Before a couple of years ago, I only vaguely knew what merchant category codes were. I’d read about them a time or two but it wasn’t something that impacted my life in any way, so I didn’t pay much attention to them.
Then some jackwagon got the idea that these could be used to track gun sales, ostensibly so financial tools used to discover things like financial crimes could be applied to preventing mass shootings. Of course, the fact that the moron who proposed it didn’t know the difference between “stockpiling” and normal gun-buying behavior just made the idea dumber.
The problem was, a lot of people thought it sounded like a swell idea.
There have been efforts to do just that to varying degrees. Some states now require them while other states forbid them, creating a patchwork of rules for the codes.
Now, a bill has been introduced to simplify everything for everyone. […]
— Read More: bearingarms.com
