Software Provider Salesforce Cuts Off Gun Industry To Hide Dirty Laundry

By Tom Knighton

It’s been a while since anyone decided to turn their backs on the firearm industry, long enough that I thought maybe that kind of nonsense was finished. It turns out that it wasn’t. Not even close.

While the company Salesforce isn’t exactly a household name, that’s because the average American household isn’t their target market. Instead, they provide software services to the companies those households buy from.

Now, they’re the latest company to cut off the firearm industry.

Retailers like Amazon, eBay and Dick’s Sporting Goods have already banned or restricted sales of guns. Salesforce is taking that to a new level by banning retailers that sell certain guns and ammunition from using its sales management software.

• The ban covers Salesforce customers that sell automatic and semiautomatic weapons, 3D-printed guns and a number of accessories such as magazines capable of accepting more than ten rounds and flash or sound suppressors.

• A Salesforce spokesperson said the change affects new customers and a small number of existing customers when their current contracts expire.
• Typically, retailers use Salesforce software as a database to keep track of customers and what they purchase.

• The policy was updated in April, but first made public by the Washington …Read the Rest

  Source:: Bearing Arms