dont use Discover card to buy guns or ammo

[Celt]

Discover Card to Begin Tracking Gun Purchases in April

Beginning in April 2023, Discover will become the first credit card issuer to track gun purchases made by their cardholders.

www.breitbart.com

Im sure all credit card companies will be doing this now, and you know the alphabet agencies will have clear access to these records.

 

[Cavalry]

Real question. Does anyone still use Discover? Was there ever a reason to use it, unless you wanted card that was not taken everywhere?

This whole "gun tracking" is full of problems. My understanding it is a merchant code. When you buy a gun and ammo from Cabellas or Runnings, its it just sporting goods or retail goods, but beef jerky on the counter at Jim's Guns it would be guns.

Real simple solution. Buy what you can afford, and pay cash.

 

[Depick]

I saw this the other day. I will be cancelling my discover card.

 

[S&W Fan]

I cut up and tossed that POS card 20 yrs. Ago.

 

[GTN]

It’s the only card I use. It hasn’t been hacked yet. My visa and Mastercard would get hacked once a year at least causing headaches with my venders

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

I used to work at a place that accepted discover card, but I have never actually seen one.

All my beef Jerry will be purchased at a gun store on a Mastercard.

All of my gun purchases (at least most of them) will be private sales with cash.

 

[Doc8404]

Real question. Does anyone still use Discover? Was there ever a reason to use it, unless you wanted card that was not taken everywhere?

This whole "gun tracking" is full of problems. My understanding it is a merchant code. When you buy a gun and ammo from Cabellas or Runnings, its it just sporting goods or retail goods, but beef jerky on the counter at Jim's Guns it would be guns.

Real simple solution. Buy what you can afford, and pay cash.

yes. My favorite credit card. Cash back. Call centers in the US with people that speak English.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Interesting name given the situation, no?

 

[HIghlander]

I would use a Visa Debit card from Walmart. $4.95 to activate up to card limit.(at least $500 ones). No tracing or tracking.

 

[Tisto]

Real question. Does anyone still use Discover? Was there ever a reason to use it, unless you wanted card that was not taken everywhere?

This whole "gun tracking" is full of problems. My understanding it is a merchant code. When you buy a gun and ammo from Cabellas or Runnings, its it just sporting goods or retail goods, but beef jerky on the counter at Jim's Guns it would be guns.

Real simple solution. Buy what you can afford, and pay cash.

Places like Cabelas will set up special registers that only process gun sales. Those registers will be linked to the merchant code.

 

[Doc8404]

I would use a Visa Debit card from Walmart. $4.95 to activate up to card limit.(at least $500 ones. No tracing or tracking.

As long as you are smart enough to pay cash for it.
And not activate using your own phone.
or your own IP address.

 

[FP1201]

Having had multiple FFL's, Background Checks, easily a hundred NICS Checks, An NYS Handgun Licenses, CCW's from multiple States, my name submitted to the FBI on behalf of several different Government entities, and probably a dozen others that I don't know about...yea, I expect I'm on a List or two.
I have Visa, MC, and Discover: the only one I use is Discover and the "Military Star Card" (for use at the PX and Commissary, and that one is by far the best, especially when buying guns and ammo)

 

[HIghlander]

As long as you are smart enough to pay cash for it.
And not activate using your own phone.
or your own IP address.

Yep- Cash only.

 

[Beerman]

I would use a Visa Debit card from Walmart. $4.95 to activate up to card limit.(at least $500 ones. No tracing or tracking.

Just remember to pay cash for that gift card, cover your face from the facial recognition cameras, and walk to/from the store to avoid plate readers on your vehicle.

 

[pshift]

It’s the only card I use. It hasn’t been hacked yet. My visa and Mastercard would get hacked once a year at least causing headaches with my venders

It hasn't been hacked yet because the US Gov't approves use of this card and gives them EXTRA defenses so they can observe your transactions. Better yet is to only use guft cards with the MC/VI logo like @Beerman stated.

 

[Willyone]

Go to ATM, withdraw cash, proceed with purchase.

 

[Saltwater60]

I buy almost all my guns with cash. I did buy some with a CC recently because I couldn’t find them locally.

 

[meketrefe]

Discover are great at discovery... it seems.

 

[spat]

Unless you're paying cash and buying it out of someone's trunk in a dark parking lot, it's already being tracked.

Discover is just making it easier for non government entities to gather statistics. The state and feds already have all that info.

They can easily accomplish the same thing by taking the purchase data from any credit card company and cross referencing it with the FFL database they already have. It's trivial for them to do this.

 

[Uzi]

Most people don't have it because they live off of credit cards, but there's this crazy thing called "cash" that you can use to buy stuff.

 

[Vinson57]

Previous active shooters, some of those basement dwelling deadbeats, took those credit card offers that roll in and only purchased guns and a whole bunch of ammo for they have planned for their event. They never intended to pay as they know they are going to die. Their account was in arrears. They intend to use the codes to find these people and take their guns away. A simple financial matter of reprocessing just like cars.

 

[Acer-m14]

Discover is only doing this so when you shop at a gun store and buy stuff

a few days later you will get special promo offers from the store you shopped at .,.

 

[masterswimmer]

Not sure what makes this such a BFD? Last time I purchased any firearm I still had to fill out a 4473. What more of a registry or list is using a CC going to get you on?

 

[spat]

Not sure what makes this such a BFD? Last time I purchased any firearm I still had to fill out a 4473. What more of a registry or list is using a CC going to get you on?

The only real difference is who can access it.

The 4473 stuff is government only.

This stuff will be available to everyone who can buy a mailing list.

 

[Grimscale]

Just remember to pay cash for that gift card, cover your face from the facial recognition cameras, and walk to/from the store to avoid plate readers on your vehicle.

And don't forget to space out the cash withdrawals, and travel to a store that is no where near your home.
The .gov could easily look at the purchase price and correlate to cash withdrawals from nearby banks.

Plus there's the whole 4473 thing.

 

[Celt]

Whistleblower Accuses BoA of Giving Private Bank Info to FBI to Target Gun Purchasers

A whistleblower testified to the House Judiciary Committee that a major bank inappropriately data mined its customers' information to aid the FBI.

www.breitbart.com

And look what BOA did.. freaking commies!

 

[togmaster]

The only real difference is who can access it.

The 4473 stuff is government only.

This stuff will be available to everyone who can buy a mailing list.

This is the problem. I can deal with everyone else.

 

[GTN]

Bought a rifle on Gunbroker so I had no choice but to use a charge card Capital One Visa
Oh well

 

[jimc]

Here's some good news:

MSN

I'd like the know how often the word 'pause' had been used in the news before all the covid 'pauses'...

 

[Willyone]

Here's some good news:

MSN

I'd like the know how often the word 'pause' had been used in the news before all the covid 'pauses'...

I don't believe the credit card companies that say they'll pause tracking gun/ammo sales. Government squeeze prevails.