Discover Financial to reportedly track gun store purchases starting in April (Connecting the Dots: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover Financial Services & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Reuters reported that Discover is 'first among its peers
to publicly give a date for moving ahead with the initiative'
Fox News
By Alexander Hall | Fox News
FINANCE Published March 2, 2023 6:03pm EST
https://www.foxnews.com/media/discover-financial-reportedly-track-gun-store-purchases-starting-april
The company behind Discover credit cards will reportedly
be joining a larger initiative to track when cardholders make purchases at gun
stores.
Multiple payment processors such as Visa, Mastercard, and American
Express have already joined a massive project to separately
categorize gun shop sales. The move has been hailed as a victory for gun
control advocates who argue that a separate categorization for gun store sales
will help monitor suspicious activity that could lead to mass shootings. Gun
rights advocates on the other hand, have warned this could bring unwarranted
scrutiny on the overwhelming majority of law-abiding gun owners.
"Discover
Financial Services (DFS.N), a
provider of credit cards, told Reuters it will allow its network to track
purchases at gun retailers come April, making it the first among its peers to
publicly give a date for moving ahead with the initiative, which is aimed at
helping authorities probe gun-related crimes," Reuters reported.
The same article went on to claim, "Discover's announcement came after the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which decides on the classification of merchant categories used by payment cards, approved in September the launch of a dedicated code for gun retailers."
GUN
CONTROL LOBBY'S LATEST DEMANDS SHOW THE GOAL IS TO STRIP AMERICANS OF THEIR 2A
RIGHTS, NRA SAYS
Discover told Reuters in a statement, "We remain
focused on continuing to protect and support lawful purchases on our network
while protecting the privacy of cardholders."
One noteworthy nuance of this tracking system is that it
monitors the total purchase made in a gun store, rather than distinguishing the
specific items bought. So, purchasing supplies such as a gun safe or hunting
gear, for example, would count toward that same purchase
categorization in the same way a person would if they exclusively bought
firearms and ammunition.
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REFLECT OUR VALUES'
In late 2022, National
Rifle Association spokesman Lars Dalseide condemned this
transaction monitoring system as part of a dystopian slippery slope, "The
[industry’s] decision to create a firearm-specific code is nothing more than a
capitulation to anti-gun politicians and activists bent on eroding the rights
of law-abiding Americans one transaction at a time."
Discover responded to Fox News Digital’s request for
comment after this story was initially published:
"Discover has no plans to track cardholder purchases
of firearms or provide that information to anyone, nor could we. Merchant
Category Codes are used to categorize types of stores, and do not enable
us to see the product that was purchased. We are not alone in using these
codes; they are used consistently by all the major payment networks. We
strongly believe in the right of our customers to use their Discover cards for
any legal purchase and remain committed to maintaining the privacy of their
information."
Connecting the Dots:
Suzanne Nora
Johnson is a director at Visa Inc. and a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Thomas J.
Campbell was a director at Visa Inc. and is the dean for
the Haas School of Business.
Richard C. Blum is
a board member for the Haas School of Business, married to
Senator Dianne Feinstein and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
James D.
Robinson III was the chairman & CEO for the American
Express Company (Bailout Company) and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Joan
E. Spero was the EVP for the American Express Company (Bailout
Company) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the American
Express Company (Bailout Company).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. was a director at the American Express Company (Bailout
Company), is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle.
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, the president & CEO
for Soros Fund Management and is a director at MasterCard
Incorporated.
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.
Suzanne Nora
Johnson is a director at Visa Inc. and a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, is a director at the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs and a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett.
Michael H. Moskow is
the vice chair for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a
director at the Discover Financial Services (Bailout Company) and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Jeffrey S. Aronin is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a director at the Discover
Financial Services (Bailout Company) and was a fellow at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
George Soros is
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Vernon E.
Jordan Jr’s great niece, a friend of Michelle Obama, and was the
senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel
for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think tank) 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).
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, the president & CEO
for Soros Fund Management and is a director at MasterCard
Incorporated.
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.
Suzanne Nora
Johnson is a director at Visa Inc. and a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Resources: Past
Research
American Express
Company (Bailout Company) (Past Research on the American
Express Company)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/american-express-company-bailout-company.html
Visa Inc. (Past Research on Visa Inc.)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/visa-inc.html
MasterCard Tests Credit
Cards with Embedded Fingerprint Reader (Past
Research on MasterCard)
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/07/mastercard-tests-credit-cards-with.html
Hours After John Kerry
Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet Swings Wide Open
(Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Soros, the
Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the EPA and
onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the Network That Never
Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next (Covid Project)) (Past Research on Cameron Kerry)
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html
Discover Financial
Services (Bailout Company) (Past Research on the Discover
Financial Services)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/discover-financial-services-bailout.html
The Valerie Jarrett
Power Matrix - Background research (Past Research on
Valerie Jarrett)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2013
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