Democrats will use banks to take your guns…

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Friday, December 02, 2022

Corporate gun control

Just as Democrats used social media to censor people, Democrats plan to use banks to disarm people.

Priscilla Sims Brown, president and CEO of Amalgamated Financial Corporation, announced her bank will closely track gun purchases that use credit cards.

Bloomberg reported that the bank will screen gun purchases and file a Suspicious Activity Report to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


She said, "We’re at the very early stages of this -- this particular code just got approved in October, so those detection scenarios are still being brought together. But as this is implemented, those scenarios will be used."

We call this merger of government and businesses fascism.

Amalgamated is a small bank with assets of $6.6 billion. My suspicion is it will serve as a prototype for larger banks.

I suppose people could get around this by paying in cash but the government limits how much cash a person may carry.

Bloomberg, owned by Mini Mike who opposes private ownership of guns, said, "The International Organization for Standardization approved a new merchant category code earlier this year that banks will use when processing transactions for gun and ammunition stores after Amalgamated submitted an application on the matter.

Gun-control advocates were quick to celebrate the move, arguing it would help banks flag suspicious activity at these retailers.

"While major payment networks have said they would adopt the new code, some have argued it won’t have its intended effect. Visa Inc., for example, has said it doesn’t have access to data showing the products consumers are actually buying.

That means the network and its banking partners would have no idea if a gun-store customer is purchasing an automatic rifle or safety equipment."

The media and the banks are using a 2017 shooting in Las Vegas to rationalize this attack on the right to keep and bear arms.

CNBC reported, "The shooter who killed 59 people at a Las Vegas music festival in 2017, for example, charged over $90,000 on credit cards prior to the shooting. The New York Times reported that the shooter had opened six new credit card accounts over the months prior, and twelve days before the shooting, began an over $26,000 firearm and ammunition buying spree. Before that, his average spending was only a mere $1,500 a month."

Let's see, he borrowed $90,000 and spent $26,000 on guns and ammo.

Where did the rest of the money go? That is literally a $64,000 question. And this is not a suspicious activity because people racking up a lot of credit card debt in Las Vegas. That is why banks put ATMs near casinos. The casino's profit, the bank's profit and the state's profits.

Would this change have stopped the man? I seriously doubt it. The FBI receives warnings all the time about potential mass shooters and never seems to stop any.

By the way, five years later, the government has not disclosed any motive for this tragedy.

Trusting the banks is a lot like trusting the government. I don't advise it.

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[JaySmith]

That means the network and its banking partners would have no idea if a gun-store customer is purchasing an automatic rifle or safety equipment."

Automatic rifles huh? Where could I get some of them?

[esh21167]

I would expect nothing less from a socially responsible bank...

[Walleye Hunter]

Automatic rifles huh? Where could I get some of them?

There's usually a selection to choose from at the Oaks Gun Show.

[Cville]

Government uses corporations as a proxy to violate all of our rights.

Ambitious people have to guard their tongue because they can receive a "life sentence" with regards to future employment opportunities if they say things the establishment doesn't want them saying
Regular folks had to obey the Covid "vaccine" or lose their ability to work.
Corporations censor people online.
Corporations refuse to ship firearms/ammo, which is a necessary part of commerce
Corporations will be adopting ESG rules, which will force people to either accept the establishment's narrative or receive consequences with regards to loans and/or other oppurtunities.
Corporations discriminate based on sexual identity, race, and gender--with the "woke" portion of those adjectives receiving preferential treatment and preferential hire.

[TSimonetti]

Government uses corporations as a proxy to violate all of our rights.

Ambitious people have to guard their tongue because they can receive a "life sentence" with regards to future employment opportunities if they say things the establishment doesn't want them saying

Oh it's even worse than that. You can't even be silent or refrain from participating because that also marks you as the enemy. This already happens to some who chose not to wear a rainbow pin or apron at their workplace, or verbally affirm that they think only "Black Lives Matter" when asked

[father-of-five]

Automatic rifles huh? Where could I get some of them?

Yeah....
Accurate tracking of inaccurate information. But I suspect they don't really care about accuracy and honesty.

[Sparks]

"I suppose people could get around this by paying in cash but the government limits how much cash a person may carry."

Since when?

[Capt]

And thats why jojo wants to get rid of cash, too hard to keep track of it and avoid the g man

[gamer_jim]

This is why I use cash as much as possible. When they outlaw cash then I'll trade chickens for guns.