The Steady Drip: Credit Card Companies Plan To Infringe Upon The 2nd Amendment, Track Gun & Ammo Sales in New Way [VIDEO] Have you ever heard of the Bill of Rights? (Connecting the Dot: Amalgamated Bank, Unions, CBS News, Visa, Master Card, American Express and the Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

Credit Card Companies Plan To Infringe Upon The 2nd Amendment, Track Gun & Ammo Sales in New Way [VIDEO]

Have you ever heard of the Bill of Rights? (Connecting the Dot: Amalgamated Bank, Unions, CBS News, Visa, Master Card, American Express and the Soros Funded Think Tanks, All Networking)

Lifezette.com

BY JEREMY PORTER

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

https://www.lifezette.com/2022/09/credit-card-companies-plan-to-infringe-upon-the-2nd-amendment-track-gun-ammo-sales-in-new-way-video/

Even before Joe Biden entered the White House, the Democrats pushed for more restrictions and regulations surrounding gun laws in America. With the recent mass shootings in America, the Biden administration urged Americans to stand with them as they banned certain assault rifles from being purchased and owned in the United States. Biden tried to reason with voters, suggesting one could not own a cannon and how deer don’t wear a Kevlar vest in the wild. While the Democrats have been met with backlash when it comes to the second amendment, it seems that some credit card companies created a new code that will put purchases of guns and ammo into a certain category.

According to CBS News, “Merchant category codes are made up of four digits and are used across all sorts of industries as a means to classify retailers, while not revealing individual product purchases. Credit card companies currently lump firearm retailers in with other outlets, classifying them as either ‘5999: Miscellaneous retail stores’ or ‘5941: Sporting Goods Stores’. With a new code for firearms merchants, potentially suspicious purchasing patterns could be flagged to law enforcement — much the same way banks and credit unions made more than 1.4 million suspicious activity reports in 2021.”

While gaining support from the Democrats, the creation of a unique code for gun sales has been pushed by the Amalgamated Bank of New York for some time now. Each attempt has been denied and smothered with opposition. But now, Democrats like Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Madeleine Dean wrote a letter to Visa, Master Card, and American Express, urging them to adopt the idea. “The creation of a new [merchant category code] for gun and ammunition retail stores would be the first step towards facilitating the collection of valuable financial data that could help law enforcement in countering the financing of terrorism efforts.”

Weighing the idea, Visa replied to the Democrats, writing, “We believe that asking payment networks to serve as a moral authority by deciding which legal goods can or cannot be purchased sets a dangerous precedent. We understood Amalgamated Bank’s request to be justified, at least in part, by an interest in blocking transactions that would fall under such a new category, and Visa’s rules expressly prohibit blocking of legal transactions under an MCC”

CEO of Amalgamated Bank Priscilla Sims Brown explained, “We all have to do our part to stop gun violence. And it sometimes starts with illegal purchases of guns and ammunition. The new code will allow us to fully comply with our duty to report suspicious activity and illegal gun sales to authorities without blocking or impeding legal gun sales. This action answers the call of millions of Americans who want safety from gun violence and we are proud to have led the broad coalition of advocates, shareholders, and elected officials that achieved this historic outcome.”

Amalgamated Bank

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Bank#Products_and_services

Headquartered in New York City, Amalgamated Bank has 16 branches in four NYC boroughs, Washington D.C., and California.^[19] There is also 24-hour access through online and mobile banking. Amalgamated Bank offers comprehensive financial services for individuals, small businesses and commercial clients. Products include: deposits, loans, investments, cash management, residential and commercial mortgages. Checking customers have access to over 40,000 surcharge-free ATMs across the U.S. through the Allpoint Network. Amalgamated Bank specializes in providing loans and banking services to political and advocacy groups, nonprofit organizations, labor unions and Middle Market companies. Some notable clients of the bank include labor unions as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the International Association of Firefighters,^[20] the Service Employees International Union, and the United Federation of Teachers as well as other groups such as the Democratic Governors Association,^[21] Economic Policy Institute, League of Conservation Voters, Organizing for Action, and Public Citizen. Workers United remains a client, e.g., Philadelphia Joint Board, Workers United.

Connecting the Dots:

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is an Amalgamated Bank client and a national partner with America Votes.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is an Amalgamated Bank client and a national partner with America Votes.

Mary Kay Henry is the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a director at the Economic Policy Institute.

Anna Burger was the secretary-treasurer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a director at the Economic Policy Institute.

Andrew L. Stern was the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a director at the Economic Policy Institute.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

League of Conservation Voters is an Amalgamated Bank client and a national partner with America Votes.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

Cecile Richards was the founder & president of America Votes, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and was a director at the American Express Company (Bailout Company).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the American Express Company (Bailout Company).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at Visa Inc.

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for Visa Inc.

William M. Daley was a partner at Mayer Brown and is a contributor for the CBS News.

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, his senior adviser was Mark Schwartz and is the founder of Soros Fund Management.

Mark Schwartz was George Soros’s senior adviser, is a director at MasterCard Incorporated and the president & CEO for Soros Fund Management.

Soros Fund Management is a partner with the Silver Lake Kraftwerk Fund.

Silver Lake Kraftwerk Fund is a fund for Silver Lake.

John A. Swainson was a senior adviser for Silver Lake and is a director at Visa Inc.

Resources: Past Research

MasterCard (Past Research on MasterCard)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/mastercard.html

Visa Inc. (Past Research on Visa Inc.)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/visa-inc.html

America Votes (Past Research on the Unions)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014