Wisconsin Senate Bill 466, introduced by Senator Rob Stafsholt (R-New Richmond), and its Assembly counterpart, Assembly Bill 468, introduced by Assemblyman Ty Bodden (R-Hilbert), have passed out of their respective committees and are now eligible to be heard on the floor by both the entire Wisconsin Assembly and Senate. Please contact your legislators in both the Assembly and Senate and urge them to SUPPORT SB 466 and AB 468!
In the Fall of 2022, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for firearm retailers. MCCs are used by payment processors (like Visa and Mastercard) and other financial services companies to categorize transactions. MCCs enable payment processors and banks to identify, monitor, and collect data on certain types of transactions. Before the ISO decision, firearm retailers fell under the MCC for sporting goods stores or miscellaneous retail.
Collecting firearm retailer financial transaction data amounts to surveillance and registration of law-abiding gun owners. Those promoting this scheme are in favor of firearm and gun owner registrations. Therefore, it should be assumed that the goal of this program is to share all collected firearm retailer MCC data with government authorities and potentially private third parties that may include gun control organizations and anti-gun researchers.
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