(Updated) Georgia Credit Union Bars Customers From Purchasing Guns With Their Own Money

UPDATE: On Wednesday, The Georgia United Credit Union reached out to RedState with some clarifying comments:

GUCU is not barring members from purchasing firearms. GUCU members may use their debit cards for these purposes.
The GUCU User Agreement described in this article is for use with their person-to-person payment service, which is operated through a third-party provider and allows for transactions using a phone or email. The terms described are required by the third-party providers.
The person-to-person services are not mandatory, but when members opt in, the terms apply.

RedState regrets any misunderstanding this may have caused.

Georgia United Credit Union recently updated their User Agreement — you know, that wall of text that your financial institution flashes at you from time to time and which few people bother to read. The catch: If you rely on Georgia United Credit Union for your purchasing tool, like, say, a debit card, you may no longer use that to purchase firearms, ammunition, firearms parts, or accessories, along with a host of other items.

SCOOP: Georgia United Credit Union updated their user agreement

They now monitor your account & block any purchase of guns or ammo

Yep, u can’t buy a gun with your own bank account if you bank with @GAUnitedCU!

Everyone should cancel their accounts!

But wait, there’s more 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/jXzOcw2R7M
— SETH WEATHERS (@sethweathers) January 15, 2024

Here are the relevant sections, under "Prohibited Payments:"

The following types of payments are prohibited through the Service, and we have the right but not the obligation to monitor for, block, cancel and/or reverse such payments:...
(5) ammunition, firearms, of firearm parts or related accessories; (6) weapons or knives regulated under applicable law;

And let's not leave this out:

(8) goods or services that are sexually oriented;

Here's the Georgia United Credit Union's CEO:

This is their CEO, Debbie Smith.

In her bio on their website, she pledges allegiance to practicing DEI

This credit union is as woke as it gets, and it’s based here in Georgia!

Time to send a message my canceling your accounts and spreading this info far and wide! pic.twitter.com/Dkbc5UyYdW
— SETH WEATHERS (@sethweathers) January 15, 2024

This, actually, explains a lot — the "woke" DEI crowd aren't generally fans of the Second Amendment, although given their woke CEO, it's less apparent why they are engaging in a seeming porn crackdown; the "woke" go on about guns a lot, but you don't often hear about them decrying PornHub.

But going woke hasn't worked out well for other companies, many of which are far larger, with more extensive customer bases than a local Georgia credit union.

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It's easy to predict a similar outcome for the Georgia United Credit Union, which has locations scattered around Georgia, although most appear to be in the Atlanta metropolitan area. That may prove to be problematic for the credit union, as Georgians, especially outside the Atlanta area, tend to be pretty pro-Second Amendment, and this policy likely won't sit well with those people. They have, mind you, restricted a product that is not only legal but a product the ownership of which is guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.

The Georgia United Credit Union is, of course, not a governmental agency or institution; presumably (I'm not familiar with the particulars of Georgia's laws around financial institutions) they are free to allow or disallow whatever transactions their Board of Directors and/or CEO see fit. But given the nature of Georgia, particularly outside of Atlanta, this seems like a staggeringly bad decision that could have dire consequences for the credit union's bottom line.

Get woke, go broke. It's a hard lesson that many companies have learned and some, like the Bud Light people, are still absorbing. The Georgia United Credit Union appears determined to be next on that list.