According to FoxNews, a firearm shop owner by the name of Mike Schuetz claims to have been targeted by the federal government's "Operation Choke Point." What Operation Choke Point did was allow government officials to tell banks to stop funding "dangerous" investments, such as businesses that sell drug paraphernalia, pornography, tobacco sales, and, unfortunately, firearms, as well as many more. Mr. Schuetz had also been a private investigator, as well as a firearm salesman, so once his bank had ceased connections with him, he instantly began his investigation. He was shocked at what he found. Many other companies across America had faced similar situations as his. While this is clearly more backdoor gun control, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argues against this, stating, "We do not target businesses operating within the bounds of the law & we have no interest in pursuing/discouraging lawful conduct." Again, clearly this statement is just a way to cover their backs, as I have never seen or heard of a single federally licensed gun shop across this country that was not "operating within the bound of the law." I know that the DOJ knows this and they just wish to make things more difficult for firearm salesman and owners. Schuetz is not the only one to have difficulty with a bank due to firearms. Eric from the YouTube channel "iraqveteran8888" was actually asked in the middle of a conversation if he was a firearm owner. The bank had no right to ask him for his personal information, as it is of no concern to the bank. Luckily, Florida realized that people had the right to privacy. Before the state of Florida had passed a ban on doctors asking their patients if they owned firearms along with other health questions, such as if the patient smoked, consumed alcohol, used drugs, and their exercise and eating habits. Patients that refused to answer were turned down for later visits. Eventually, there was a court case for this very situation. The case became known as the "Docs v. Glocks" case. While many were in favor of the law that banned the doctors' infringement on their patients' privacy, but of course, as with all laws involving firearms, there were many critics. The lawyers who represented the doctors had stated that they had the First Amendment right to ask about the firearms. Also, many others said that the bill was pushed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to aid in the prevention of more gun control. Luckily for all firearm owners in the state of Florida, their privacy has been protected. Hopefully this will set a precedent in other states to protect the privacy of firearm owners.
Iraqveteran8888 rants on Operation: Choke Point.
A great watch if you have some time.
Language used once:
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(If you take offence to those kinds of words).
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