Posted on 01/07/2013 12:44:50 PM PST by neverdem
Bank of America has reportedly frozen the account of gun manufacturer American Spirit Arms, according to its owner, Joe Sirochman.
In a Facebook post dated December 29, Sirochman wrote the following:
“My name is Joe Sirochman owner of American Spirit Arms. . . our Web site orders have jumped 500 percent causing our Web site e-commerce processing larger deposits to Bank of America. So they decided to hold the deposits for further review.
“After countless hours on the phone with Bank of America, I finally got a manager in the right department that told me the reason that the deposits were on hold for further review -- her exact words were -- ‘We believe you should not be selling guns and parts on the Internet.’”(emphasis added)
Sirochman also wrote that he told the bank manager that “they have no right to make up their own new rules and regs” and that “[American Spirit is a] firearms manufacturer with all the proper licensing.”
He also noted that he has been doing business with Bank of America for over 10 years, but will now be looking for a new bank.
According to Unlawful News, this isn't the first time Bank of America has targeted a customer involved in the firearms industry.
McMillan Group International was reportedly told that its business was no longer welcome after the company started manufacturing firearms – even after 12 years of doing business with the bank.
If this is not proof positive that, should conservatism/Constitutionalism wane and liberalism reign, the US would be under tyrannical despotic rule, then I don’t know what is...
Time to close my BOA account.
If this is true, then of course he should sue them into oblivion. But as I posted last week, I believe the Obama regime is doing everything possible behind the scenes to go after gun manufacturers and those associated with it.
Who runs BofA? Obama loving cronies.
My wife worked for Seafirst bank in Seattle that was bought by BA. She worked there 32 years. She was terminated along with 300 other employees in her department around the USA by a phone conference. She had enough time to retire and did that. Plus she got the buy out package. But, she hated BA. They screwed all the SF employees and changed all the programs they had for pay, retirement, 401k etc to benefit them (BA). She was happy to retire and leave.
n a Facebook post dated December 29, Sirochman wrote the following:
Let’s see - Spirit Arms has orders go up 500% while BofA won’t survive if ever off the gummint nipple. I’ll have to go to Spirit Arms to see if they have anything I need.
If anyone can’t see that we are headed to a barter society, then they have their head buried 10 feet in the sand.
Prosperity Bank or Frost Bank in Texas will be happy to have American Spirit’s account. Bank of America just settled a $10 billion payoff to the government. Who wants to trust that specious outfit with their cash?
I worked for Rainier Bank, then Security Pacific, in Seattle. And in a very high position - just not high enough to get the golden parachute...experiences your wife had are very similar to mine....
I believe BofA should not be using taxpayer money to cover their toxic derivatives.
Closed all my BA accounts (and explained the why to them) the last time they did something like this.
F’m
I wonder when we’ll start seeing the gun-enthusiast-only drinking fountains and waiting rooms.
Will there come a day when conservatives will be indicted and mocked for “passing liberal?”
How did they break the law? (And if they did, was it even a just law in the first place?)
Dear Bank of America, we would like to test your twenty dollar bills for traces of cocaine. - DEA
Would have to say the mocked and mocking part began many years ago. The indicted part cannot be too far down the road, if not already begun. Who would mention it in the media, if has begun?
Check the Telegraph. The Brits will find out about it before we do.
We don’t treat al Queda this way. :(
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