{"id":1286448,"date":"2022-02-09T19:23:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T00:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1286448"},"modified":"2022-02-09T19:23:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T00:23:54","slug":"los-angeles-county-da-asks-credit-card-companies-to-halt-gun-kit-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-county-da-asks-credit-card-companies-to-halt-gun-kit-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles County DA Asks Credit Card Companies to Halt Gun Kit Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-county-da-asks-credit-card-companies-to-halt-gun-kit-purchases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1286448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Los Angeles County District Attorney&nbsp;George Gasc\u00f3n is asking three major credit card companies not to approve payments for gun kits purchased online.<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n is tying the purchase of gun parts kits to the construction of \u201cghost guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n released a statement Tuesday, the <em>Pasadena Star News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/2022\/02\/08\/la-county-da-calls-on-credit-card-companies-to-stop-online-payments-for-ghost-gun-kits\/\">reported<\/a>, which said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>American Express, Mastercard and Visa have the ability to go beyond what any law enforcement agency, legislature or city council can accomplish. We are asking these companies to join us in stemming the flow of ghost guns into our communities by preventing a ghost gun kit from being sold with a few mere clicks on a smartphone or computer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_19064986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/George-Gascon-Getty-1-e1639060515288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19064986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/George-Gascon-Getty-1-e1639060515288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon speaks at a press conference, December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore supports&nbsp;Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s push, as does&nbsp;San Gabriel Police Chief Gene Harris, KTLA <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/gascon-law-enforcement-call-on-credit-card-companies-to-reject-payments-for-ghost-guns\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14625017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2020\/10\/wi\/ap\/02\/los-angeles-shootings-aug-26-2020-file-photo-los-angeles-police-chief-michel-moore-speaks-news-conferen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14625017 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/los-angeles-shootings-aug-26-2020-file-photo-los-angeles-police-chief-michel-moore-speaks-news-conferen-1024x751-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore speaks during a news conference outside LAPD headquarters. (AP Photo\/Stefanie Dazio)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n suggested that if American Express, Mastercard, and Visa band together it will result in increased public safety.<\/p>\n<p>California is already the most gun controlled state in the Union. Mike Bloomberg\u2019s Everytown for Gun Safety <a href=\"https:\/\/everytownresearch.org\/rankings\/state\/california\/\">ranks<\/a> California as \u201cNo. 1 in the country for gun law strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California has an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban, universal background checks, a 10-day waiting period on gun purchases, gun registration requirements, a red flag law, a limit on the number of guns law-abiding citizens can buy each month, a ban on campus carry for self-defense, a ban on K-12 teachers being armed for classroom defense, and controls on ammunition and ammunition sales, among other things.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney\u00a0George Gasc\u00f3n is asking three major credit card companies not to approve payments for gun kits purchased online. 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