This may be an update for those of you who were already aware of this
situation.

Rick A. Shay
Colorado
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http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3358

NRA-ILA Investigating Citigroup Issues -  Friday, January 11, 2008

In late December, 2007, a large and well-known firearms dealer was informed
by a company called First Data -- which operates as Citi Merchant Services
under license from Citigroup, Inc. -- that it would no longer handle the
dealer's credit card processing business. The company, CDNN Investments, is
well known to gun owners and has been operating in Texas for decades. 

In the letter from First Data (
http://www.bpcr.net/files/Citi-Merchant_Services.htm ,) a company official
informed CDNN that the account was terminated on the grounds that CDNN was
selling firearms in violation of federal law -- which was, and is,
completely untrue. In the letter, a company official, June Rivera-Mantilla,
made a number of misstatements about the law and misrepresented CDNN's
operations in general.
 
NRA-ILA is in the process of communicating with Citigroup and First Data to
see if this problem can be corrected. We'll pass along more information
about our efforts as soon as possible. 

To voice your concern over this outrageous policy to Citi Merchant Services
and First Data Corp., please contact First Data at (800) 735-3362.   

For additional information on the issue, please visit the related National
Shooting Sports Foundation's (NSSF) link at:
http://www.nssf.org/news/fromBP.cfm?BPseq=704 , or search NSSF's home page
at: http://www.nssf.org/ .