Gun industry urges Congress to step in after Intuit debacle

By Christen Smith

The gun industry’s largest trade association hopes Congress will intervene after an Intuit payment policy left an Arizona dealer unpaid for sales made at his store.
Larry Keane, vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, told Guns.com Thursday the credit processing company went too far when it reversed charges for items sold at gun-related stores — including t-shirts, coffee mugs and, in one case, a gun safety class.
Ken Campbell, chief operating officer of Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Arizona, said Intuit also took issue with one of the store’s gun sales, despite his assurance the firearm would be transferred via a federally licensed firearm dealer near the customer’s home.
“Gunsite spent untold man hours contacting clients, explaining the situation with Intuit, and asking for repayment since their payments were refunded to them,” the company said in a statement Thursday. “There were also untold staff hours, including consultants, to locate a new processing company that is pro-gun.”
Heather Mclellan, an Intuit spokeswoman, told Guns.com Tuesday a long-standing financial safety policy with the company’s banking partner requires certain transactions occur face-to-face. “When transactions are ‘keyed in’ by the vendor – including online and over the phone – Intuit cannot verify that the customer was present,” she

Source: Guns.com