Georgia AG declines prosecuting Intuit, Stripe over gun policies, for now

By Christen Smith

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr told Honor Defense the state’s nondiscrimination act doesn’t apply to Intuit or Stripe. (Photo: Chris Carr/Facebook)
Georgia’s top law enforcement officials said they won’t prosecute credit card payment processors over policies restricting certain gun sales.
In a letter shared with Guns.com Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General David V. Carson said the state’s Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act applies only to state or federally chartered banks — not “check sellers or money transmitters,” which adhere “to an entirely different regulatory scheme.”
“Therefore, the services Intuit and Stripe have refused to provide or continue to provide are not considered ‘financial services’ which would come under the purview of the Act,” he said.
Katie Byrd, spokeswoman for Attorney General Chris Carr, said the state’s hands are tied by the law, for now. “While the Attorney General is tasked with upholding current state law which does not provide authority for legal action as he stated in his letter, he would be supportive of changes should the Georgia General Assembly choose to take up this issue next session,” she said.
Carr’s office researched the issue at the request of Gary Ramey, president of Georgia-based Honor Defense, who’s struggle began last year when Stripe refused to process online

Source: Guns.com