Gun Control Group Can Help You Find Pro-Gun Bank

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File

Right now, one of the biggest threats to our Second Amendment rights doesn’t come from Congress, but from the financial industry. Banks are cutting ties with gun stores and manufacturers unless they comply with certain insane rules that have no basis in reality but lets the CEO of the bank get invited to certain parties.

To make matters worse, pretty much everyone needs banking of some type. It’s how the world operates these days.

So how, as gun rights supporters, can we navigate the waters of the activist financial industry?

Luckily one group is helping with that, though I don’t it meant to help us.

The group Guns Down America, which advocates for fewer guns,has released a consumer scorecard ranking the nation’s 15 largest banks by how much money they lend to the gun industry and how much money they donate to pro-NRA politicians.

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Six banks in the Guns Down America survey got an F grade — which could mean they are really bad or really good depending on which side of the gun-control issue you are on.

The lowest rated bank was North Carolina-based BB&T, which the organization said helped arrange nearly $150 million in loans …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms