Getting Fucked by Stripe

Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by waffle_ss on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:01PM (#9646741)

I find it really disturbing that the federal government can do an end-run around the 2nd Amendment by putting the squeeze on banks and payment processors via the DoJ / FDIC to shut down bank accounts of firearms retailers and prevent them from processing credit cards. Regardless of how you feel about firearms, it's still a Constitutionally-protected right.

(Noticing that "weapons and munitions" are on Stripe's prohibited businesses list and the corresponding category in Operation Choke Point)

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by jacquesm on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:40PM (#9647054)

If you think that is disturbing then you should wonder how the rest of the world feels whenever America decides that its local laws should be applied in foreign countries.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by waffle_ss on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @01:40PM (#9647539)

Not sure I follow the thread of logic, but I do find quite a lot of what the US government does both at home and abroad disturbing - if not sometimes illegal and/or immoral - and am acutely aware of how that reflects negatively on us American citizens. That includes your example.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by spacemanmatt on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @03:59AM (#9651178)

And yet, the 2nd amendment only covers our right to keep and bear, not our right to the business apparatus necessary to make them practical and affordable in modern times.

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