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Lord, we thank You for putting a pause on this decision. We pray that You would eradicate it entirely, God, and that You would protect our constitutional right to bear arms.
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Praise God! This will keep Americans safe from having the government involved in their private purchases.

From AP News. Visa and Mastercard paused their decision to start categorizing purchases at gun shops, a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who felt that tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases.

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The decision is, at the same time, also a defeat for gun control groups. There had been hope that categorizing credit and debit card purchases would allow authorities to potentially see red flags — like significant ammunition purchases — before a mass shooting could happen.

After Visa and Mastercard announced their plans to implement a separate merchant category code for gun shop purchases, the payment networks got significant pushback from the gun lobby as well as conservative politicians. A group of 24 GOP state attorneys general wrote a letter to the payment networks threatening legal action against Visa and Mastercard if they moved forward with their plan. …

Visa and Mastercard have said that the reason for the gun shop category was a decision outside of their control. The International Organization for Standardization, better known as ISO, is the group that categorizes merchant codes and Visa and Mastercard were just following their decision. Gun control advocates lobbied for the change to ISO, not to Visa and Mastercard. …

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(Excerpt from AP News. Photo Credit: Canva)

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Joanne DeBord
March 12, 2023

Amen! I am encouraged by this news and agree with this prayer that God would continue to protect our gun rights.

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andrew
March 12, 2023

The Unted States needs to uphold its position as a country with the most mass shootings and gun deaths. Do we want some other trivial country with no great history of gun violence overtaking us. Surely God intends us to continue the slaughter!

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    Joanne DeBord
    March 12, 2023

    I accidentally said amen to this thinking it was something different. I wish I knew how to “undo” my “amen”.

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    Carol
    March 12, 2023

    Yes the legislators need to find all of the ILLEGAL guns and confiscate them! Find the true criminals that are let out of jail by democrat D.A.s, and then they go and kill someone! Praise GOD for the 2nd Amendment that allows Americans to protect ourselves and defend ourselves against foreign or DOMESTIC threats! Hallelujah! Thank YOU FATHER GOD for the 2nd Amendment in JESUS NAME!

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Hj
March 12, 2023

Well.. hi praise God for this.. even if it is temporary.. it is a step on the right direction. And I will continue to pray that our Second Amendment is protected and preserved forever. By the way you guys if you want all the latest Second Amendment news there’s a YouTube channel by the name of Guns and Gadgets.. the moderator or facilitator the guy that owns the channel is very well informed and I believe he is recently retired law enforcement.

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C
March 11, 2023

I still don’t trust Visa or Mastercard! Buy your legal weapons in cash if possible in JESUS NAME!

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Charles
March 11, 2023

WE ALL NEED PRAYERS FOR SUPPORT !

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