Loading ...Gun Shops And Customers Claim Credit Card Firms “Restrict” Firearm Purchases
“Transaction declined: Charge declined RESTRICTED CARD Customer bank does not allow this card to be used at this type of merchant.”
Gun rights advocates warned that a new change to the credit card industry to add a firearm and ammunition-specific Merchant Category Code (MCC) for gun stores wasn’t about tracking guns necessarily, but could lead to the denial of lawful firearms purchases by law-abiding citizens.
In September, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express all said they would adopt the MCC code to categorize sales at gun shops; months later, several social media posts of alleged gun stores and customers claim they experienced card issues.
People interested in purchasing guns should find out if there is at least one card processor that will allow guns to be purchased. They should take out ads in Guns & Ammo supporting such company(s) and cancel all credit cards that don’t allow such purchases. Once again, need to send a message to those companies & organizations, if you are going to go woke you’re going to go broke.