Comments on: Citicorp Refuses to Process Firearms Transactions

By: William J. Rogers

William J. Rogers — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:35:01 +0000

I have no accounts with these people, but they will get a ‘cease and desist letter’,to stop their mailings, explaining fully the reasons why, that will be returned to them upon receiving their next credit offer.

By: Pitbull Fights

Pitbull Fights — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:51:50 +0000

I agree that this is something I can drop and not have a second thought about.

By: Jim Hollis

Jim Hollis — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:42:18 +0000

In response to #28 response above by Rodney Burke suggesting to get the Treasury Dept involved…..they may well already be involved….they may be behind this action. Feds considering taking over Citibank and USBank. Our 2nd Ammendent rights are going to be attacked from every angle. While Islamic extremeists are sworn to destroy our way of life, there are Liberals/Socialists sworn to destroy our freedom and liberty…..and they are inside our perimeter!!!! While we have our eye on the obvious extremists, our internal extremists will sucker punch our freedom and way of life. The Obama administration hasn’t even begun to attack our freedoms yet. They are crushing our financial structure, the values that made this country great (person responsibility, self sufficiency, reward for hard work/risk taking, freedom of choice,…), creating a “Fish for a day” versus “Learn to fish” mentality….Shackles for Scheckles. America won’t fall from external aggression (that only distracts us), we will fall from within. Read Wayne LaPierre’s “The Global War on Your Guns….Inside the U.N. Plan to Destroy the Bill of Rights” Encourage all you know to join/support the NRA….the fight is on!!!!

By: Wilder Kirkland

Wilder Kirkland — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:11:36 +0000

I purchased a firearm from Bangersusa Feb 26 with a citibank visa. This is the first that I have heard of this company being a gun hater. I am a registered FFL and this is news to me. I will inquire to the company if this is true, and if the information is correct I will close accounts when other credit sources are availiable. Thanks for the heads up this news to me!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:21:03 +0000

#62. Nice shot!!! Ten ring all the way!!!

By: Debi Carll

Debi Carll — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:05:48 +0000

I work for a credit card processing company. Electronic Merchant Systems,a national merchant provider, operating in over 100 US Cities. Our corporate office is located in Independence Ohio. I welcome the opportunity to help any merchant/ web site wanting to change merchant service/ credit card providers. We offer competive rates and can do a free rate review for you. If you or anyone you know would like information on changing processors,I can be contacted at dcarll@emscorporate.net.

By: Douglas Greene

Douglas Greene — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:29:29 +0000

Thank you #37!!

There’s a lot more to this story than meets the eye. Citibank refuses to do business with one gun dealer (they won’t process a payment for a pair of socks for this retailer, let alone a handgun) and all of a sudden everyone is screaming about a conspiracy and gun control.

You can still go into nearly any gun dealer in the Unites States of America, including mass retailers like K-Mart, Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shop, and buy ammo and guns using the Citibank Credit Card. Citibank has absolutely no idea, or interest, in what you are buying…they are just processing a payment.

And to me, it only seems like common sense to know who you are selling a gun to.

By: Robert Davy

Robert Davy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:16:08 +0000

This does not sound right to me— I just purchased 2 revolvers last month from a gun shop and used my Citi card. NO problems, no questions, no feedback from anyone yet. I am sure that the gun store would have contacted me if they had any problems getting their money, and as far as I go, no one from any agency has shown up at my door asking questions about that or any of the other half dozen gun purchases I have made in the past couple of years—-yep- used credit cards for all of them too- though not always Citi cards.

By: John Lerch

John Lerch — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:46:30 +0000

The merchant agreement the company signed specifically allows the credit card company to seize all funds at any time without cause and without merchant recourse. This was among many grossly objectionable clauses my small Santa Rosa company was required to accept when my local bank changed credit card processors. The bank said it was a new national contract used by all credit card processors. Other clauses included allowing them to seize all money in all personal and business accounts and preventing me from suing them even in the case of gross, intentional misconduct.

Fortunately my contracting business did not need to take credit cards. I offered to accept them as a service to my customers who loved to get mileage, etc. on large dollar transactions. I canceled my merchant account, but few businesses can afford to do that. Fewer still have read the agreement, IMHO, and fewer would dare to object or make the contract terms public.

Although this occurred more than five years ago. I doubt the credit card company terms have improved.

By: Douglas Greene

Douglas Greene — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:38:10 +0000

Citbank refuses to let you buy an automatic weapon with their credit card over the phone? How outrageous! Seriously folks, Citibank is still happy to take your money for that precious handgun or Uzi, you just have to do it in person! That doesn’t seem so wacked to me.

If I’m selling a handgun, at the very least, I should know for sure who I’m selling it to.