By Larry Keane Bank of America, it turns out, is selling out their customers who bought guns or ammunition to federal authorities as people who should be investigated for ties to the criminal acts witnessed on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. Tucker Carlson, of Fox News, uncovered evidence that Bank of America is turning over the private … Read more
By Larry Keane U.S. Senators are warning big banks not to use the recent pandemic recovery funds as a bludgeon against industries they find out of fashion. In other words, don’t use taxpayer funds as a weapon to score political points at the next corporate cocktail party. U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), along with 18 … Read more
As we noted back in April, John Schroder, Treasurer of Louisiana objected to two big money center banks’ newly announced anti-gun policies. He let it be known that because of their policies refusing to do business with companies that make “assault rifles” or “high-capacity” magazines. It was all part of the post-Parkland conspicuous moral preening … Read more
BofA says 151 employees were affected by mass shootings in U.S. They’re responding to all the flack they’re getting for dropping gun companies with a BS PR barrage . . . Bank of America’s new policy denying loans and other services to certain gun makers came after dozens of employees lost family members or suffered … Read more
“We want to contribute in any way we can to reduce these mass shootings. It is not our intent to underwrite or finance military-style firearms on a go-forward basis.” – Bank of America vice chairman Anne Finucane in In a rare move, corporate America presses for gun-control restrictions ‘to take a stand’ [via latimes.com]
“Bank of America Corp. will no longer lend money to companies that manufacture military-style assault weapons for civilian use, in the hopes the move will contribute to a reduction in the number of mass shootings nationwide.” Just a guess, but the move by one of America’s largest banks 1) will have zero effect on the … Read more
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