These new tactics should be illegal

[1donos]

Government trying to interfere with legal commerce.
Rahm Emanuel presses banks on guns - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com

 

[ghuns]

Chicago style

 

[Zoub]

I could see Rahm getting hit with a civil suit............equal opportunity lender.

 

[richieray]

government needs to stay out of private business, they can't even manage thier own business effectively

 

[~Jeff~]

What else would we expect out of obamas right hand man?
We are so screwed till these type of people are out of power

 

[Redtbird]

From the article, Emanuel says, “Now we need you and other commercial banks to join this fight for safer streets."

Ye-a-a-h! How's that working out for you in your own city, Mr Mayor?

 

[eldirector]

It'll never happen, but I would LOVE for ammo and firearm manufacturers to simply tell Rahm and others that they will no longer sell to anti-freedom State and City law enforcement. Once they run out of bullets, they are out. If they need replacement guns, they need to check the used market. If you "hate" guns, then we simply won't do business with you.

I doubt any this is financially possible for any manufacturer, but I would certainly support them as much as I could!

 

[hacksawfg]

From the article:

"The mayors, who collectively purchase millions in firearms and ammunition for their police departments, said they’ll begin grading manufacturers on their compliance with public safety goals and reward those they rate the best and limit purchases with those who oppose regulations."

Wonder how Chicago PD would feel if ALL the manufacturers were limited for noncompliance and suddenly they couldn't get their guns and ammo.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

No problem - we "finance our own". And we don't do business with Chicago....

We don't require monetary assistance... let the [insert epithet of choice here] burn...

 

[hacksawfg]

It'll never happen, but I would LOVE for ammo and firearm manufacturers to simply tell Rahm and others that they will no longer sell to anti-freedom State and City law enforcement. Once they run out of bullets, they are out. If they need replacement guns, they need to check the used market. If you "hate" guns, then we simply won't do business with you.

I doubt any this is financially possible for any manufacturer, but I would certainly support them as much as I could!

Maybe they could do a buyback and put a Hi-Point in the hands of every police officer. Instead of AR-15's they could all carry the easy-to-find AND cheap-to-purchase Mosin-Nagant. Think of the money that would save in the budget. I mean, it's against the law to carry a gun in Chicago, so what are they afraid of?

 

[~Jeff~]

Exactly, they've made it illegal for the bad guys to have guns so there is no need for their police to have them either. Equip them with hugs and handshakes only.

 

[CarmelHP]

From the article:

"The mayors, who collectively purchase millions in firearms and ammunition for their police departments, said they’ll begin grading manufacturers on their compliance with public safety goals and reward those they rate the best and limit purchases with those who oppose regulations."

Wonder how Chicago PD would feel if ALL the manufacturers were limited for noncompliance and suddenly they couldn't get their guns and ammo.

Wow, that sounds like a content based selection process. No 1st Amendment problem there, is there?

 

[phylodog]

I'm sure the politicians would feel just terrible if the police departments couldn't buy firearms or ammunition, terrible.

Insert purple where needed.

 

[jamil]

From a similar article...
Emanuel To Banks: Stop Supporting Gun Makers « CBS Chicago

In the letter, Emanuel says TD Bank offers a $60 million line of credit to Smith & Wesson, which produces the AR-15. That is the weapon used by James Holmes in the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre that killed 12 people. Emanuel wrote.

<gasp/> The nerve of TD Bank capitalizing on a free market! The only way we'll stop these senseless killings is if banks forget about all this free-market nonsense and be the social police we need them to be. In fact, they should extend this reasoning to ALL kinds of devices used to kill people. Banks funding manufacturers who make the type of knife Jodi Arias used should drop them as customers!

Not sure what to do about this one though...

Woman killed boyfriend with cleavage, WA authorities say

(note: purple implied where sensible)