From what I have been able to gather, the change came about when VISA acquired Authorize.net in 2011. The gunshops that were dropped had been going business with Authorize.net long before that. The aggressive enforcement is a recent thing. They apparently kept the new policy hush-hush until an opportune time.
I can do business with whom I chose too. So it's well within my rights to cancel my VISA cards!
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Jim
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"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or laborer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
- George Orwell
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