Suntrust Bank Closes Business Account Over Gun Purchase

Florida News Flash ^ | December 17, 2015 | Sam McCall

[Brandonmark]

Bart Daley and his employees at Capitol Quality Corp watched in horror the reports from San Bernardino of the mass shooting carried out by two Islamic terrorists. Fourteen people were killed in the attack. Twenty-two others were injured.

Four hours after the attack began, police pursued and stopped a black SUV carrying Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, a married couple, and after a fierce gun battle killed the two Islamic extremist.

Daley watched the unfolding events and as he says, “I made the difficult decision to arm members of my management team to provide a level of defense for our employees against the current rash of violent extremism that has ravaged our communities.” That very afternoon, Daley went to Shooters World and purchased a handgun. Little did he know that making that decision would cost him a business relationship with Suntrust Bank.

[stocksthatgoup]

Sun Trust should be sued immediately for tortious business interference.

[lurk]

Hmmm. Suntrust. Coincidentally my relationship with them just ended this month, since they received our final mortgage payment. I was never in favor of sending the mortgage payment to Baltimore.

[sten]

if i can’t deny service to a pair of homos because they have a ‘right to marriage’ ... then no business can deny service to someone exercising their 2nd amendment rights

[Pollster1]

A Suntrust Bank employee did confirm Daley's story of initially being told the Shooters World purchase was 'not an acceptable purchase.' But, that same employee went on to say that there were other purchases on Daley's account that Suntrust deemed unacceptable on a business account. 'When I advised them of the circumstances surrounding last week's tragedy (San Bernardino) and my constitutionally protected right to own and possess a firearm, I was advised that no, that was not really the reason (the Shooters World purchase), it was instead the $1.49 RedBox transaction,” says Daley.'

A Redbox transaction is entirely appropriate in a business account. I have rented movies for a variety of business purposes, and I would encourage people to close their Suntrust accounts over that action, just as I would encourage people to close Suntrust accounts over their enabling of Obama's anti-American evil.

I do have concerns on justifying a firearms purchase as a business expense, but I have no concerns at all on the movie rental. So long as there is a substantial business discussion before, during, or after the event, showing a movie (even at a Christmas party or other party) is deductible under IRS rules. Who is Suntrust to apply a higher standard on business accounts without any evidence that there was no such discussion?

[RoadGumby]

Bake the cake!!!

You cannot, nowadays, choose who you do business with.

Sue them to death.