Credit Card Companies Working to Implement Gun Sale Code in California

Top payment networks reportedly agreed to implement the code to comply with a California law.
Credit Card Companies Working to Implement Gun Sale Code in California
A customer fills out his federal background check paperwork as he purchases a handgun in Delray Beach, Fla., on Jan. 5, 2016. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Visa, Mastercard, and American Express are preparing to make a new merchant code for firearm stores to comply with a California law that allows banks to track suspicious gun purchases, according to CBS News.

Executives from the three payment networks individually wrote to congressional Democrats in January, stating that the code will be available to retailers in California by 2025, the network reported.