Double, I'm sure you are correct. A couple of hundred or even a couple of thousand account closures will not affect how BOA does business. But that doesn't mean that it isn't important to do so.
The account closures will shine a light on the business practice of a Bank that accepts public money and then selectively decides what portion of the public it will and will not serve. It is important that we speak out in the only way we can. Close accounts and let them know why.
You are right. It is important to do so. My point is that it would be best that people had a more realistic perspective on what their individual account closures may mean. BOA is the 2nd largest banking institution in the US.
http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/Top50Form.aspx They are not even likely to notice a few account closures. As I noted, there are at least 15 ongoing calls for folks to boycott BOA and there have been calls for gun folks to boycott BOA since 2001. You have to wonder why companies like McMillan went with BOA despite the already noted calls for boycotts in the past by gun folks. Why are we even surprised or upset that McMillan opted to support an anti-gun company for so long before finally getting screwed by it? BOA's anti-gun policy isn't hidden. Why would McMillan do business with such a company in the first place? Should we not be upset with McMillan for supporting the opposition for so long especially given Kelly McMillan's statement that...
I think it is import for all Americans who believe in and support our 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms should know when a business does not support these rights.
If Kelly thought it was so important tht folks know when a business does not support their 2A rights, how come McMillan didn't figure this out until after being dropped? Apparently, it was not important enough for McMillan to verify if companies, suppliers, etc. with which they do business is anti-gun.
Additionally, McMillan has apparently had no problem with selling their guns to various governments (including ours) that are less than supportive of 2A or gun rights (in countries where there is no 2A).
http://www.mcmfamily.com/pdfs/McMillan Awarded Multiple Contracts.pdf
A boycott by gun owners isn't likely to have any discernable affect on BOA much for the same reasons that concealed carry isn't causing massive drops in crime. Gunowners make up too little of the BOA population and most of those who are there don't give such matters much thought. As a community, we can't even get most folks with concealed carry permits to carried most of the time which is something that could potentially save their lives. So there is no reason to expect that more than just a small fraction of gun owning BOA customers will bother to boycott.
As noted, Bass Pro's credit cards are through BOA. Don't we want to boycott Bass Pro for supporting an anti-gun company like BOA? How about Gander Mountain? They do anti-gun Paypal.
Boycott BOA because it is the right thing to do, but don't be deluded into believing that you are actually going to have some sort of significant impact on their bottom line. We have been boycotting them for 11 years now and haven't managed to change their minds on the gun issue.
Not BOA