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On Jan 25, 6:42 am, Klaus Schadenfreude <klausschadenfre...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, moving to take a lead role in the gun
> control debate, is turning up the pressure on banks that do business
> with firearms manufacturers.
>
> Emanuel is sending letters to two major financial institutions, TD
> Bank and Bank of America, which offer lines of credit to gun makers
> suggesting that they stop lending money to the manufacturers if they
> don't come out for new gun restrictions.
>
> "TD Bank currently aids the gun manufacturing industry through a $60
> million revolving line of credit with Smith & Wesson, a gun
> manufacturer that produces the AR-15 - an assault weapon that was used
> by James Holmes to kill 12 people and wound 58 in a crowded movie
> theatre in Aurora," Emanuel's missive to TD CEO Bharat Masrani states.
> "I ask you to use your influence to push this company to find common
> ground with the vast majority of Americans who support a military
> weapons and ammunition ban and comprehensive background checks."
> Noting that Chicago's municipal employees and teachers had already
> divested money in pension funds from gun makers that are opposing new
> gun laws, the White House chief of staff-turned-mayor wrote: "Now we
> need you and other commercial banks to join this fight for safer
> streets. Collectively we can send a clear and unambiguous message to
> the entire gun industry that investors will no longer financially
> support companies that profit from gun violence."
>
> Emanuel sent a similarly worded letter to Bank of America CEO Brian
> Moynihan, a bank that does business with Sturm, Ruger & Company.
> Emanuel's lobbying comes as gun control advocates seek new ways of
> leverage to restrict firearms. Such creativity could be imperative
> with the NRA preparing a stout lobbying campaign and a wall of
> opposition from most congressional Republicans and some Democrats.
> Emanuel, President Obama's first chief of staff, did a stint in
> finance in between political jobs and has deep connections to the
> banking world thanks to his background in fundraising as a campaign
> staffer and time as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign
> Committee when he was in Congress.
>
> Now he's talking tough to the industry.
> "Doing business with gun manufacturers might benefit the banks' bottom
> line, but they put our police officers, our children, and our
> communities at risk," said the mayor.
> Emanuel's volley comes as the National Conference of Democratic Mayors
> has issued a warning of their own to gun makers.
>
> 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.
>
> Read
> more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/rahm-emanuel-presses-banks-on-g...
>
> Gun manufacturers need to tell  Emanuel to "Rahm" it where the sun
> don't shine, and stop selling to these government agencies.
>
> Here's one that already does.....
>
> December 11, 2002
> Via Facsimile (213) 847-0676 and U.S. Mail
>
> Chief William J. Bratton
> Los Angeles Police Department
> 150 North Los Angeles Street
> Re: LAPD 82A Rifle, Serial No. 1186
> Point of Contact: Jim Moody
> 213 485 4061
>
> Dear Chief Bratton,
>
> ...At that council meeting, I was very surprised to see an LAPD
> officer seated front and center with a Barrett 82A1 .50 cal rifle. It
> was the centerpiece of the discussion. As you know, there have been no
> crimes committed with these rifles, and most importantly, current
> California law does not allow the sale of the M82AI in the state
> because of its detachable magazine and features that make it an
> "assault weapon." This rifle was being deceptively used by your
> department. The officer portrayed it as a sample of a currently
> available .50 cal rifle, available for sale to the civilians of Los
> Angeles. One councilman even questioned how this rifle was available
> under current laws, but as I stated, facts were ineffective that day.
>
> Your officer, speaking for the LAPD, endorsed the banning of this
> rifle and its ammunition. Then he used the rifle for photo ops with
> the Councilmen each of whom, in handling the firearm, may have been
> committing a felony. I was amazed.
>
> Since 1968, with the closing of the U.S. Springfield Amory, all of the
> small arms produced for the various government agencies are from the
> private sector. Every handgun, rifle or shotgun that law enforcement
> needs comes from this firearms industry. Unless the City of Los
> Angeles has plans of setting up its own firearms manufacturing, it may
> need to guard the manufacturing sources it has now.
>
> When I returned to my office from Los Angeles, I found an example of
> our need for mutual cooperation. Your department had sent one of your
> 82A1 rifles in to us for service. All of my knowledge in the use of my
> rifle in the field of law enforcement had been turned upside down by
> witnessing how your department used yours. Not to protect and serve,
> but for deception, photo opportunities, and to further an
> ill-conceived effort that may result in the use of LA taxpayer monies
> to wage losing political battles in Washington against civil liberties
> regarding gun ownership.
>
> Please excuse my slow response on the repair service of the rifle. I
> am battling to what service I am repairing the rifle for. I will not
> sell, nor service, my rifles to those seeking to infringe upon the
> Constitution and the crystal clear rights it affords individuals to
> own firearms.
> Sincerely,
> Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc.
> Ronnie Barrett, President

Rahm,  faggot hebe. Studied ballet.