Banks, credit cards and buying a gun

[Jmac00]

How Banks Could Control Gun Sales if Washington Won’t

it seems the financial institutions are taking a hard stand against firearm ownership.

It's easier for the banks and CC companies to regulate guns than Congress.

This is a serious threat to the American way of life. We better let these places know we (gun owners) are not going to take this laying down

 

[Criticalt]

If my bank/credit card tries this, I vow to buy more guns than I normally would have.
I will take a picture of every one and send it to them.
Cash is always king.

 

[dsdmmat]

One would think the govt would be against such actions. It is easy to trace purchases with electronic payments, cash not so much.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Only a problem if your wife works for the bank.

 

[Grimscale]

I don't use Credit Cards.
If my bank EVER decides to try to block my use of MY money, they'll be financing my retirement, and the retirement of any heirs I have.
on top of that, I will file a criminal complaint of Grand Theft against the CEO and any and all Board members and will suggest that any permits to function be immediately revoked by whatever City/State/County they operate in.

 

[Steal2B]

Sorkin has been preaching this dribble for several years (cutting and pasting the same writings since Sandy Hook) suggesting financial institutions by pass laws to kill our 2A. It looks like the financial industry is on to him.

From the American Banker
"Even in today’s world replete with plutocrat public relations masquerading as journalism, it’s rare to encounter an article simultaneously pandering, authoritarian, childish and dumb. "

Call for bank crackdown on gun sales is deeply misguided


As well stated in the attached counter article from Michael Kreiger "
"That last line is a good example of why Andrew Ross Sorkin writes nonsense for The New York Times as opposed to say running a financial services company. If he thinks this would be a smart commercial decision, versus a potentially catastrophic one, he might want to get out of his bubble world for a couple of moments."

"If we’re looking for some kind of national consensus, it appears to be centered around the view that mental health issues lie at the core of mass shooting events. Any bank CEO foolish enough to start a fight and ban customers from buying what they want to legally purchase could very quickly regret it. Moreover, irrespective of your stance on the issue, it’s dangerous and irresponsible to call for shadow public policy by crooked mega banks."

https://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2018/02/22/new-york-times-writer-calls-for-financial-firm

 

[Mr. terzmo]

What if Gun owners took a huge amount of money out of the banks ?

 

[Steal2B]

I am more enraged by the illegal overreaching from self-serving progressive elected A$$holes leveraging our money to illegally destroy our Second Amendment Rights by using OUR pension funds and OUR taxpayer funded treasuries to ruin conpanies that support our rights. FUAC, FUES, FUTD and your left coast California equivilants too.

 

[Toecutter]

All it takes is one bank to open its doors and welcome the gun industries business (I think wells Fargo already did)and they will thrive. There is always someone out there who will see opportunity to make money. This is the beauty of capitalism.

 

[Jmac00]

and yet, we have a corrupt NYS government encouraging Banks to stop doing business with the Gun industry

 

[MadScientist]

Is there any particular reason to use big banks over, say, a credit union? I ask because I just went though this decision and opted for a credit union since a lot of big banks were announcing some sort of boycott of the NRA. Fuck that shit.

 

[Airborneguy]

I don't use Credit Cards.
If my bank EVER decides to try to block my use of MY money, they'll be financing my retirement, and the retirement of any heirs I have.
on top of that, I will file a criminal complaint of Grand Theft against the CEO and any and all Board members and will suggest that any permits to function be immediately revoked by whatever City/State/County they operate in.

Just to save you time, I want to warn you that none of what you say here would happen.

 

[Vapor]

Well I have a Cabelas card so...

 

[Acer-m14]

just hit the ATM and take the fee and take CASH to buy ..

 

[Cooolone]

Again... Can't see how they would stand court scrutiny for any legal transaction with a vendor that uses their services. To deny service outright would amount to a 3rd party boycotting and is a violation of Federal Law. Not entirely sure banking laws allow this type of restrictive behavior either. But yes... Let them, it will only create an opening for another bank or credit vendor to make money in the vacuum created. Fuck the big banks that want to suck up to the agenda! I don't see the fuckers denying cigarette purchases, or alcohol... How about alcohol after 1am? Or deny any more than 1 McDonalds purchase per month... Etc., etc., etc.

 

[Saltwater60]

Well I have a Cabelas card so...

That cabelas card is likely a Visa card so no good there.

Also this won’t happen. They make too much money off of us. Even if it does get rid of the card or charge something else and buy the gun with a money order. This will likely not effect anything.

I feel retailers are smart and will just rename things as a work around too. Instead of an gun they will call it a pew pewer or something. Cc will not be able to ban everything if the names keep changing.

 

[libertysnake]

Worst case just don't tell them what you're taking the cash out of the bank for. It's not their business. The only person that needs to know what you're buying, is the FFL for the 4473, and the PPO for the license amendment. That's it.

 

[Jmac00]

munition manufactures could simply change the name of their product. Instead of buying a Glock firearm, I would be buying a Black nail gun. or simply call it 'machinery'

 

[Steal2B]

From the American Banker link. Just imagine what the progressive left would do if banks shot at a different target set?

"Or what if banks decided to stop processing payments for abortion clinics because they believed the practice was immoral? Is it fair for financial institutions to make abortion effectively illegal? What if President Trump called on financial firms to cut off access to environmental groups he believed were delaying projects that could bring jobs to local economies? Maybe banks should freeze Colin Kaepernick’s checking account until he stops kneeling during the national anthem?"

 

[libertysnake]

From the American Banker link. Just imagine what the progressive left would do if banks shot at a different target set?

"Or what if banks decided to stop processing payments for abortion clinics because they believed the practice was immoral? Is it fair for financial institutions to make abortion effectively illegal? What if President Trump called on financial firms to cut off access to environmental groups he believed were delaying projects that could bring jobs to local economies? Maybe banks should freeze Colin Kaepernick’s checking account until he stops kneeling during the national anthem?"

The reason they can’t do that shit is because it’s not their money to freeze.

 

[Robin]

When one market disappears and there is demand, another will arise. You can bank on it.
Robin

 

[dwa12479]

Never paid anything other than CASH for any firearm.