Posted on 04/30/2018 2:17:51 PM PDT by PROCON
Founded in 1949, Hornady Manufacturing Company is a family owned business headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska. (Photo: Hornady)
Ammunition giant Hornady is cutting off government buyers in New York over an order by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to financial services companies regarding gun politics.
Steve Hornady, the company’s president of manufacturing, announced on social media on Friday that the ammo maker will halt sales of their products to Cuomo’s state government or agencies in the Empire State. The move comes after an order directed by Cuomo earlier last month that cautioned banks, insurance companies and lenders against involvement with the National Rifle Association and similar organizations. Slamming the Governor’s move as one of the most “despicable acts ever perpetrated by any state,” Hornady closed the doors to the state.
“While it may not make a difference to New York, Hornady will not knowingly allow our ammunition to be sold to the Government of the State of NY or any NY agencies,” Hornady said. “Their actions are a blatant and disgusting abuse of office and we won’t be associated with a government that acts like that.”
The guidance issued by Cuomo came from the state’s Department of Financial Services on April 19 in the form of official letters to all DFS-regulated insurers and banks in the state. In the missives, Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo urged financial institutions to examine their relationships with the NRA and organizations that promote guns to take “prompt actions to manage these risks” when it came to protecting their corporate reputations. Pointing to the public backlash on gun rights groups and firearm companies in the wake of a high-profile mass shootings that have dominated the news cycle, Vullo encouraged those regulated by her agency that “Corporations are demonstrating that business can lead the way and bring about the kind of positive social change needed to minimize the chance that we will witness more of these senseless tragedies.”
In recent weeks, big-name lenders such as Citi and Bank of America have adopted new policies that could see them cut ties with partnering businesses unwilling to adopt new policies for selling firearms or manufacturing some types of semi-automatic guns — which has in turn brought calls for more regulatory oversight of the institutions with respect to government contracts.
Hornady is one of the premier ammunition suppliers to law enforcement in the country. The company recently was awarded a $19 million contract to provide a new generation of 9mm duty rounds to the FBI.
That’d be sweet. Just leave NY to be able to buy Wolf ammo.
Hand them a banana and tell them it works for England.
Hornady is great ammo.
Now I see it is a great company as well.
I already buy Hornady. Now I plan to buy a lot more. For the same reason I recently joined the NRA. MAGA!
Commie ammo for a bunch of commies?
I loathe my governor, Cuomo. He is lower than $h!t.
Bravo!
5.56mm
If all ammo manufacturers did this where would states get their ammo? It needs to happen. If they are anti-gun,then they won’t be needing any ammo.
Well played, indeed. The bozos who will claim to boycott Hornady probably think it’s a nickname for one of the Kennedy clan anyhow.
Sell them no ammo. Sell them no weapons. Sell them no parts. Do not service the weapons they already have. Offer them no training.
Starve the beast.
Good for Hornady!
Great going Hornaday.Now let’s do the same thing for these other Anti-Gun states.
I was waffling back and forth on whose reloading tips to buy. I just found my answer.
I’ll have to feed some Hornady ammo to my Tennessee Made Baretta.
I have been buying Hornaday bullets for decades. I will double my stock now!
No comment after that, I just wanted to read it again.
I will point out for those who carry, Hornady Critical Defense is very good out of short-barreled semis. I find it more recoil-controllable than its +P cousin Critical Duty, which, I think, is better suited to the 4- and 5-inch barrels of duty guns. YMMV, of course. It's as shootable as range ammo out of my Micro 9.
Good on them! Any remaining firearm/ammunition related companies/businesses should put a road runner cloud between themselves NY on the way out.I wouldn’t sell steam off cow manure to those lousy bastards.
Yep....the NY Cuomo and deBlasio crowd are THAT STUPID.
But it makes a difference to NY citizens.
Good for you!
COMMUNISTS RAUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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