How Louisiana Stood Up To The Anti-Gun Corporate Elite
BY Herschel Smith5 years, 6 months ago
The state of Louisiana recently held some members of the corporate social police accountable for discriminating against law-abiding Americans.
By a vote of 7-6, the State Bond Commission excluded Citigroup and Bank of America from the running for a lucrative state contract. Our reason for doing so: these corporations had introduced bank policies that restrict legal access to firearms and bank misrepresentations on those policies.
While our governor and his allies sided with these anti-gun corporations, conservatives stood together to protect the Second Amendment rights of Louisiana citizens.
Citigroup and Bank of America’s policies were grotesque attempts to capitalize on the tragedy in Parkland, Florida. In the wake of the tragedy, they proudly and publicly announced plans to restrict the distribution, manufacture, and purchase of firearms.
When called to task by our commission this past spring, these “too big to fail” companies asserted that they had no policies restricting the availability of firearms to law-abiding citizens.
When asked to defend these positions a second time, Citigroup and Bank of America then attempted to convince us their policies would have minimal effects on Louisianans, stressing that they were specifically tailored to either a particular age group or class of firearm.
A “particular class of firearm.” Translation: BoA doesn’t think you have the right to own an AR-15, or any semi-automatic firearm, for that matter.
This is more than mere showcasing or theater. This is a big deal, as you know BoA wanted this deal. And the AG stood up not only to the elitist corporations, but to the own governor of his state.
Perhaps there’s a good future for Mr. Jeff Landry in politics. I hope so. We need more like him.
On September 10, 2018 at 1:15 am, BRVTVS said:
GOA is trying to get other states to follow in Louisiana’s footsteps. https://gunowners.org/alert082718.htm