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The NRA's Future Rests In The Hands of One Court Case. Here's Why.
townhall.com ^ | 8/3/2018 | Beth Bauman

Posted on 08/04/2018 9:37:48 AM PDT by rktman

The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) has filed a collective lawsuit against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), New York State's Superintendent of Financial Services Maria T. Vullo and the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS).

The NRA claims Cuomo, Vullo and DFS knowingly went to banks and insurance companies to tell them not to work with the pro-gun group, Rolling Stone first reported.

"Simply put, Defendants made it clear to banks and insurers that it is bad business in New York to do business with the NRA," the lawsuit says. "As a direct result of this coercion, multiple financial institutions have succumbed to Defendants’ demands and entered into consent orders with DFS that compel them to terminate longstanding, beneficial business relationships with the NRA, both in New York and elsewhere."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: banglist; collusion; cuomo; lawsuit; nra; unfairtrade
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Hmmm. What does the FTC think of this? Sounds like unfair practices to me. Of course I'm probably on the wrong track. Anyway, still looking for a gazillionaire to start up/found the 2nd Amendment Bank of America. Hello.....Hello..... Is there anybody out there?
1 posted on 08/04/2018 9:37:48 AM PDT by rktman
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NON print:

https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/08/04/the-nras-future-rests-in-the-hands-of-one-court-case-heres-why-n2506742


2 posted on 08/04/2018 9:38:12 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Sounds like a RICO case to me.


3 posted on 08/04/2018 9:44:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z xnKL3lW XywCCJd)
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“Tortious Interference”?


4 posted on 08/04/2018 9:46:18 AM PDT by pingman ("I ain't in no ways tarred.." of WINNING!)
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Wouldn’t it be great if not only the NRA won this case decidedly but also sued the state of NY and won, oh, $20B or so to boot then turned around and used a lot of that cash to fight the draconian gun laws in NY and got them overturned? Winning!

It has got to be illegal to coerce businesses like banks to not do business with a legal civil rights organization. The longest running one in America. Cuomo needs a severe spanking; both physically and financially. Break him so his great great grandchildren will still be paying the debt he owes.


5 posted on 08/04/2018 9:47:12 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Restraint of trade? RICO case as originally intended for organized crime...which New York state is.


6 posted on 08/04/2018 9:48:38 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
⚖ Certainly you recall what happened when the Clinton foundation was charged with RICO viol............ Oh. Never mind. 👹
7 posted on 08/04/2018 9:49:03 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Boomer

When a powerful entity like a major state does this, it is implicitly a threat.


8 posted on 08/04/2018 9:58:58 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Boomer

http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/punitive-damages-in-ny-a-tough-road


9 posted on 08/04/2018 9:59:39 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: rktman

Bttt.

5.56mm


10 posted on 08/04/2018 10:01:06 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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And people wonder why conservatives shun bigger government. The power to regulate is the power to destroy.


11 posted on 08/04/2018 10:06:02 AM PDT by IronJack
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Lots of people bandying around the term 'fascism.'

As I kid I learned in history that the fundamental component was economic: state controlled business.

This to me is the definition of fascism.

"Simply put, Defendants [The State] made it clear to banks and insurers that it is bad business illegal in New York to do business with the NRA," the lawsuit says. "As a direct result of this coercion, multiple financial institutions have succumbed to Defendants’ demands [de facto law backed by the threat of destruction of the business and ultimately gunpoint] and entered into consent orders with DFS that compel them to terminate longstanding, beneficial business relationships with the NRA, both in New York and elsewhere."

12 posted on 08/04/2018 10:08:57 AM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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Cuomo has found a way to shut down NRA. Now we have to hope NRA can shut down Cuomo. If Cuomo is successful look for NY to ban sale of gunowner’s insurance of any sort in NY then to follow up to ban the sale of ANY insurance to gunowners.


13 posted on 08/04/2018 10:21:32 AM PDT by arthurus (<?!|..)
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NRA’S future does Not, depend upon a lawsuite. It depends upon the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution.

The gun grabbers can pound sand. Period.


14 posted on 08/04/2018 10:24:48 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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I don’t have any faith in a New York judge or jury.


15 posted on 08/04/2018 10:26:09 AM PDT by Husker24
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To: rktman

Why anyone does business in NY I’ll never know.


16 posted on 08/04/2018 10:26:39 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Say, weren’t the hoggalinskis holding a rally outside NRA HQ today? Wonder how it’s going?


17 posted on 08/04/2018 10:27:26 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Brilliant

Because NYC is the financial capital. Follow the money.


18 posted on 08/04/2018 10:30:03 AM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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Not sure. Eventually all that will be left of the Hogg, will be the squeal.


19 posted on 08/04/2018 10:30:48 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Commerce Clause...


20 posted on 08/04/2018 10:32:08 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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