WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) released the following statement regarding plans by major credit card companies to separately categorize gun and ammunition retailers.
“Targeting gun-related purchases is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and presents the latest unconstitutional attempt to undermine, attack, and vilify law-abiding gun owners. Furthermore, instituting a separate merchant category code for firearm transactions allows credit card companies to establish a national gun registry. Combined with the ATF’s illegal registry of nearly one billion firearm records, this unlawful data is a prerequisite for confiscation — permitting the weaponization and disarmament of gun owners across the nation.
“As an unapologetic supporter and defender of Second Amendment liberties, I refuse to silently stand by while corporations shamelessly do the bidding of anti-gun activists. In the near future, I will introduce legislation to safeguard Americans’ constitutionally protected firearm purchases from corporations’ tyrannical tracking measures.”
