Bank of America and Firearms

[jimbires]

you guys might need to rethink the , we are not the ones their looking for . we are law abiding , we are average working class , we are the low hanging fruit that usually takes the brunt of what laws they are cooking up . everybody knows the gangs are not going into Freds gun shop , doing a background check , and paying with a credit card . with that said , who do you think they are watching ?

 

[lhsako]

This BS is likely promulgated from that terrible piece of legislation known as the Patriot Act.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

 

[Joec7651]

Lord Acton writes to Bishop Creighton, 1887

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”

“Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.”

 

[Joec7651]

Meanwhile, Hunter Biden can snort up half of Peru in The Whitehouse but legal firearm owners are singled out, privacy is violated, we are harassed, and we are the danger.

 

[gerryaz]

I cut all ties with BOA way back in 1957. I was working and a messenger/driver for them and I wrecked a company car in order to not run over a kid that ran in front of me. Damage was minor and I could have fixed it myself. but one of the big wheels saw it and told my boss who promptly fired me. That was bad enough. All of a sudden my checks started bouncing like rubber ball for insufficient funds. When I applied for jobs they'd bad mouth me hinting suspected thievery and other bad doings. All lies, but denying them did no good. Finally after a couple of month with no money coming in I went into the Air Force and got away from those S.O.Bs. I've been off them like a dirty shirt ever since.
I agree with you about what the FBI may know about my firearm related purchases. I'm not the guy that they need to worry about and really have nothing to hide. However, it's not my bank's role to divulge my personal information to any governmental institution unless there is an official inquiry or investigation. I found some helpful insights on similar situations at https://bank-of-the-sierra.pissedconsumer.com/review.html, which gave me a better understanding of how these matters are typically handled. And ... if it's the bank's policy to divulge such information, they have a responsibility to tell me RIGHT UP FRONT when entering into any kind of banking agreement.

That sounds like a tough and unfair experience. You did the right thing to avoid hurting someone, and it’s a shame how it was handled. Glad you found a new direction with the Air Force and moved on from that situation.