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| No symbol: An entry without a symbol indicates a rumored, unsubstantiated report of anti-2nd Amendment bias. These are organizations that I may or may not boycott, but I will research their position as my time permits and update their status accordingly. If, after a period of time, I cannot confirm the rumor (or if I can determine it is untrue), then I will remove these entries from my list. My goal is to have as few of these entries as possible so as to avoid giving people the wrong impression of a possibly-innocent organization. (I'm not into character assassination.) |
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| Special Question Mark My web-based list is just getting started. As I haven't had time to get details on many of these companies yet, I'm listing them but including a question mark. If I can't confirm these companies' positions, then I will remove them from the list. |
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7-Eleven | This one is more for corporate stupidity than anything else. This convenience store chain fired an employee who protected his life and that of a coworker. On July 14, 2000, Antonio Feliciano and a coworker were working the late shift in a Martinsburg, West Virginia, store when a shotgun-wielding criminal entered the store and demanded money. In line with company policy, Antonio gave the store's cash to the robber, later discovered to be a woman, 35-year-old Glenda Renee Hull. However, instead of leaving the criminal threatened the lives of Mr. Feliciano and his coworker. Believing his life to be in jeopardy, Mr. Feliciano chose a moment when the criminal's hand wavered and was not pointing the shotgun at either his coworker or himself, and acted. He wrestled the shotgun away from the robber and subdued her, then he and his coworker called local law enforcement. After a two-week review, 7-Eleven fired Mr. Feliciano for acting against company policy, which dictates that employees are not to resist robbers. Company officials released a statement that says in part: "No asset in a 7-Eleven store is worth defending with an employee's life.... There have been many situations at both 7-Eleven and other retail stores around the county where an employee tried to be a hero, but that effort failed. All too frequently, these employees were seriously injured or worse." In my opinion, 7-Eleven misses the point. The criminal already had the money. At the time when Mr. Feliciano acted, the "asset" in question was his life —and 7-Eleven thinks that it is not worth defending! Mr. Feliciano thought he was about to die, and saw that he had two choices. He could either do nothing (which apparently would lead to certain death), or attempt to save his life and that of his coworker. An attempt to save his life might or might not succeed, but his chances were better than doing nothing. Apparently, 7-Eleven thinks that it is preferable for an employee to die than attempt to save his life. A policy to comply with criminals is one thing, but what about when the criminal, after getting the money, directly threatens the lives of employees? Read the ABC News 20/20 report here. |
| ? | A & M Records | ? |
| ? | Abstract Edge | ? |
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ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) | Refuses to support the 2nd Amendment. On their website, the ACLU claims that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the 2nd Amendment does not guarantee a right to keep and bear arms, yet for proof they don't quote the alleged Supreme Court statement on that--they quote a lower court. (Memo to ACLU: When you claim that someone has said something to support your position, you should quote that person , not his younger cousin.) |
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American Jewish Congress | A sponsor of the "Stop the Guns" petition. |
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Americans for Gun Safety | Although claiming to support the right of citizens to own guns, this organization appears to sponsor gun licensing and registration, "one gun a month" laws, and other proposals that would restrict our 2nd Amendment rights. |
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Applegate Farms | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. | I don't have any definite information on this company yet, but according to the NRA's site, they have lent support to anti-2nd Amendment organizations in the past. With their left-wing social activism agenda, I can certainly believe that they might be fighting against my 2nd Amendment rights. |
| ? | Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc. | ? |
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Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence | A statement on their website says: "Despite the prevalence of gun carrying in schools, school shootings still remain relatively rare events. Since 1992, approximately 190 shooting deaths have occurred in American schools (both student and faculty/staff). While clearly a serious issue, it must be noted that these 190 school-related deaths represent only about 1% of all youth killed with guns at the present." I find it interesting that they aren't using the false statistics from Handgun Control, Inc. If you do the math for CSPV's statement, it comes out to 237.5 youth/year (190 times 100, that answer divided by 8 years). I will at least give them credit for semi-honest statistics. What they don't say, however, is that the overwhelming majority of thse shootings are gang related. |
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Charming Shoppes, Inc.
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I have received reports that this company and/or its subsidiaries is distributing gun-control propaganda (courtesy of the League of Women Voters) in their catalogs. |
| ? | Child Magazine | ? |
| ? | CIBC Worldwide Markets | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
| ? | Clorox Corporation | ? |
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CMS Companies | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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The Colorado Trust | This organization provides funding to the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence . |
| ? | Crown Central Petroleum Corp. | ? |
| ? | Cummins Engine Company, Inc. | ? |
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Dannon | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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Digital Media, Inc. | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
| ? | Ding A Ling Communications | I can't find any info on this company at all. Do they even exist? Do they have a website? |
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Dish Network | I have seen a report that Dish Network implements its own program rating system, and that any movie that shows "gun play" receives an R rating (if you follow the link, scroll down to the "ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS" section near the bottom). It appears that they do not distinguish between criminal acts and self-defense acts. If anyone has more information about this, please let me know. |
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doitforthekids.org | Gun control advocacy organization that mistakenly thinks that controlling normal, law-abiding citizens is going to stop abnormal, non-law-abiding criminals from hurting people. |
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Earthgrains | Earthgrains, a bakery and refrigerated dough products company based in the United States, donated $5,000 to the campaign to defeat proposition B in Missouri . Proposition B would have legalized the carrying of concealed weapons by law-abiding citizens (as opposed to the criminals in that state, who carry concealed weapons anyway). |
| ? | Entrust Capital, Inc. | ?? |
| ? | Family Foundation | ?? |
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Fashion Bug | see Charming Shoppes, Inc. |
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Federation of American Scientists | While some might applaud their efforts to restrict illegal arms smuggling, this organization appears to agree with some of the more extreme gun-control positions in the United States . (If you follow the link, scroll down to the "American-based gun-control groups" bullet point.) |
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FileMaker | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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First Run Features | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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Guess | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
| ? | Hallmark | ? |
| ? | Hechinger Company | ? |
| ? | Hyatt Corporation | ? |
| ? | ICN Biomedicals | ? |
| ? | ivillage.com | ? |
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Jack in the Box Restaurants, Inc. | This company prohibits the legal carrying of weapons (concealed or otherwise) in their restaurants . |
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Join Together Online | Organization actively promotes a gun-control agenda. |
| ? | Kaiser Permanente | ? |
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Kenneth Cole Corporation | According to an "Apple Pie Award" on the Million Mom March website, this company bought print advertisements that blame gun manufacturers for deaths instead of the criminal whose finger pulls the trigger. |
| ? | Kwik Kopy | ? |
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Lifetime T.V. | This television network apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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League of Women Voters | This political advocacy group advocates new gun control laws . |
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Levi Strauss & Co. | Direct, shameless anti-gun activism. Visit their "Denim Wall" website at http://www.levismusic.com/dangelo/denimwall/denimwall.html for more information. I used to like Levi's jeans; now I'll never buy another pair. |
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Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse | Direct, shameless anti-gun activism. As part of their "home safety" program, they publicize the long-ago refuted claim that "[h]omes with guns are much more likely to have a murder or suicide of a family member than in homes without guns." For Lowe's to publicize inaccurate information is not only wrong, it is dangerous. |
| ? | Mail Boxes Etc | ? |
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Marie Claire magazine | This magazine has recently begun active support of gun control. |
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Massachusettes, Commonwealth of | Yes, I can boycott an entire state if I want to. |
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McClelland Press | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
| ? | MNC Financial, Inc. | ? |
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monster.com | The founder of this organization, Andrew McKelvey, has donated large sums of money to Handgun Control, Inc. and the Million Mom March. I'm trying to determine just how much of this his company should be held responsible for. |
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New Frontier Clothing | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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New Jersey, State of | Yes, I can boycott two entire states if I want to (see Massachusettes, above). I have a problem with the government deciding that it knows what kind of guns are best for its citizens. It's kinda like the government deciding that it knows what books are best for its citizens. |
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O'Donnell, Rosie | This hypocritical anti-gun advocate believes that normal citizens should not be allowed to have a gun, yet she employs an armed bodyguard to protect her children. |
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Ohio, State of | OK, three states (see Massachusettes and New Jersey , above). |
| ? | Oxygen.com | ? |
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Parents Magazine | In the November 2000 issue, on pages 45-49 this publication ran an anti-2nd Amendment-rights article. The article shows very little thought, and is instead a knee-jerk anti-gun opinion, the author of which quite obviously did not bother to check all the facts. While some might argue that they have a 1st Amendment right to print whatever they want, I believe that, at the very least, they should have allowed equal space for a pro-2nd Amendment-rights article. |
| ? | PAX | ? |
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Physicians for Social Responsibility | This organization promotes gun control laws and publishes anti-2nd Amendment propaganda. |
| ? | Planet Hollywood | ? |
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Prudential Insurance | I've heard several reports that this company will no longer insure people who own certain types of firearms. The specific one I've heard mentioned is a Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun. While not the most popular model shotgun in the U.S., this gun is fairly popular. Why Prudential has chosen this particular one out of all others has me stumped. The best detail I've heard so far is that they think that this is a dangerous "assault" shotgun, which defies logic and common sense. |
| ? | Rolling Stone Magazine | ? |
| ? | Saf T Lok, Inc. | ? |
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Sara Lee Corporation | Anyone who donates money to the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence is automatically on my boycott list, whether I know it or not (you figure it out). I'm joining my sisters-at-arms in their boycott. For more information on this company, read the Hot Pink Action Alert on Women Against Gun Control's website. |
| ? | Sheerr Communications, Inc. | ? |
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Silver Dollar City, Inc. | Silver Dollar City, Inc. is a privately held management company run by members of the Herschend family. Very large donations to defeat Proposition B in Missouri were made by Silver Dollar City. Proposition B would have legalized the carrying of concealed weapons by law-abiding citizens (as opposed to the criminals in that state, who carry concealed weapons anyway). |
| ? | Sony Music | ? |
| ? | Soros, George | ? |
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Southland Corporation | See 7-Eleven |
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Smith & Wesson | Smith & Wesson signed a deal with the devil which tries to surrender the rights of citizens as well as force non-S&W-owned dealers to obey the agreement (which the dealers did not sign). |
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State Farm Insurance | State Farm appears to engage in discriminatory practices by refusing to insure people involved with firearms, whether as a hunter or recreational target shooter. Read about Gary Atkinson's experience with them at http://www.scfirearms.org/garya.htm . |
| ? | StrideRite, Inc. | ? |
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TMP Worldwide, Inc. | Headed by Andrew McKelvey (who has donated large sums of money to Handgun Control, Inc. and the Million Mom March) . I'm trying to determine just how much of this his company should be held responsible for. |
| ? | Time Warner, Inc. | ? |
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Toys "R" Us, Inc. | According to the June 14, 2000 and June 15, 2000 editions of the New York Post( "NRA Eatery Vexes Times Sq. Tenants" By Evelyn Nussenbaum , and "Politicians Join NRA Showdown" by Paul Tharp ), this company announced that they will refuse to sign a lease for space in a particular New York City building if the National Rifle Association opens a family-oriented restaurant and arcade in the same building. Toys "R" Us' position is quite obviously not a moral stand against violence (or rather, against an organization that they might incorrectly perceive to represent violence). Toys "R" Us sells toys that have a basis in violence (e.g., "action" figures such as GI Joe and various wrestling stars, as well as toy guns and squirt guns), and games with a violent theme (e.g., Perfect Dark, a first person perspective shooter game; WCW Mayhem, which features violent fights; Starcraft 64, a war simulation game; and Pokemon Yellow, a Pokemon fighter training game—just to name a few). Therefore, I must conclude that their reason is not a moral stand against violence; otherwise, they would not sell those products. Rather, they decided to make a political stand against an organization, which represents individual rights, which they simply do not like. |
| ? | United Methodist Church Board | ? |
| ? | Viacom, Inc. | ? |
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Violence Prevention Research Program | This organization appears to be a puppet of the anti-2nd Amendment crowd. They have a lot of "reports" on how bad guns are. |
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Virgin Atlantic Airways | This company apparently provided some sponsorship for the very uninformed "Million Mom March." |
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Volkswagen of America | I've seen a claim that this company provided some sponsorship for Handgun Control, Inc. Supposedly this was verified by Dennis Wholey and Sarah Brady on a PBS program in 1993. Looking for confirmation. |
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Waffle House, Inc. | This restaurant chain has instituted a policy against handguns in their restaurants (at least in the Atlanta area). When they add knives, baseball bats, tire irons, frying pans, spatulas and other deadly objects to the ban, then I'll actually believe that they're serious about preventing injuries. Until then, it looks like a political statement to me. |
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Working Assets | This company promotes gun-control legislation. (If you visit the link, you'll need to scroll down to the May, 1999 entry "Close Loophole on Gun Control Laws.") |
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workingmommall.com | This organization is an active sponsor of the Million Mom March . |
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