For anyone asking what’s the big deal, the article told you:
“Detection scenarios’ are in the works that, if triggered, would prompt banks to file a Suspicious Activity Report to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.”
Its a good way to get a trigger happy meathead SWAT team at your front, and back, doors all amped up and jonesing to put their skills and equipment to use because someone is stocking up on reloading components or ammo because prices dropped or they found a good deal. If you think that’s a conspiracy fairy tale it’s because you read only what the media chooses for you to read.
You have to ask this, what mass shooting or gun related crime that has occurred in the past would this purchase reporting have prevented? The answer is likely zero. So then why track and report the purchase? Because it it’s one more subtle step towards getting rid of guns in this country. Death by a thousand paper cuts. You only need to look at recent events in Canada to see how this plays out. They drafted legislation severely restricting what can be owned there and then snuck in at the last minute, before it could be scrutinized and brought to any opponents attention with time to react to it, even more ridiculously absurd restrictions. They already banned the purchase, sale, transfer of handguns. There are countless measures here already in place restricting your rights. Look at what you need to do to get a suppressor. Legal, paper, and financial hurdles you have to get past. Death by a thousand cuts. The goal has never been to stop at some point. The end goal is 100% absence of guns. The 2A only slows them down here. If you keep your head in the sand, one day they will come for your grandpa‘s 50 year old bolt action 30-06 and much more.