{"id":216675,"date":"2025-06-04T12:56:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=216675"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:16:03","slug":"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chalk one up for the firearm industry. Citgroup, one of the largest corporate banking institutions in the nation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/news\/perspective\/2025\/reinforcing-our-commitment-to-fair-access-to-financial-services\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\"><strong>announced<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0it is changing its financial services policies that boxed out members of the firearm and <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/ammo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\"><strong>ammunition<\/strong><\/a> industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s welcome news, and it is a hard-fought win for which NSSF has been battling for years. Citigroup\u2019s Executive Vice President of Enterprise Services and Public Affairs Ed Skyler&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/news\/perspective\/2025\/reinforcing-our-commitment-to-fair-access-to-financial-services\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">wrote in a blog<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that they finally recognize that the firearm industry has been a leader in responsible firearm ownership and safety all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WEF WRECKING BALL: Trump tells Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan that big banks need to stop DEBANKING conservatives <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gp0sRfwXRM\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">pic.twitter.com\/gp0sRfwXRM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1882468381548577100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany retailers have been following these best practices,\u201d Skyler wrote, \u201cand we hope communities and lawmakers will continue to seek out ways to prevent the tragic consequences of gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the same Skyler who&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/news\/perspective\/2018\/announcing-our-us-commercial-firearms-policy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">announced<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Citigroup was cutting off financial services to the firearm industry in 2018, in the wake of the tragedy at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Skyler, formerly a deputy mayor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/news\/perspective\/2018\/announcing-our-us-commercial-firearms-policy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">announced then<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that Citigroup would require firearm industry members who wanted to bank with them to agree to not sell a firearm to anyone who hasn\u2019t passed a background check, enact age-based gun bans that unconstitutionally froze law-abiding adults under 21 from lawful firearm purchases and ban the sale of bump stocks and standard-capacity magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be clear, all firearms sold at retailer require an FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) verification. That point-of-sale background check was the firearm industry\u2019s idea. As well, the <a data-wpil-monitor-id=\"475\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/firearms-industry-hires-dream-team-attorneys-to-fight-new-york-scheme-designed-to-bankrupt-gun-makers-dealers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\"><strong>firearm industry<\/strong><\/a> has not adopted any of these other unconstitutional schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-long-road-and-long-road-ahead\">Long Road, and Long Road Ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just Citigroup. Similar discriminatory policies were adopted by other banking giants, including Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo. NSSF has been a leader in pushing back against these discriminatory policies that originally were rooted in the ill-advised and illegal&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-issues-statement-on-operation-choke-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">Operation Choke Point<\/a><\/strong>, a scheme hatched under President Barack Obama and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. That scheme weaponized the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop financial institutions from offering services to some regulated industries in an attempt to choke off banking services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDIC included federally licensed firearm retailers and other companies in the firearm and ammunition industry \u2013 some of the most heavily regulated businesses in the country \u2013 on this list of risky businesses without any evidence or justification. The operation was shuttered in 2017 and subsequently investigated by Congress. After that, it was&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/fair-access-to-banking-needs-to-be-a-congressional-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">privatized by corporate banks<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;which discriminated based on \u201crisk assessment\u201d that had no criteria involving creditworthiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSSF fought back and the results were evident to banks. NSSF was successful in passing the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/download\/nssf-factsheet-firearm-industry-nondiscrimination-act-find-act\/?wpdmdl=51340\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in 11 states, which prohibits state agencies and local government entities from entering into contracts with corporations that discriminate against the firearm industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-citigroup-ceo-we-re-not-attacking-second-amendment-rights\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/citigroup-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">Citigroup CEO: We\u2019re not attacking Second Amendment rights!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Citigroup was found to be in violation of the Texas FIND Act,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-praises-texas-gov-abbott-for-signing-find-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">enacted in 2021<\/a><\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/citigroup-stopped-from-underwriting-3-4-billion-texas-bond-for-discriminating-against-gun-industry_900521.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">barred from competing to underwrite $3.4 billion<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in state bonds, costing the bank hundreds of millions of dollars in fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar legislation is pending in Congress. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) introduced&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-praises-u-s-sen-steve-daines-find-act-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">S. 137<\/a><\/strong>, and U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) introduced&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-applauds-rep-bergmans-find-act-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">H.R. 45<\/a><\/strong>, both titled the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSSF has also worked closely with Congress to advance the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/download\/nssf-factsheet-financial-discrimination\/?wpdmdl=51343\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">Fair Access to Banking Act<\/a><\/strong>, introduced by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) as&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/401?s=3&amp;r=9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">S. 401<\/a><\/strong>, and Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) introduced H. R. 987 under the same title. The Fair Access to Banking Act would stop corporate banks from picking winners and losers based on executives\u2019 personal politics. The legislation also protects banks from outside pressure by special interest groups seeking to use the banks as a weapon to advance their political agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-voters-voice-counts\">Voters\u2019 Voice Counts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The pressure came from voters, too. Pro-firearm industry voters turned out for President Donald Trump and he made \u201cdebanking\u201d an early priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/president-trump-at-world-economic-forum-stop-debanking-conservative-businesses\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhat%20you' target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\"re%20doing%20is%20wrong.%E2%80%9D%20Dimon%20in,civilian%20use%2C%E2%80%9D%20Dimon%20said%20at%20the%20time.\">excoriated<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan while speaking at the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year. His remarks included J.P. Morgan Chase for their discriminatory policies too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou and Jamie [J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon] and everybody else, I hope you start opening your banks to conservatives,\u201d President Trump&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1882468381548577100\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\">said directly<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan. \u201cWhat you\u2019re doing is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSSF is guardedly optimistic on Citigroup\u2019s announcement. There\u2019s wisdom in President Ronald Reagan\u2019s advice to \u201ctrust, but verify.\u201d That\u2019s why NSSF will be watching and checking with our members to see if this is a substantive change in policy or just a superficial change while Citigroup continues to discriminate in private beyond closed doors where it is harder for the public to detect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"citigroup-drops-discriminatory-firearm-policy\" title=\"Citigroup Drops Discriminatory Firearm Policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pressure came from voters, too. 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