I have been hearing from a number of listeners with concerns about backdoor gun regulation.

The fact of the matter is, gun regulation by Congress is unpopular.

That's why they don't pass laws.

That's why they hide.

That's why they campaign on it.

But when they have control of the House,

the Senate, and the White House, they don't act aggressively like they do with spending bills,

for instance, because the public is against it. I've said this for years, folks.

There are a lot of people out there that will let the government tax them into bankruptcy

without ever raising their voice.

But you dare try to take their gun?

They recognize that that is how they leave you helpless, and they want you helpless for a reason.

People get it.

They understand it.

Well, one of the things I've been hearing from a lot of listeners is concern and not just

gun shops and gun buyers and sellers, but concerns with regard to credit card purchases

and how this is sort of a backdoor way to de facto limit gun sales. And it's very disturbing. So we went out and asked

Sam Paredes, California's executive director of gun owners of America, to join us and explain to us

and you exactly what's happening. Sam, take it away. Well, Michael, you're absolutely correct. We have not only

the specter of the two preeminent law enforcement agencies, FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol,

tobacco, and firearms, and explosives that are ginning up and creating laws that they have no

authority to do. We now have this effort with the support of the anti-gun

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