That pesky Second Amendment...

Posted by $ Your_Name_Goes_Here 10 years, 6 months ago to Government
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Our Dear Leader, The One, Barack Hussein Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm) won't let our Bill of Rights get in the way of his desires. I mean after all, it was written by a bunch of old guys. And our society has "evolved" since that time, right?
SOURCE URL: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/18/targeted-gun-sellers-say-high-risk-label-from-feds/


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  • Posted by Wanderer 10 years, 6 months ago
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    Thanks for posting this, but "...bunch of old white guys" you left out the white.

    The administration's not just antigun, although I can't say it's entirely antidrug. In fact, sometimes it's pretty ambivalent, still, if Colorado's pot merchants can find a way, then so can gun retailers. The pro-gun banker who takes their business will accept the risks and the profits will be his, and I hope he does well. If he can find a way around being part of the Federal Reserve system, so much the better.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago
      Not necessarily true. Many banks require state/federal approval, so if they don't approve (or FDIC doesn't approve), they won't get what they need to operate and will then close down for all.
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    • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 6 months ago
      "...if Colorado's pot merchants can find a way, then so can gun retailers."

      But moderns don't like defending themselves nearly as much as they like escaping reality.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 6 months ago
    Here is a hero worthy of Atlas Shrugged:
    "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."


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    • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago
      Notice that's only a credit card processing company, not a bank. At some point, they are going to need an actual bank, and then they will be out of luck. I applaud this short-term action, but the fundamental issue of the federal gov't picking and choosing which legal businesses that it will "allow" by virtue of approval, needs to be stopped.
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