24 Attorneys General Demand Credit Card Companies Drop Plans to Track Gun Sales

24 Attorneys General Demand Credit Card Companies Drop Plans to Track Gun Sales
A handgun in a holster in a file photo. David Ryder/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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Two dozen Republican attorneys general have sent a letter to Visa, Mastercard, and American Express demanding the credit card companies abandon plans to track gun sales in the United States through firearm-specific transaction codes.

Credit card companies face pressure from gun control groups and lawmakers sympathetic to their cause to adopt new merchant category codes (MCC) for firearms, which now fall into the “general merchandise” category.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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