Posted on 04/30/2018 2:17:51 PM PDT by PROCON
Founded in 1949, Hornady Manufacturing Company is a family owned business headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska. (Photo: Hornady)
Ammunition giant Hornady is cutting off government buyers in New York over an order by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to financial services companies regarding gun politics.
Steve Hornady, the company’s president of manufacturing, announced on social media on Friday that the ammo maker will halt sales of their products to Cuomo’s state government or agencies in the Empire State. The move comes after an order directed by Cuomo earlier last month that cautioned banks, insurance companies and lenders against involvement with the National Rifle Association and similar organizations. Slamming the Governor’s move as one of the most “despicable acts ever perpetrated by any state,” Hornady closed the doors to the state.
“While it may not make a difference to New York, Hornady will not knowingly allow our ammunition to be sold to the Government of the State of NY or any NY agencies,” Hornady said. “Their actions are a blatant and disgusting abuse of office and we won’t be associated with a government that acts like that.”
The guidance issued by Cuomo came from the state’s Department of Financial Services on April 19 in the form of official letters to all DFS-regulated insurers and banks in the state. In the missives, Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo urged financial institutions to examine their relationships with the NRA and organizations that promote guns to take “prompt actions to manage these risks” when it came to protecting their corporate reputations. Pointing to the public backlash on gun rights groups and firearm companies in the wake of a high-profile mass shootings that have dominated the news cycle, Vullo encouraged those regulated by her agency that “Corporations are demonstrating that business can lead the way and bring about the kind of positive social change needed to minimize the chance that we will witness more of these senseless tragedies.”
In recent weeks, big-name lenders such as Citi and Bank of America have adopted new policies that could see them cut ties with partnering businesses unwilling to adopt new policies for selling firearms or manufacturing some types of semi-automatic guns — which has in turn brought calls for more regulatory oversight of the institutions with respect to government contracts.
Hornady is one of the premier ammunition suppliers to law enforcement in the country. The company recently was awarded a $19 million contract to provide a new generation of 9mm duty rounds to the FBI.
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What’s good for the goose is good for the gander!
Glock, Smith and Wesson, Sig Sauer, and Colt need to get on board with this. Do a Randy Barrett on the State of New York.
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Splendid! I’d sure like to see the rest of the industry follow suit.
Bravo to Hornady. Guts and principles.
Splendid! I’d sure like to see the rest of the industry follow suit.
Fantastic! Now if only Glock, Sig, S&W, etc. would do the same.
I will have to buy a box to support them
Excellent!
Can we get a little collusion here...?
I use a lot of their bullets and reloading gear.
‘Zactly. Let’s see others chose do so similarly, hopefully resulting in higher cost / less supply.
What’s with the Cuomo’s - are they ALL stupid?
They’re one of my favorites.
This is a great move by Hornady.
I’m in I.T. and would love to see companies cut off ALL support for these assholes. F**K em!
>>What’s with the Cuomo’s - are they ALL stupid?
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Yes. Sneaky, which is why they get elected, but basically quite stupid. They are just smart enough, like obozo, to do what their handlers tell them.
In a word, YES!
Visualize what Cuomo would say if a bank announced it was stopping use of its credit card at Planned Parenthood. Or gay bars.
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