New Merchant Code Approved for Card Purchases of Guns, Ammunition

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Mark Oliva, the managing director for public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a U.S. trade association for the firearms industry, told The Center Square that the code's creation was "flawed on its premise.""Those who believe it will help law enforcement do not provide details on what should be considered suspicious purchases," Oliva told the outlet.
45% : A coalition of national gun violence prevention groups including Guns Down America, Giffords, Brady, and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence issued a joint statement applauding the approval of the new code, saying that the decision "paves the way for credit card companies to help law enforcement preempt mass shootings and firearm trafficking by identifying suspicious patterns of firearms and ammunition purchases" via the code for the 9,000 federally licensed firearms dealers across America.
45% : He separately told Gothamist: "This decision chills the free exercise of constitutionally protected rights and does nothing to assist law enforcement with crime prevention or holding criminals accountable.
40% : Attaching codes specific to firearm and ammunition purchases casts a dark pall by gun control advocates who are only interested in disarming lawful gun owners."

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