Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation last week making Alabama the 15th state to block credit card companies from tracking gun and gun-related purchases.
The Act “prohibits financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearm code, also known as a Merchant Category Code , from being assigned to firearm and ammunition purchases at retail when using a credit card.”The law also forbids discriminating against a firearm retailer as a result of the assigned or non-assignment of a firearm code and disclosing the protected financial information.
While Alabama has been working to protect gun owners from financial data collections related to firearms, California passed a law requiring credit card companies to collect data on firearm purchases in the state.that Visa, Mastercard, and American Express were implementing codes to track gun and gun-related purchases, per a California law taking effect in 2025., a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News.