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Pariah3j wrote:I wonder if this could potentially open them up to a discrimination lawsuit or something of the like - Hogue is better off with a better bank and someone who will fit their needs. But if it as was stated and Wells Fargo sought their business out and now are trying to drop them, to me that has brought an unnecessary burden upon Hogue. But I'm sure a business or individual practicing their 2A rights doesn't get the same consideration as one of the special snowflake classes.

I know there is a legal concept of liability when you promise a business arrangement with someone and they suffer harm because you then back out of the deal. The classic case is me offering a person a job, them quitting their current job and me then revoking my job offer for no good reason. I wonder if something similar might apply here. After all, Wells Fargo should have known the company's business when they enticed them to switch, so it's not like they suddenly discovered any new info. And switching banking relationships, twice, in a short time is not without cost (in time and dollars).

As has been pointed out, the other big banks are just as bad. And it's not just weapons. Any legal business that is deemed "undesirable" is blacklisted. The new pharmaceutical industry in Colorado has to resort to storing cash in personally owned vaults because no bank will let them open an account. Porn and others are similarly shut out, but to a lesser degree.

I don't personally like all of these industries, just like a lot of people don't like guns, but they are selling legal products. Unless the law on that changes to make them illegal, they should have access to our financial institutions, IMHO. This is a dangerous and slippery slope, especially when we have agencies like the IRS openly targeting organizations that they disagree with politically.