First National Bank of Omaha announced that it is not renewing a contract with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to offer customers an NRA-branded Visa card. The move comes after the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead. The...
Call it “Craigslist for guns;” call it “eBay for guns” … President Obama didn’t mention the website by name in his speech on Tuesday (Jan. 5) outlining stronger gun control legislation, but a reference was made to Armslist.com. It’s the largest peer-to-peer firearms sales website...
Firearms are far from an afterthought this holiday season. While issues of gun control continue to circulate within the White House, on The New York Times’ front page and beyond, and opinions are plentiful, a strong undertone in the much larger conversation remains focused on the retail...
March 10, 2023
Payment networks have paused their implementation of a new merchant category code for gun shops. American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have done so but have not said that they would end it completely, Reuters reported Thursday (March 9). The move by the companies comes after several states raised concerns about improper tracking of consumer purchases, according to the report. At the […]
February 23, 2018
First National Bank of Omaha announced that it is not renewing a contract with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to offer customers an NRA-branded Visa card. The move comes after...
January 07, 2016
Call it “Craigslist for guns;” call it “eBay for guns” … President Obama didn’t mention the website by name in his speech on Tuesday (Jan. 5) outlining stronger gun control...
