Small business owner says bank denied service because she sells guns
Yesterday, Kelsey Harkness for the Daily Signal reported that:
A small business owner from Central Florida alleges she was denied service by one of the largest banks in the United States strictly because she sells guns.
“It’s a slap in the face,” Peggy Craig, owner of Michael’s Pawn and Gun in Fruitland Park, Fla., told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. “It affects my livelihood, it affects how I feel, and I think it’s total bias and discrimination.”
On May 7, Craig called TD Bank seeking a new line of credit to buy inventory and produce advertisements for her small, 23-year-old storefront, Michael’s Pawn and Gun.
When a TD Bank representative pulled up the shop’s Facebook page and discovered that it sells guns, Craig says the representative told her, “We can’t lend to anyone who sells firearms.”
Read the rest of this story at the Daily Signal.
