Page 4 - Libertarian Party News - May 2000 A boycott of CitiGroup spearheaded by the Second amendment Foundation (SAF) has ended in victory, with the banking conglomerate agreeing in March to "treat firearms businesses the same as other businesses," according to SAF. SAF launched a nationwide boycott of CitiGroup, parent to companies like Citibank and Travelers Insurance, in February, after Citibank tried to terminate the account of the Nevada Pistol Academy because Citibank policy refused "accounts for businesses that deal in firearms." SAF was quick to react, said SAF Executive Director John Barnett, and told CitiGroup if the company wouldn't do business with legal gun dealers, they would lose the business of legal gun owners, too. The boycott hurt CitiGroup economically, said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, and led to a change in policy. "Citibank will now use the same standards it uses for other businesses," he said. "This is a sweet victory for all law-abiding gun owners across the country. I couldn't be more pleased." This is the "second major boycott victory" for the SAF, said Gottleib, which got Columbia Sportswear to end its financial support of a gun control group several years ago. The SAF was founded in 1974 to defend the civil rights of firearms owners. The group, which has over 600,000 supporters nationwide, has successfully brought lawsuits against several cities for Second Amendment rights violations. -- Kathleen The imposition of stigma is the commonest form of violence used in democratic societies. -- R. A. Pinker <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
