WASHINGTON – After the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest in American history — bump stocks were banned by a federal agency. The devices allow semi-automatic rifles to increase the rate of fire to that approaching a more heavily regulated, fully automatic weapon. The Las Vegas gunman attached them to more

Credit: koya979 / Shutterstock.com Fintech firms have become the latest battlefield in the fight over gun control. Guns don’t kill people; payment companies kill people. A firestorm has erupted in Washington D.C. after lawmakers made that claim and accused fintech firms of facilitating the purchases of firearms used in mass shootings, urging them to restrict

Two dozen Republican attorneys general have sent a letter to Visa, Mastercard, and American Express demanding the credit card companies abandon plans to track gun sales in the United States through firearm-specific transaction codes. Credit card companies face pressure from gun control groups and lawmakers sympathetic to their cause to adopt new merchant category codes

Twenty-four Republican attorneys general sent a letter to Visa, Mastercard, and American Express Tuesday warning them to drop plans to code and compile gun sales in America. Breitbart News reported that the credit card companies were under pressure from New York Democrats — including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) — to recategorize gun sales

The Republican attorneys general of 23 states are expected to send a letter Tuesday opposing plans by Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to add a new code to identify gun purchases made at firearm retailers. “Categorizing the constitutionally protected right to purchase firearms unfairly singles out law-abiding merchants and consumers alike,” a draft of the

During the September 18 airing of CBS News’s 60 Minutes, President Joe Biden described the continued sale of semiautomatic weapons as “bizarre.” Scott Pelley conducted a wide-ranging interview with Biden, but when it turned to guns and gun policy, Biden pledged once again to ban “assault weapons.” Biden suggested that “there is no rationale” for owning firearms

A tragic event in South Texas makes a small community stronger and reminds U.S. citizens of their lawful, God-given rights. Watch “Miracle on 4th Street” on Epoch Cinema here. Sunday, November 5, 2017, is a day that will forever be etched indelibly into the American collective consciousness. A violent scene unfolded on that day in

Good afternoon. Glad to be back after a road trip to Nebraska. Because most of the drive is through Iowa, I was sure I’d see plenty of evidence along Interstate 80 of the presidential candidates who are reportedly making more trips to the state than past primary seasons to woo first-in-the-nation voters in the party

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Senate Republicans are urging major credit card companies to reverse the decision to categorize gun shop purchases separately. Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas, is leading a group of 12 GOP senators in demanding that the CEOs of Visa, Mastercard and American Express scrap plans to track gun store sales. The

Coaching application I am officially throwing my hat in the ring for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coach position. I am a 67-year-old high school dropout, but I played a lot of touch football in my youth and I have watched a lot of football on TV. I know I can get those

Left-wing activism on the part of corporations has hardly been unusual in recent years. What often flies under the radar, however, is how frequently progressive groups are able to strong-arm private businesses into entering the arena of politics against their will. Credit card companies being forced to track the sales of guns and ammunition is

Now that the International Organization for Standardization has approved a new code to identify purchases at stores that sell guns and ammunition, many groups are speaking up about threats to privacy and second-amendment rights. The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action this week alerted members that the new ISO merchant category code, established to

End times? Or just that kind of September? Try to remember the kind of September …Everyone keeps asking me if the world is ending. I’m no prophet; however, here’s a trio of new mind-puzzlers y’all are welcome to ponder: 1. Quiet quitting; 2. Zaporizhzhia; 3. Functional extinction. Imminently, in this unkind September of ours, these

More than 100 Republicans in a letter expressed concern over the decision of several credit card giants to establish a new specific merchant code for firearms dealers, calling the effort “an assault on the Second Amendment.” Earlier this month, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a Switzerland-based group that sets and monitors quality standards for

Former State Rep. Jeff Pyle, 57, died on Wednesday in Ford City after a long battle with cancer. A Ford City resident, Pyle was a former nine-term Republican state representative, Ford City mayor, and Ford City teacher. He is survived by his wife, Michele Pyle, and two daughters. Pyle battled cancer since 2005, but remissions

After a spate of mass shootings, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was one of 15 Republicans who voted in June for a gun bill that provides money for states that have or want to enact red-flag laws to temporarily remove firearms from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. States that do

Florida Pulse: Look for open carry discussions next session In this excerpt from the June Florida Pulse, John A. Torres talks with capital reporters John Kennedy and James Call about the what’s next. Rob Landers, Palm Beach Post In case you missed the latest firearms news in Florida, we’ve had two shootings recently that involved

Coaching application I am officially throwing my hat in the ring for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coach position. I am a 67-year-old high school dropout, but I played a lot of touch football in my youth and I have watched a lot of football on TV. I know I can get those

Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka slammed Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in an ad this week for siding with Joe Biden’s gun control measures. The ad takes Murkowski to task for supporting red flag laws, which can be abused to deny 2nd Amendment rights to law-abiding citizens, including men and women who serve in the military. Tshibaka’s statewide TV

Gov. Greg Abbott’s gun talk is neither sustainable nor honest. On Thursday, after a shooting at a Uvalde park left two wounded, the governor said in a statement that he “was outraged to learn that gang violence has endangered the Uvalde community and innocent Texans.” He framed the shooting as a gang problem, with no

As a lifelong outdoorsman, Robert Schwalm has enjoyed hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits in Pennsylvania for five-plus decades. For more than half of that time, he’s also made it a priority to give back, volunteering for local, state and national conservation organizations and mentoring countless individuals in the outdoors. Now, the Bethlehem resident will

AUGUSTA, Maine — The National Rifle Association gave former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin a top grade but endorsed neither the Republican nor Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in their high-profile race in Maine’s 2nd District. It will be the first time in four campaigns for the district dating back to 2014 that Poliquin will not be

Connecticut law that bans semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines is being legally challenged. Those gun control measures went into effect in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Now the nonprofit National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) has filed lawsuits against several states to end these bans, including Connecticut. State leaders say they will

Second Amendment advocacy organizations are blasting the major credit-card companies over their plan to distinguish gun purchases in their payment processors, panning the idea as a step toward a database of U.S. gun owners. Visa Inc. announced over the weekend that it will begin to categorize separately sales at gun shops, which gun-control advocates say

On Friday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which as the New York Times explains “sets standards for payment transactions,” announced the creation of a new merchant code for gun sales, to be used when processing credit or debit purchases of guns and ammo. While the purpose of this is to flag suspicious purchases in

article TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – 2019/06/22: In this photo illustration there are four Visa credit cards. Close up of the branding and marketing design of a financial company. Business related conceptual image. (Photo Illustration by Roberto Machado Noa/Li NEW YORK – Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales

Visa announced Saturday that the world’s largest payment processing corporation will begin separately categorizing firearm purchases at gun stores. Gun control activists have encouraged the decision, claiming it will allow for easier tracking of gun sales and help prevent mass shootings, the Associated Press reported. Second Amendment proponents, however, see the move as a dangerous

Visa announced Saturday that it is ready to join other major credit card companies to tag firearms-related purchases, a move that Second Amendment advocates argue would only put lawful gun owners under surveillance. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a Switzerland-based group that sets and monitors quality standards for industries of all types, on Friday