Credit card companies cave to lawmaker demands

New York lawmakers and anti-gun activists wanted credit card companies to start requiring a special code for gun purchases. They said it was so the companies could flag “suspicious” gun purchases.

However, despite the pressure, there didn’t seem to be a law in the works to force the issue. Yet, anyway. Yet with the pressure coming from the governor of New York, among others, it seemed there was a certain degree of threat to that pressure. And, unfortunately, they caved.

Visa, Mastercard, and American Express will separately categorize purchases at gun shops in a win for gun control advocates who say the decision will help alert law enforcement to potentially illegal firearm sales.