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In today newspaper: "Gun store tracking put on hold" Visa and Mastercard have paused their decision to start categorizing purchases at gunshops; a significant win for conservative groups Second Amendment advocates who felt tracking gunship purchases would inadertantly discriminate against legal firearms purchases. The decision is a defeat for gun control groups that hoped categorization of credit/debit card purchases would allow authorities to see 'red flags' incl. mass ammo purchases before a mass shooting etc. Several gun lobby pushback and conservative politicians, incl. GOP state attorneys threatening legal action caused the pause. Visa indicated legal pushback was partially the reason for the pause. The issue is 'up in the air' at the moment inho; gun control fanatics will undoubtedly try again...