{"id":26212,"date":"2022-09-10T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T13:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26212"},"modified":"2022-09-10T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T13:10:21","slug":"pressuring-credit-card-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26212","title":{"rendered":"Pressuring credit card companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/09\/business\/dealbook\/guns-sales-code-iso.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest attack by the antis<\/a> is to <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2022\/attorney-general-james-applauds-requirement-credit-card-companies-categorize-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pressure credit card companies<\/a> to create a special code for gun stores to use when processing transactions. They claim it will allow law enforcement to identify suspicious transactions. What it really is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-banks-financial-institutions-severing-ties-gun-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another attempt<\/a> to get the banking industry to stop doing business with the firearms industry.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCComptroller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYC Comptroller Brad Lander<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trustees of the NYC Retirement Systems<\/a>, other elected officials and gun control advocates will put on a dog and pony show at 2:00pm on the <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/5BSvxrgk9hkXbVfJ9\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">steps of City Hall<\/a> calling for credit card companies to fully implement this scheme.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D26212&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26212\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26212\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26212\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest attack by the antis is to pressure credit card companies to create a special code for gun stores to use when processing transactions. They claim it will allow law enforcement to identify suspicious transactions. What it really is another attempt to get the banking industry to stop doing business with the firearms industry. 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