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[quesyrah]

. Can’t figure out how to delete. I guess I am over reacting. Thanks for the feedback.

[Susie]

No, there isn't.  I understand feeling icky about what happened, but common sense here:  regardless of views about them, guns are categorically a legal class of good to buy, especially in SC and other red states.  You wouldn't ask if there's a way to specifically prevent someone from using your stolen credit card to buy any other class of goods, like gaming equipment or a down payment on a car or whatever, right?  There's no magic registry to sign up for, to insulate your payment methods from being used for this class of goods.  You hang onto your card and your data as best you can, and when you spot fraud of any kind, you report it, just like you did.  That's all you can do.  

As far as worrying about something being bought "in your name," that's also not likely to be a serious concern.  If you bought a car, the name on the form of payment isn't "in whose name" the car is registered, right?  Same for handguns.  For a long arm, state by state, maybe there is no registry or permit process (maybe there isn't for handguns either -- I am in NY where there is), but it certainly wouldn't be registered to you.  If they bought anything online, it presumably wouldn't be shipped to you either, unless it was something that was intended to be intercepted before you got to the door step/mailbox.  I can't get there on liability for you, where the purchase was unknown to you, not made by you, not delivered to you, and was promptly reported as fraud by you.  

[quesyrah]

Sept 20, 2022 13:14:31 GMT -5 Susie said:

No, there isn't.  I understand feeling icky about what happened, but common sense here:  regardless of views about them, guns are categorically a legal class of good to buy, especially in SC and other red states.  You wouldn't ask if there's a way to specifically prevent someone from using your stolen credit card to buy any other class of goods, like gaming equipment or a down payment on a car or whatever, right?  There's no magic registry to sign up for, to insulate your payment methods from being used for this class of goods.  You hang onto your card and your data as best you can, and when you spot fraud of any kind, you report it, just like you did.  That's all you can do.  

As far as worrying about something being bought "in your name," that's also not likely to be a serious concern.  If you bought a car, the name on the form of payment isn't "in whose name" the car is registered, right?  Same for handguns.  For a long arm, state by state, maybe there is no registry or permit process (maybe there isn't for handguns either -- I am in NY where there is), but it certainly wouldn't be registered to you.  If they bought anything online, it presumably wouldn't be shipped to you either, unless it was something that was intended to be intercepted before you got to the door step/mailbox.  I can't get there on liability for you, where the purchase was unknown to you, not made by you, not delivered to you, and was promptly reported as fraud by you.  

Well, you can’t kill someone with gaming equipment so I wouldn’t be as concerned.

Theoretically a gun bought using my credit card is used in a mass shooting. The police aren’t going to call me? I don’t ever need to be worried about it?

[noodleoo]

quesyrah , you reported the CC fraud and canceled that particular card (or had them issue you a new one), correct? I'd probably also go to all 3 credit bureaus and put a freeze on your credit. That way no one can open a new CC in your name in case they have your information.

I understand why this particular purchase is emotional for you, but CC fraud happens literally all the time. You are not responsible for the charges or whatever was bought with your CC, the criminal was.  In the super one in a million chance that the police ever contact you about the purchase, you would tell them it was a fraudulent charge and that would be the end of it.

[dr.girlfriend]

I don't think you are overreacting. I would be freaked out. That said, I don't know what more you could do, but I also have no knowledge of firearm sales/registry.