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House Report: "Choke Point" Targets Legal Businesses for Asphyxiation

NRA-ILA NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 21, No. 22 05/30/2014 House Report: "Choke Point" Targets Legal Businesses for Asphyxiation On May 29, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released a staff report, The Department of Justice's "Operation Choke Point": Illegally Choking Off Legitimate Businesses? The report concludes that the true goal of the operation is to "choke out" certain industries, including legal businesses like sellers of firearms and ammunition, which the current administration considers politically objectionable. The report follows the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) launch last yea...