So, guns bought through credit cards will now be trackable and ‘suspicious purchases’ be brought to the notice of law authorities. Many favouring ‘gun control’ (sic) in the US, a country along with others like Afghanistan, where many states allow over-the-counter purchases of guns without much hassle, have welcomed this ‘check and balance’. Our reaction: people can buy guns using their credit cards there?! Cultural relativism, it seems, flows from the barrel of a gun.
The big shift that has occurred is, don’t hold your aim, IOS moving shops selling guns from the category of ‘miscellaneous retail stores’ or ‘sporting goods stores’ to a separate ‘gun sellers’ category. Most Americans, apparently, use cash to buy guns. Some fintech companies that provide easy EMI options pooh-pooh this ‘radical change’.
They reason that debit cards can be (and is) used as a gun payment option – and debit cards don’t fall under the purview of the new IOS measure – making this smart move hardly ‘bulletproof’. For us, America remains a strange realm. They buy guns more easily than drugs.