The Florida Legislature has started hearings on Senate Bill 214, a measure that would ban flagging unusual gun purchases made with credit cards.
But before I tell you why you should care about that bill, let me tell you about this photograph some friends took of me on vacation. It's become somewhat of a running joke because they say I look like I'm for hire. In the photo, I'm smiling, sweaty and shirtless, next to an ATM in Mexico. The truth is I was there waiting for the bank to reactivate my card. I had forgotten to inform my financial institution of my travel plans, and so my transactions abroad were flagged and my card frozen.
I'm sure some of you must have experienced something similar — you go out with friends to a new bar or you make a string of unusual purchases, and the next thing you know you're chatting with your bank's fraud department.
