Washington Free Beacon reporter Stephen Gutowski said on Friday during a Fox News segment that the left aims to have private companies implement its vision for gun control.
"The left now is going for private companies to try to institute their vision for gun control instead of going through the government. You can't vote out your big banks," Gutowski said.
A few banks and other financial institutions have announced they would stop doing business with companies that manufacture "military-style firearms." Bank of America announced the company will no longer lend money to manufacturers of military-style firearms that are then sold to civilians. Citibank announced it would no longer do business with individuals who sells guns to anyone under 21-years-old or with any individual who sells so-called high capacity magazines.
Additional steps have been taken by states, but questions remain as to the impact the measures might have on curbing gun violence. Gutowski specifically discussed the fact that in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, a number of states enacted new gun-control legislation.
Gutowski said it is debatable if the new policies will do anything to curb gun violence.
"As to whether or not it's going to have a large impact on gun violence, I think that's certainly debatable and we certainly haven't seen a lot of additional violence in states where [the gun control measures] are not enacted," Gutowski said.