Reclaim The Net By Ken Macon
Elected officials in New York City and three of the city’s pension funds are pushing credit card providers American Express and Mastercard to start tracking spending on firearms, in an effort to catch suspicious sales.
Earlier this week, the Gothamist reported that about 50 state lawmakers in New York had written a letter to Mastercard and American Express asking them to start coding sales of firearms and ammunition under a special category so that law enforcement can easily track these sales…
