{"id":32377,"date":"2015-01-30T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T16:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=32377"},"modified":"2015-01-30T11:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:47:28","slug":"nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSF: &#8216;FDIC Reverses Course on &#8216;Operation Choke Point&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You guys familiar with <a href=\"\/blog\/operation-choke-point-responsible-square-anti-gun-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point\" title=\"NSSF: 'FDIC Reverses Course on 'Operation Choke Point'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Choke Point?<\/a> Essentially, it&#8217;s the Obama administration targeting banks that deal with gun companies, &#8220;You [financial institutions] do business with them [firearm manufacturers], the government is going to make life difficult for you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, after stonewalling for quite some time, it appears that the FDIC is finally willing to admit that it was indeed discriminating against gun companies, according to a press release published by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt from the\u00a0release:<\/p>\n<p><em>In a major development concerning NSSF&#8217;s leadership to halt discrimination in the provision of financial services and products to firearms related businesses due to &#8220;Operation Choke Point&#8221;, the top officials of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Wednesday admitted wrongdoing and said they would cease practices that had the effect of encouraging such disparate treatment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) released a statement after a meeting with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg and Vice Chairman Tom Hoenig discussing the agency&#8217;s involvement in Operation Choke Point.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32403\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/choke-point-diag.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point\" title=\"NSSF: 'FDIC Reverses Course on 'Operation Choke Point'\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32403\" title=\"NSSF: 'FDIC Reverses Course on 'Operation Choke Point'\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/choke-point-diag-315x300.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Choke Point infographic.  (Photo: of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)\" width=\"315\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/choke-point-diag-315x300.jpg 315w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/choke-point-diag-150x142.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/choke-point-diag.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Operation Choke Point infographic.<em> (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/jpfo.org\/articles-assd04\/wolfe-operation-choke-point.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point\" title=\"NSSF: 'FDIC Reverses Course on 'Operation Choke Point'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Today, the Congressman told NSSF, &#8220;After a year of mounting pressure from Congress and outside organization like the National Shooting Sports Foundation, top officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation finally acknowledged their involvement and wrongdoing in Operation Choke Point. While I am very pleased the FDIC will put in place new polices and change the culture at the agency, there is still work to be done, specifically with the Department of Justice. I am pleased the National Shooting Sports Foundation supports my legislation, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act, and I have no doubt the foundation will remain steadfast in educating its members and continuing the fight in ending Operation Choke Point once and for all.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The FDIC&#8217;s important admission immediately received the attention of the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Daily Signal, which filed this comprehensive story by news producer Kelsey Harkness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Below is a video of Sen. Mike Lee asking U.S. Attorney General nominee\u00a0Loretta Lynch Wednesday on whether she is familiar with the impact Operation Choke Point has had on gun companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In a major development concerning NSSF&#8217;s leadership to halt discrimination in the provision of financial services and products to firearms related businesses due to &#8220;Operation Choke Point&#8221;, the top officials of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Wednesday admitted wrongdoing and said they would cease practices that had the effect of encouraging such disparate treatment,&#8221; via the NSSF. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":32390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,111,216,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-industry-news","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSSF: &#039;FDIC Reverses Course on &#039;Operation Choke Point&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FDIC admitting to wrongdoing on Wednesday with respect to Operation Choke Point, discriminating against banks who work with gun companies.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSSF: &#039;FDIC Reverses Course on &#039;Operation Choke Point&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;In a major development concerning NSSF&#039;s leadership to halt discrimination in the provision of financial services and products to firearms related businesses due to &quot;Operation Choke Point&quot;, the top officials of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Wednesday admitted wrongdoing and said they would cease practices that had the effect of encouraging such disparate treatment,&quot; via the NSSF.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-fdic-reverses-course-operation-choke-point\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-30T16:24:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T11:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Operation-Choke-Point.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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