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Corporate banks and retailers curb gun sales amid gun control push
In the wake of mass shootings, banks stop financing gun makers and retailers restrict sales. Bank of America and Citigroup curb firearm loans while Walmart Dick’s Sporting Goods limit sales to buyers 21 and up. Delta United Hertz REI and others weigh or take actions against gun industry links. Lawmakers critique banks, while industry leaders push for protections in Congress to resist financial retaliation.
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America
Bank of America
Walmart
Dick's Sporting Goods
Congress
Michael Hammond
Gun Owners of America
Senate Banking Committee
Mike Crapo
Idaho
Citigroup
Florida
Crapo
Honor Defense
Ramey
Georgia
Atlanta
Stripe
Intuit
Attorney General's Office
Smith & Wesson
Ruger
Sig Sauer
Delta
United Airlines
Ing
NRA
Hertz
Alamo
National
First National Bank of Omaha
NBA
Dick’s Sporting Goods
REI
Vista Outdoor
Casey Cagle
Cancellar
Iiss
Timothy D. Lytton
Georgia State University
College of Law
Larry Keane
National Shooting Sports Foundation