QUORUMCALL//GPT:
POLICY PUSH
– U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean, alongside several colleagues, are urging Treasury financial regulators to help curb gun violence.
– They suggest this can be accomplished by directing financial institutions to implement a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for gun stores, which could then be used to monitor and potentially limit the sale of firearms.
THE STRATEGY
– The lawmakers believe that by tracking transactions at gun stores, financial institutions will be able to identify and possibly prevent illicit gun sales.
– This comes in the wake of recent mass shootings and a broader push for gun control legislation.
TOPICS COVERED
#GunControl #Finance
SOURCE NOTE
– This report comes from Sierra Sun Times, a local news outlet covering news in the Sierra Nevada region. The publication generally maintains a neutral perspective on political issues.
