However, the country’s powerful arms lobby is said to protest against the decision.
In the past, gun store purchases were categorized as general merchandise. The new categorization means that, for example, a bank that issues the cards can decide that customers may not shop in gun shops with their cards.
Proponents of the rule hope that it will be easier to follow suspicious gun purchases, for example when someone is planning a mass shooting, and intervene. Opponents claim, for their part, that it makes all other gun buyers suspicious, and that even purchases such as gun safes will fall into the category.