BREAKING :

DEMOCRATIC REP. MIKE THOMPSON (CA) PLANS TO INTRODUCE A BACKGROUND CHECK BILL WITH AT LEAST FIVE REPUBLICAN CO-AUTHORS NEXT YEAR, AND HE’S HOPING THE HOUSE WILL HOLD HEARINGS ON RED FLAG LAWS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS.

AMID A DEBATE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ABOUT WHETHER PROGRESSIVE IDEAS CAN SWAY VOTERS IN SUBURBIA, CANDIDATES AFFILIATED WITH AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT CAMPAIGNS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE SOUGHT — AND WON — ELECTED OFFICE EVEN IN HISTORICALLY CONSERVATIVE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.

AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLA., IN FEBRUARY, CONGRESS DID NOT ACT. BUT STATE LEGISLATURES DID, PASSING 69 GUN CONTROL MEASURES THIS YEAR — MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR SINCE THE NEWTOWN, CONN., MASSACRE IN 2012, AND MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NUMBER PASSED IN 2017.

SALES DIPPING: DICK'S SPORTING GOODS (NYSE:DKS) SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT WHEN EARLIER THIS YEAR IT BOTH BANNED THE SALE OF MODERN SPORTING RIFLES (MSR) AT ITS FIELD & STREAM STORES AND PROHIBITED ADULTS UNDER 21 FROM BUYING FIREARMS.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS — OFTEN THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ASSAULT AND A MURDER IS THE SHOOTER'S AIM — ALSO HAVE SPIKED, SAYS REPORT.

FL – Retailers – Florida gun maker told to find new bank, CEO claims

10/10/2018 | 10:24 0 Posted in More Top Stories, Retailers, Ticker, What's Inside

AMERICAN BANKER.COM October 9, 2018 – A Florida gun manufacturer is shopping for a new lender after being told by Fifth Third that its accounts would not be renewed. Cole Leleux, the CEO of Spike’s Tactical in Apopka, Fla., also said Tuesday that a bank official also told him last week that Fifth Third intends to “quietly exit the gun industry” — a claim the Cincinnati bank has denied. Fifth Third declined to address its relationship with Spike’s Tactical, citing privacy concerns. [full article]

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BREAKING :

DEMOCRATIC REP. MIKE THOMPSON (CA) PLANS TO INTRODUCE A BACKGROUND CHECK BILL WITH AT LEAST FIVE REPUBLICAN CO-AUTHORS NEXT YEAR, AND HE’S HOPING THE HOUSE WILL HOLD HEARINGS ON RED FLAG LAWS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS.

AMID A DEBATE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ABOUT WHETHER PROGRESSIVE IDEAS CAN SWAY VOTERS IN SUBURBIA, CANDIDATES AFFILIATED WITH AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT CAMPAIGNS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE SOUGHT — AND WON — ELECTED OFFICE EVEN IN HISTORICALLY CONSERVATIVE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.

AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLA., IN FEBRUARY, CONGRESS DID NOT ACT. BUT STATE LEGISLATURES DID, PASSING 69 GUN CONTROL MEASURES THIS YEAR — MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR SINCE THE NEWTOWN, CONN., MASSACRE IN 2012, AND MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NUMBER PASSED IN 2017.

SALES DIPPING: DICK'S SPORTING GOODS (NYSE:DKS) SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT WHEN EARLIER THIS YEAR IT BOTH BANNED THE SALE OF MODERN SPORTING RIFLES (MSR) AT ITS FIELD & STREAM STORES AND PROHIBITED ADULTS UNDER 21 FROM BUYING FIREARMS.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS — OFTEN THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ASSAULT AND A MURDER IS THE SHOOTER'S AIM — ALSO HAVE SPIKED, SAYS REPORT.

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