April 10 (UPI) -- Big banks defended their policies to lend -- or not lend -- to gun manufacturers during testimony Wednesday before the House financial services committee.
Democrats on the panel praised the leaders of Bank of America and Citigroup -- two of seven in attendance -- for their decisions to stop loaning money to gun makers after a teenager used an assault-style rifle to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.