# GOP Senator Flip-Flops on Price Controls – What Credit Card Caps Mean for Gun Owners’ Wallets and Rights
In a eyebrow-raising pivot on NewsNation’s The Hill, Kansas Republican Senator Roger Marshall is now championing interest rate caps on credit cards, brushing off critics who call it a sneaky form of price control. Desperate times call for desperate measures, Marshall declared, defending the move despite his past criticisms of similar interventions. This comes amid skyrocketing credit card debt – averaging over $6,000 per household per Federal Reserve data – fueled by inflation that the Biden-Harris economy has supercharged. Marshall frames it as targeted relief for families crushed by 20-30% APRs from banks, not a broad government overreach. But let’s call it what it is: a selective price ceiling on lending rates, straight out of the progressive playbook he once decried.
For the 2A community, this isn’t just fiscal theater – it’s a flashing red warning light. Credit cards are the lifeblood for many gun owners financing big-ticket purchases like AR-15s, optics, or range memberships, especially when FFL transfers or NFA tax stamps hit the wallet hard (hello, $200 suppressor fees). Banks already discriminate against the firearms industry under Operation Chokepoint 2.0, freezing accounts and hiking rates for 2A-friendly businesses and buyers alike. If Marshall’s cap becomes law, expect lenders to retaliate with tighter underwriting, blacklisting high-risk profiles – think hunters, competitive shooters, or anyone with a CCW permit showing up in their credit history via merchant codes. We’ve seen it before: post-2021 assault weapon panic, Visa and Mastercard pressured dealers into special coding that flags gun purchases for scrutiny. A rate cap could accelerate this, pricing responsible owners out of credit while Big Tech and banks collude to surveil transactions. Pro-2A warriors should demand Marshall extend this desperation to repealing the NFA altogether – or risk hypocrisy that erodes GOP credibility on economic freedom.
The implications ripple wider: if Republicans greenlight rate caps now, Democrats will weaponize it tomorrow for ammo price controls or assault weapon surcharges disguised as public safety fees. Marshall’s bill might offer short-term balm for debtors, but it invites long-term chains on the free market that underpins our Second Amendment exercise. 2A supporters, fire up those calls to Capitol Hill – remind Marshall that true desperate measures protect rights, not ration credit. Stay vigilant; our wallets and freedoms are on the line.
*Source: NewsNation’s “The Hill” broadcast, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS).*
