Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales
Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates.
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Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates.
The move will likely provoke the ire of gun rights advocates and lobbyists, who have argued that categorizing gun sales would unfairly flag an industry when most sales do not lead to mass shootings.
NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say
Visa said it would adopt the International Organization for Standardization’s new merchant code for gun sales, just announced Friday.
Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales that could prelude a mass shooting.