On Tuesday, the Indiana House of Representatives to pass a GOP-authored bill aimed at keeping records of gun sales and ownership private. House Bill 1084, authored by Rep. Jake Teshka, R-North Liberty, was prompted by a December 2022 announcement by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) of the creation a new merchant category code (MCC) for sellers of guns and ammunition. MCCs four-digit codes used to sort merchants into categories, and are used for a variety of purposes, including tax reporting and calculating consumers’ cash back rewards. The decision to create a specific …