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Bank of America recants, says it will fund assault rifle maker
2018-05-08
Bank of America is preparing to provide critical financing to Remington Outdoor, which makes assault-type rifles, just weeks after the bank said it would stop financing "military-style" firearms for civilians.
Hope some a-Hole lost their job
BofA is contributing $43.2 million to a $193 million lending package funded by seven banks, according to court documents, which will help put Remington back on stable footing as it emerges from bankruptcy later this month into an uncertain environment for gun makers.

The package replaces a similar credit facility the banks committed to providing Remington. Both were agreed to in late March, before BofA changed its policy to stop financing companies that make military-style guns for civilian use.
"we're rethinking our virtue signalling"
Anne Finucane, BofA's vice chair, said in April that the bank had decided on its pledge to help reduce mass shootings, saying in an interview with Bloomberg TV that "it is not our intent to underwrite or finance military-style firearms on a go-forward basis."

The comment came weeks after the Parkland school shooting triggered a new movement for gun control.
Posted by:Frank G

#7  Don't buy BofA, no longer buy Remington. Sorry.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-08 14:57  

#6  And just a couple of weeks after I cancelled my account.... Too bad. /sarc
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-05-08 14:54  

#5  For now. While everyone is watching.
Posted by: Iblis   2018-05-08 14:46  

#4  Still ain't gonna bank at that piece of shit financial institution.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-05-08 14:17  

#3  Dear NY Post - please describe in detail what an 'assault rifle' is.

Anything that induces a guilty lust for guns in our editors.
Posted by: gorb   2018-05-08 13:51  

#2  Did the executive who made the decision go to the same 'private' parties as ex-NY AG Eric Schneiderman? Decided that it was time to stop being controversial and hide from the spotlights for a bit?
Posted by: magpie   2018-05-08 13:12  

#1  Dear NY Post - please describe in detail what an 'assault rifle' is.
Posted by: Raj   2018-05-08 12:46  

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