Posted on 08/10/2016 4:12:09 PM PDT by bkopto
A major knives manufacturer from central California says his company was denied access to an internet payment processing service because they sell weapons online, raising questions about whether an anti-fraud program called Operation Choke Point is continuing to block legal businesses in the firearms and weapons industries from accessing basic banking services.
“It was pretty simple and straightforward,” Aaron Hogue, co-owner of Hogue Inc., said of the situation he faced with Wells Fargo bank. “They called my controller, and said, ‘Sorry, but we’re not going to be able to process any credit card transactions for the sale of weapons online.’”
“And they specifically said because you guys sell knives,” he added.
Hogue Inc. is a family-run business that sells knives, tactical gear, and firearms accessories online. The company was founded in 1968 by Hogue’s father, and has since grown to 275 employees.
Wells Fargo, the bank that denied Hogue service, confirmed it doesn’t offer payment services to retailers that sell weapons online.
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Mine was a 2-3/4” single blade, very light weight, locking Buck. Incredibly nice hollow ground steel. Had very tough/light weight plastic frame.
I will miss her. But have a fine Kershaw waiting at home. Will be about a week before I put it in my pocket. In the mean time I feel naked without one. Have carried a pocket knife since I was 9.
I have several claw hammers, eight ounce, twelve ounce, sixteen, twenty, twenty two ounce. I suppose they have to be reclassified as weapons. Oh, I have a carpenter’s hatchet too, that is definitely a weapon.
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