Obama and the DOJ are circumventing the 2nd amendment with a 2-prong approach:
– The FDIC has labeled gun retailers as ‘high risk’, which is prompting payment processors to not provide them services
– “Operation Choke Point“, which is an under-the-radar scheme where retailers the Obama admin doesn’t like gets its financing cut off.
“This administration has very clearly told the banking industry which customers they feel represent ‘reputational risk’ to do business with,” said Peter Weinstock, lawyer at Hunton & Williams LLP. “So financial institutions are reacting to this extraordinary enforcement arsenal by being ultra-conservative in who they do business with: Any companies that engage in any margin of risk as defined by this administration are being dropped.”
Rest assured, this administration will not stop until it has completely killed the Constitution, started a civil war, instituted martial law, or some combination of the above.
A Justice Department representative said the agency is conducting several investigations that aim to hold accountable banks “who are knowingly assisting fraudulent merchants who harm consumers.”
“We’re committed to ensuring that our efforts to combat fraud do not discourage or inhibit the lawful conduct of these honest merchants,” the Justice Department said in a May 7 blog post.
But gun retailers say their businesses are being targeted in the executive branch’s efforts:
• T.R. Liberti, owner and operator of Top Gun Firearms Training & Supply in Miami, has felt the sting firsthand. Last month, his local bank, BankUnited N.A., dumped his online business from its service.
An explanatory email from the bank said: “This letter in no way reflects any derogatory reasons for such action on your behalf. But rather one of industry. Unfortunately your company’s line of business is not commensurate with the industries we work with.”
• Black Rifle Armory in Henderson, Nevada, had its bank accounts frozen this month as the bank tried to determine whether any of Black Rifle’s online transactions were suspicious.
• In 2012, Bank of America suddenly dropped the 12-year account of McMillan Group International, a gun manufacturer in Phoenix, even though the company had a good credit history, the owner said. Gun parts maker American Spirit Arms in Scottsdale, Arizona, received similar treatment by Bank of America, the country’s largest banking institution.
“This seems to be happening with greater frequency and to many more dealers,” said Joe Sirochman, owner of American Spirit Arms. “At first, it was the bigger guys — gun parts manufacturers or high-profile retailers. Now the smaller mom-and-pop shops are being choked out, and they need their cash to buy inventory. Freezing their assets will put them out of business.”
Choking off access to banks
After McMillan Group owner Kelly McMillan publicized Bank of America’s action on his Facebook account, he found that thousands of small gun-shop owners across the country were in the same situation. Banks were either dropping them, freezing their accounts or refusing to process their online sales, so he opened a credit card processing company for the gun industry called McMillan Merchant Solutions.
“Four generations of my family have been in this industry. This is my way to give back,” said Mr. McMillan, adding that many of his customers were denied banking access because of the nature of their business. “This is an attempt by the federal government to keep people from buying guns and a way for them to combat the Second Amendment rights we have. It’s a covert way for them to control our right to manufacture guns and individuals to buy guns.”
For those that believe in the 2nd Amendment this is a must read so you know what the obama administration is doing.
Obama is biting off more than he can possibly chew!!
In other words they’ve declared war on us.
TREASON
Yes cold hard cash!!
They did that a VERY LONG TIME AGO, Keith
why is the democrets so against people having guns.do they think we will allow them to disarm us. that would be insane on our part.
No sir we sure aren’t we are working right now to get him our of office. Please I ask you look up Operation American Spring going on in Washington, D.C. this very minute. Please spread news of this you can find info on facebook on OAS Live Broadcast and news. We also have live streams going on. We are having a peaceful stand off with our government to return to our constitution. please read up on OAS. This is not a failed attempt and is still being held in D.C. and Mainstream Meadia has failed to have anything on it and we stated on the 16th of May. I urge you to find info on this and spread the news. WE THE PEOPLE are taking our country back and WE WILL NOT FAIL!!!!
so the banking industry is in cahoots with the government,sounds like conspiricy to me.dig up the dirt and we the people will bury them with it!
If the RINOS lips weren’t brown that wouldn’t happen. They fear us. Semper Fi