Visa and Mastercard paused their decision to start categorizing purchases at gun shops, a win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates and a defeat for gun control groups.
The decision is, at the same time, also a defeat for gun control groups. There had been hope that categorizing credit and debit card purchases would allow authorities to potentially see red flags — like significant ammunition purchases — before a mass shooting could happen.
After Visa and Mastercard announced their plans to implement a separate merchant category code for gun shop purchases, the payment networks got significant
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