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They can't win gun control in court...so they will take away your money and your right to choose...I have rid myself of any business with CITI Bank and their affiliates...including my home mortgage...I will not do business with a company that treats its customers this way. It appears CITI will now decide where, how and who YOU will be allowed to spend your money with.




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CREDIT CARD PROCESSING COMPANY REJECTS FIREARMS INDUSTRY

REFUSES TO PROCESS TRANSACTIONS . . . Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp. are refusing to process any credit card transactions between federally licensed firearms retailers, distributors and manufacturers -- a move which will severely limit available inventory of firearms and ammunition to military, law enforcement and law-abiding Americans.

The first company to be affected by this decision appears to be firearms distributor CDNN Sports Inc.

"We were contacted recently by First Data/Citi Merchant Services by a June Rivera-Mantilla stating that we were terminated and funds were being seized for selling firearms in a non-face-to-face transaction," said Charlie Crawford, president of CDNN Sports Inc. "Although perfectly legal, we were also informed that no transactions would be processed in the future, even for non-firearms. I find this very frightening."

To voice your concern to Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp., please call 303-488-8000 or toll-free 800-735-3362.

To change to an NSSF-affiliated credit card processing program, contact Payment Alliance International at 1-866-371-2273 (ext. 1131).
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Sounds like one of those "there's a lot more to the story" stories. So I read the letter from Citibank and sure enough its not really anything like the story above.
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So it's illegal for a dealer to ship to a FFL across state lines now? That's news to me...
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So it's illegal for a dealer to ship to a FFL across state lines now? That's news to me...
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§ 922. Unlawful acts
(a) It shall be unlawful—
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(2) for any importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector licensed under the provisions of this chapter to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm to any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, except that— ...
There are about half a dozen ways the other assertion might be true but I don't think they worded it very well.
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No, it's illegal to ship to anything BUT an FFL.
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The reason Citi gave in that letter is either bullshit or was concocted by an idiot that doesn't understand how gun sales work. They seemed to imply that CDNN was (illegally) selling guns directly to individuals (non-dealers). CDNN only ships firearms to federally licensed dealers, in accordance with law.
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The remedy is therefore to utilize the services of an FFL, right? Isn't that a business-minded solution?
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