Dear Sirs,

There is a rumor floating around on the Internet that Bank of America has a policy of “not providing merchant services to the gun industry.” This according to corporate spokesman Daniel Schulm of the San Francisco headquarters office. Apparently Bank of America has refused to provide credit card processing services to a gunsmithing company called Arizona Response Systems. ARS is a stand-up company run by a true American patriot.

I have been a Bank of America customer for years. When BofA purchased Security Pacific Bank I was wary of the merger, but I kept my accounts at BofA because I thought your bank deserved a chance. I want to confirm if this anti-gun policy is in fact true before my wife and I take steps to close all our Bank of America accounts and move our financial business elsewhere.

I would like to bring to your attention something that happened to Citibank last year: Citibank announced a policy of refusing to do business with the gun industry. There was a national boycott, people closed their accounts, the story made the national news, and Citibank eventually reversed their anti-gun policy.

The Internet is a powerful thing. This story about Bank of America has already made the Internet. A national boycott of Bank of America has already been set in motion – not by any particular organization, but by the grass-roots power of the Internet.

May I suggest that if the rumor of your anti-gun policy is true, that you reverse the policy immediately in order to prevent further damage to your company.

If we find the rumor about this policy to be true, my wife and I will be taking our banking business elsewhere.

We look forward to your reply.