HELP NSSF End Financial Discrimination of Our Industry
We’re pleased to report House Bill 2473, otherwise known as the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, a bill that would help firearm industry members have fair access to financial services in the Grand Canyon State, passed the Arizona House Judiciary Committee yesterday on a party line vote. NSSF® thanks State Representative Frank Carroll, the 22 co-sponsors in the State House, and the 12 co-sponsors in the State Senate for introducing legislation to ensure the firearm industry receives fair access to financial services.
NSSF still needs your assistance to make sure the FIND Act becomes law!
The bill will be considered on the House floor in the coming weeks, and we need to turn the pressure up. The big Wall Street banks with their fancy latte-sipping lobbyists are doing everything in their power to kill the bill and the legislature needs to hear from you.
Please contact your state representative to ask that they support House Bill 2473. You can look up the contact information for your state representative by clicking here.
As a reminder, for years, NSSF® members engaged in the lawful commerce of firearms and ammunition have experienced discrimination by financial institutions simply because of the type of business they were in. In these cases, their refusal to provide goods and services resulted in a higher cost of doing business and increased prices for consumers who were simply exercising their Second Amendment Rights. Our members have reported facing discrimination from internet search engines, payment processors, social media companies, insurance companies and other service providers not covered by the FDIC.
While the firearm industry respects the right of financial institutions and other service providers to make business decisions based on objective criteria, it is unacceptable to discriminate against businesses simply because they are engaged in the lawful commerce of firearms and ammunition, a heavily regulated activity protected by the Second Amendment.
