Wednesday, March 21, at 4:00 p.m., in room 212 Knorr, the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to hear House Bill 221 to protect the privacy of Florida’s sportsmen and gun owners.
HB 221 prohibits payment settlement entities, merchant acquiring entities, and third-party settlement organizations from assigning merchant category codes (MCC) or otherwise classifying merchants of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers.
As previously reported, gun control extremists are using every possible avenue to disarm law-abiding sportsmen and gun owners, including how to uncover personal identifying information on who owns firearms in America. The newest tactic on this front is to track credit card purchases of firearms and ammunition.
Credit card companies have decided to delay the implementation of the new MCC because of the various credit card privacy bills being introduced across the nation. But sportsmen must continue the push to pass bills like HB 221 to ensure credit card companies never implement the new merchant category code.
Please use our take action button to email the committee urging them to SUPPORT HB 221.
The companion for HB 221, Senate Bill 214 is scheduled to be on the Senate floor Thursday, March 23. Please email your state Senator urging him/her to SUPPORT SB 214. Please make sure you use BOTH take action buttons to ensure the committee AND your state Senator receive your request for their SUPPORT on HB 221 & SB 214.
Don’t forget to share this message with your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen asking them to also email the committee and their state Senator urging them to SUPPORT HB 221 & SB 214.
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