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Firearms Financial Privacy Killed by 17 Wyoming Senators!<\/span><\/p>\n The GOA-backed Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act (HB0234)<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>passed the Wyoming House on January 31 by a 56 to 3 vote\u00a0only to be killed by 17 of 31 Wyoming Senators on February 21!<\/strong><\/p>\n The bill would have prohibited the assignment of\u00a0firearms-specific Merchant Category Codes (MCC)\u00a0to any merchant located in Wyoming that is a seller of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition. It would have also prohibited the tracking of firearms ownership.<\/p>\n Firearms MCCs are the brainchild of International and American entities who want to push gun control in the United States with the ultimate goal of confiscation of firearms.\u00a0<\/strong>These codes identify “who” is selling firearms and can be used to revoke credit and take other retaliatory acts against firearms sellers.\u00a0Most importantly, MCCs are a first step to creating a National Firearms Registry of gun owners.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n HB0234 proposed to change current Wyoming statutes and\u00a0require the Wyoming Attorney General (AG)<\/strong>\u00a0to take action against credit card processors who establish these codes.<\/span><\/p>\n Current statutes makes it discretionary for the AG to even enforce the law!<\/strong><\/p>\n Furthermore, the bill would have allowed citizens to take civil action in court against entities that establish MCCs<\/strong>\u00a0if the AG failed to act.<\/p>\n Despite passing the House with a 95% majority and passing a Senate Committee by a 5-0 vote, 17 Wyoming Senators don’t think you deserve to have your Firearms Privacy protected.<\/strong><\/p>\n If there were problems with the Legislation, why did the Senate Committee, which voted in favor of the bill 5-0, not address those? Why did the Senate not address those on First or Second Reading? Why did the Senate wait until Third Reading to\u00a0KILL THE BILL?<\/strong><\/p>\n The question becomes where does the loyalty of these 17 Senators lie?<\/strong><\/p>\n Please\u00a0TAKE ACTION BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and send a message to the following 17 Wyoming Senators letting them know you don’t appreciate their failure to protect your Second Amendment Financial Privacy.<\/p>\n Further, because there is strong evidence that Wyoming Legislative Services has censored citizens’ emails for at least two years,\u00a0we also ask you to take one additional step.<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to sending our pre-written message,\u00a0we also ask you to please copy and paste the addresses of all 17 Senators into your e-mail bcc line and message them all with a personal message.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please remember these 17 Senators as we move forward.<\/p>\n GOA will be working with committed pro-Second Amendment Legislators to revisit this issue in next year’s Legislative Session,<\/strong>\u00a0so please stay tuned for more information soon regarding how you can help strengthen Second Amendment Protections in Wyoming.<\/p>\n\n