How Texas punishes companies who ‘discriminate’ against gun manufacturers | Robert Reich

A Texas law dictates which firms state agencies can do business with and requires written affirmations to the attorney general

After a 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, JPMorgan Chase, America's largest bank, publicly distanced itself from the firearms industry. Its chief financial officer reassured the media that the bank's relationships with gunmakers have come down significantly and are pretty limited".

That was then. This past September, a new Texas law went into effect that bans state agencies from working with any firm that discriminates" against companies or individuals in the gun industry.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com