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Article: Card issuer's NRA partnership put a risk by frisk. (People's Bank's decision not to allow firearms in annual meeting could cause National Rifle Assn to cancel its affinity card agreement with the bank; policy resulted in frisking of NRA member George Mougios)
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- American Banker
- Article date:
- April 17, 1997
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The National Rifle Association has its sights on the annual meeting today of People's Bank in Bridgeport, Conn.
If guns have to be checked at the door, the association might look for a different bank to issue its affinity Visa card.
Last year George Mougios, an NRA member attending the meeting, was stopped and frisked by guards. Mr. Mougios, who wasn't carrying a gun, complained to NRA headquarters.
That precipitated a flurry of letters among the NRA, Mr. Mougios, and People's Bank on the thrift's firearm policy.
Though People's now says it has no firearms policy, its behavior is likely to figure in forthcoming renegotiations of the card-issuing ...