MA Emergency Loans Specifically Exclude Firearm Retailers

[GOAL]

MA Leaves Firearm Retailers Out in the Cold With Emergency Loans.

Only five types of businesses we declared ineligible for Massachusetts emergency small business loans. Firearm retailers was one of them!

"Ineligible businesses include companies involved in real estate investment, multi-level marketing, adult entertainment, cannabis or firearms. Companies with past due tax liabilities or tax liens or currently in bankruptcy (Corporate or Personal) are not eligible."

https://www.empoweringsmallbusiness.org/…/covid-19-loan-fund

 

[appraiser]

so much for equal protection under the law

 

[moojpg2]

Yea that's kind of bullshit. Not that any of the gun shops are hurting right now lol

 

[Picton]

I'd love to see their rationale, for any of those five.

Oh. Wait. There won't be a rationale. It's all electoral optics.

 

[daekken]

I'd love to see their rationale, for any of those five.

Oh. Wait. There won't be a rationale. It's all electoral optics.

Some businesses are more equal than others.

 

[Stryker]

But they certainly enjoy the tax revenues from firearm/ammo and pot sales

 

[Deleted member 67409]

The big problem is if states or municipalities both deny emergency loans to gun stores and shut down sales, like what we're seeing in IL and LA. That's effectively murdering an industry under the guise of a pandemic.

 

[40 caliber]

Support your local gunstore!

buy some ammo,, oh wait,,,,,,,there isn't any

 

[SgtHal75]

Yea that's kind of bullshit. Not that any of the gun shops are hurting right now lol

Yup if anything they need a loan to purchase a shit load of new inventory, lol!!!

 

[SgtHal75]

But they certainly enjoy the tax revenues from firearm/ammo and pot sales

30% for the Ol’ street lettuce!!!!

 

[Len-2A Training]

The big problem is if states or municipalities both deny emergency loans to gun stores and shut down sales, like what we're seeing in IL and LA. That's effectively murdering an industry under the guise of a pandemic.

That's been the plan for a long time.

 

[BigTimber]

I’m pretty sure I saw Karl leaving four seasons the other night in a gold plated Maserati. I think he’s going to be OK for a while.

 

[mikeyp]

Is that lawsuit inducing?

 

[Chevy 2 65]

Some businesses are more equal than others.

Just like people in this pile of shit we call mAssachusetts

 

[moojpg2]

The big problem is if states or municipalities both deny emergency loans to gun stores and shut down sales, like what we're seeing in IL and LA. That's effectively murdering an industry under the guise of a pandemic.

Not gonna happen, and it hasn't happened. The hype about IL was all just hype, the mayor didn't shut anything down.

 

[Radtekk]

The big problem is if states or municipalities both deny emergency loans to gun stores and shut down sales, like what we're seeing in IL and LA. That's effectively murdering an industry under the guise of a pandemic.

But wait, I thought murder was illegal?

 

[Radtekk]

Not gonna happen, and it hasn't happened. The hype about IL was all just hype, the mayor didn't shut anything down.

Yet...

 

[free]

Yea that's kind of bullshit. Not that any of the gun shops are hurting right now lol

Exactly! That is why gun men stores are not included. They are not being negatively affected by current events.

But no, don't let the facts confuse the whiners.

 

[Drix]

Adult entertainment?!

I must be missing the lines of people dropping wads of cash for single moms to grind their scantily clad bodies and sketchyness on them.

Also of note: alcohol retailers and gambling establishments are not exempt, so this isn't a vice clause.

 

[Waher]

Is that lawsuit inducing?

The NSSF should care. Whether they file suit, who knows.

 

[not new guy]

Scumbags

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Exactly! That is why gun men stores are not included. They are not being negatively affected by current events.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell off the turnip truck.

 

[Uzi2]

I'd love to see their rationale, for any of those five.

Oh. Wait. There won't be a rationale. It's all electoral optics.

Yes, electoral optics and personal bias.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

personally, I would have thought that gun stores would be considered
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT


NO ?

 

[Silverado]

Support your local gunstore!

buy some ammo,, oh wait,,,,,,,there isn't any

Right so they can continue to rip off the consumer during this crisis.

 

[40 caliber]

Right so they can continue to rip off the consumer during this crisis.

You’re right! Let them all go under ! That will show them!
Not sure where you’re going to buy when they’re all gone but hey......I live in NH

Btw. I have some dealers up here that are fair. They’re the ones I’m supporting

 

[VetteGirlMA]

But they certainly enjoy the tax revenues from firearm/ammo and pot sales

Yeah but I wonder what Massachusetts will do when people stop smoking pot while a respiratory disease is sweeping through the state.

 

[EJFudd]

"Ineligible businesses include companies involved in real estate investment, multi-level marketing, adult entertainment, cannabis or firearms."

I find this more curious than anything else. Gun shops are the absolute epitome of small business.

But it is loony leftist Massachusetts after all. Logic has nothing to do with policy (or vice versa).

 

[milktree]

Exactly! That is why gun men stores are not included. They are not being negatively affected by current events.

“Not being negativity affected” is irrelevant.

1) Neither are supermarkets, but they’re not exempted.
2) As soon as all retail is shut down by executive order, gun shops WILL be negatively affected.

 

[308rifleman]

That's been the plan for a long time.

How sadly true. Never miss the opportunity to exploit tragedies for political reasons. Wouldn't expect anything less from those Dem pukes!