What say you Def-Con News readers? Is it time to make some changes with your purchasing power? I recognize four recurring favorites I can eliminate or at least reduce considerably rather easily, and two that will require some time and effort. Over 100 million American gun owners represent a sizeable consumer bloc, and they will decide where they spend their money.” “Businesses and the people who own them can support whatever kind of philosophy they want, and gun owning consumers can likewise not spend any money with those firms. “We’re not calling for a boycott of these companies,” Gottlieb said. This might convince some businesses to re-think their core values.” “By providing this information, we hope gun owning consumers are making reasonable decisions about which businesses to patronize. “We encourage people to buy products from companies they can count on to not support efforts aimed at curtailing constitutional rights,” he explained. It’s not about boycotting companies and businesses but rather about giving Americans the ability to make informed decisions about where their hard-earned dollars go. March for Our Lives quickly used the funds to advance anti-Second Amendment legislation, Gottlieb said.Īccording to Gottlieb, putting together the list was about giving pro-gun Americans knowledge about their purchasing habits. The CCRKBA recently added Gucci to the list after it was revealed the high-end brand donated $500,000 to the March for Our Lives organization, which launched after the Parkland shooting in Florida. 22, 2020, at the Capitol in Washington, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democratic committee. Their current and potential patrons should have the knowledge of what their hard earned dollars are actually funding.” Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks during a news conference after boycotting the vote by the Republican-led panel to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to sit on the Supreme Court, Thursday, Oct. “We discovered several brand name businesses and corporate leaders who evidently have a nefarious agenda to limit gun rights. “When we started this project last year, we were actually surprised, and in some cases disappointed, at some of the businesses we added to the list,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said in a statement.
The goal was to provide a comprehensive list of companies and/or CEOs who back gun control initiatives and legislation or have anti-firearm corporate policies in place.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms launched an initiative last year aimed at providing information to Second Amendment-loving Americans.
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