In a move that borderlines on extortion, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using (abusing?) the influence of his office to push gun control.
CBS Chicago is reporting that Emanuel is pressuring two different banks to stop their financial backing of Ruger and Smith & Wesson. Additionally, earlier in the week, the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund (MEABF), which is a pension fund for Chicago public employees, voted to sell off just over $1 million in investments in Freedom Group Inc., Sturm Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.
Gee, I wonder why they sold off those investments?
I doubt anything will come from this, as the people of Chicago have long voted for and put up with extreme corruption from their elected officials, but I for one find this disgusting. In a city that saw more murders in 2012 than the combined Allied losses in Afghanistan (yes, Chicago is worse than a war zone), Mayor Emanuel is spending his time trying to coerce banks into supporting his disarmament agenda. All the while completely ignoring the fact that the murders in this country, and in his city, are NOT carried out with so-called “assault rifles”.
Way to go, Chicago.
What the gun companys should do Is start there own banking company
What banks, so that we can boycott them if they listen to this POS?
Bank Of America and TD Bank
All gun owners should boycot BOA and TD
Sounds like a RICO case to me. Then again, this is the typical gangster behavior of Chicago politicians.