From the NSSF . . . Arizona’s Gov. Katie Hobbs sided with “woke” Wall Street corporations over Grand Canyon State businesses and protecting the free exercise of rights when she vetoed Senate Bill 1096, the bipartisan Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act. The FIND legislation would have ensured firearm-related businesses have fair access to financial services and … Read more
Never underestimate the ability of California lawmakers to embrace the wildest ideas when it comes to eliminating gun rights. Other states are pushing back on “woke” banking discrimination. Not California. There’s an effort there to require it. State Sen. Dave Min introduced SB 637, which requires that California’s public finances cease business with any banks or … Read more
Mayor Adams demands credit card giants start tracing gun purchases. “Why would you not want to do this?”https://t.co/VuL0UtLv4Q — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 30, 2022 Gun control groups are reviving their effort to not just get inside America’s gun safes but meddle in credit card purchases. Giffords, the gun control group founded by … Read more
From the AP . . . The Arizona House voted Wednesday to penalize businesses that refuse to do business with firearms companies by barring them from state contracts. The proposal that passed with only support from majority Republicans drew strong opposition from the banking industry but backing from gun groups and the firearms industry. The … Read more
The lucrative Texas municipal-bond market, second only to California in terms of issuance, has been turned on its head since a law took effect Sept. 1 that bars state entities and local governments from working with firms if they “discriminate” against firearms companies. With some of Wall Street’s largest banks having halted public-finance transactions … Read more
The state’s law targeted Wall Street banks for wading into the debate over guns in the U.S. Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. also haven’t underwritten munis sold by the state and its cities, schools, and transit agencies since the legislation took effect. Bank of America and Citigroup … Read more
One of the first things the BidenHarris administration did after taking power in January was to kill the previous administration’s effort to prevent financial institutions from discriminating against certain lawful business segments…namely firearms manufacturers, retailers and others in the business. Back when old Joe was just a young Veep, the Obama administration had instituted Operation … Read more
What [the Fair Access to Banking Act] would do is it would prohibit banks from creating categorical exclusions, industries, entire industries; the firearms industry, fossil fuel, carbon industries, private prisons. Industries that the banks — many banks, large banks — have categorically stated they’re not going to support in the future. And these are legal … Read more
This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. Big banks push back against fair access to financial services There was a rule proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency recently that would prevent big banks from … Read more
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