GOP split as banks take on gun industry
Source: Politico
It's a conundrum that puts free-market principles at odds with gun rights, and Republicans across the board are genuinely split.
By ZACHARY WARMBRODT 04/22/2018 07:10 AM EDT
Major banks are cutting off business with the gun industry, roiling Republicans who want to respect the financial decisions of private institutions while still showing their unyielding support of the Second Amendment.
Some Republicans, enraged at moves by Citigroup and Bank of America to distance themselves from some retailers and gun manufacturers, have called on government agencies to cancel contracts with the banks and defer deregulation proposals that would benefit them. But other Republicans want to keep their hands off, saying lenders are free to decide who they do business with.
It's a conundrum that puts the free-market principles at odds with gun rights, and Republicans across the board are genuinely split over how to react to moves by some of the biggest financial institutions in the country.
"I'm not writing a law that says you can't do it — I just think it's dumb and it's dangerous waters," Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) said. "I have a pretty high bar before I'm going to go in and tell the private sector what they should and shouldn't be doing."
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/22/banks-guns-industry-gop-split-544739
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That's their mantra and they have been steadily rolling back regulations that say otherwise... until it suddenly impacted what THEY want. 
The hypocrites are in a quandary.
