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Card at all sorts of stores, whether it's a hair salon or movie theater, something called a merchant category code tracks that purchase. well, now the international group that manages these codes and sets these codes and determines what they are, it's called the international standard organization. and they have approved a code for sales at gun stores. stores like walmart that sell more than just guns, they have different codes. here to talk about the implications is my panel. gentlemen, i mean, first of all, let's talk about this. this is not tracking everyone's gun sales to have a database. ...

The new credit card code offers a "significant" new tool for identifying mass shooters, one advocate said.

(NEW YORK) -- A gunman in Aurora, Colorado, who killed 12 people in a mass shooting at a movie theater, in 2012, legally acquired weapons and ammunition using a

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A gunman in Aurora, Colorado, who killed 12 people in a mass shooting at a movie theater, in 2012, legally acquired weapons and ammunition using a credit card. So did a shooter in Orlando, Florida, in 2016, who killed 49 people at a nightclub. After a shooting at a music

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A gunman in Aurora, Colorado, who killed 12 people in a mass shooting at a movie theater, in 2012, legally acquired