New bill introduced in the House to ban use of a separate "gun store" code for tracking firearms and ammunitions purchases

[old lady new shooter]

The bill is sponsored by Representatives Stefanik, Hudson and Barr, and would ban the use of a separate Merchant Category Code for gun stores, which would have to instead be characterized as either sporting goods stores or general retail. It would also explicitly override any state or local laws to the contrary, a point very relevant to California which has already passed a law requiring a gun store code. The bill does not yet have a number assigned but you can read it at

https://files.constantcontact.com/3b67df90801/79e9a485-d581-48cc-b569-51b3310157ee.pdf?rdr=true

And a news story with further details is at
https://justthenews.com/nation/stat...posal-ban-tracking-firearms-through-purchases .

Obviously as soon as the bill gets a number assigned we should contact our representatives to support it.