent 'red flag' alerts sent to local sheriffs. The speaker advocates for using cash to avoid this tracking and potential scrutiny, especially in jurisdictions with red flag laws.

Discover Card will begin tracking firearms purchases in April, following an ISO standard for merchant category codes. This change allows for specific identification of gun retailer transactions. The video suggests this may be a reason for consumers to reconsider their credit card choices, particularly if privacy is a concern.

Langley Outdoors Academy discusses Discover Card's upcoming implementation of specific merchant category codes for firearms and ammunition purchases, effective April. This move, influenced by political pressure and 'woke' banks, will allow for tracking of these transactions. The video encourages Discover cardholders to cancel their cards in protest of potential privacy violations and the tracking of Second Amendment-related purchases, noting Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have not yet committed to similar codes.

This video features an interview with Mark Oliva of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) discussing the implications of new ISO credit card codes for firearms and ammunition purchases. The discussion highlights concerns about privacy, potential for monitoring law-abiding citizens, and the impact on the firearms industry, drawing parallels to past financial pressure campaigns.

This video discusses the implications of credit card companies assigning specific merchant category codes to firearms retailers. The speaker, The Yankee Marshal, expresses concern that this practice facilitates easier tracking of gun purchases by law enforcement and the government. While acknowledging it doesn't reveal specific items purchased, he argues it creates a "backdoor registration" by making gun-related spending easily identifiable, which he views negatively despite not seeing it as an immediate existential threat.

This video discusses a proposal by New York Governor Kathy Hochul for credit card companies like American Express, Mastercard, and Visa to categorize and flag firearms and ammunition purchases as suspicious activity. The speaker expresses concern that this could lead to government surveillance of legal gun owners and advocates for boycotting companies that comply. The video highlights a past personal experience where Bank of America flagged a large ammunition purchase as suspicious.