Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
Do you know the FBI traced her gun purchase via a credit card? I read that agents and other LE visited shops around the area and that's how they found out where she bought the gun. I don't know if that's accurate.

Also, re: tracing credit cards... Couldn't she have done this anonymously with a Visa/MC gift/prepaid card?
That was a bit of an assumption based on some things I had read, didn't know they had blasted a text out to all FFLs asking about it until just now.

But trying not to rush to judgment as this just doesn't seem on the level given timing and other oddities (once again, just based on what I've read so far).

As for cards, that's a good point. While (store-branded) gift cards are fully anonymous, my understanding is that general-use prepaid cards (Visa/MC/Amex/etc.) actually need to be registered prior to activation (related to anti money-laundering controls, though not sure how much actual verification goes into that; something to look into when I have time).