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Crepuscular

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14. This issue is not about credit for consumers buying guns

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2013, 05:17 PM

Apr 2013

it's the credit that is used by gun shops (like any other retailer) to purchase inventory. Not going to have much of an impact, there are plenty of other sources of credit out there. Might hurt some of the smaller mom & pop type shops but won't have any impact on larger retailers.

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GE Capital halts lending for gun shop purchases [View all] IDemo Apr 2013 OP

If you have to finance the purchase of a firearm you should not be buying one tularetom Apr 2013 #1

True. That applies to a lot of things and this is one of them. nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #2

Yeah, pipoman Apr 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Apr 2013 #4

Who carries that much cash anymore? GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #8

Puttin the purchase on a card that you pay off monthly = cash tularetom Apr 2013 #9

10 million U.S. households don't have bank accounts Sunlei Apr 2013 #12

They will still take credit cards, GE cap. is like a store credit service. Sunlei Apr 2013 #11

I believe they are talking about CokeMachine Apr 2013 #10

Good. Time to stop equating guns with other consumer purchases. Not the same. freshwest Apr 2013 #5

how are they not consumer purchases? bossy22 Apr 2013 #6

Lanza's father is a GE executive. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #7

Futile Kolesar Apr 2013 #13

I gave a reason why the action is futile. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #16

This issue is not about credit for consumers buying guns Crepuscular Apr 2013 #14

Thanks for the clarification. N/t GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #15