Starbucks says “leave us out of this”
So, a bunch of people open carrying into Starbucks have given a few anti-gun people a small, hollow, and pointless victory. Starbucks comes out and says Hai guys, can you please leave us out of this. Also, don’t go heeled here. I mean, if you do, we won’t do anything about it. But pretty please.
I guess they don’t want gun owner business. Because that is what will happen. They never really got my business except a couple of times because I don’t like to pay excessive prices for mediocre coffee.
Also, Starbucks was never on our side. They wanted left out of it.
So, the anti-gun people get their first victory in, uhm, I forget how long, and it’s because people loaded up their AR-15s and tactical thigh holsters to go have an overpriced brunch.
September 18th, 2013 at 7:53 pm
I don’t know if I’d call it a victory for anti-gunners.
It’s more of a “We don’t want to be involved in this debate. How about some burnt coffee?”
September 18th, 2013 at 7:54 pm
But that’s how they spin it.
September 18th, 2013 at 8:14 pm
I really don’t agree with you at all. Starbuck’s has always been straight forward about following State law. They never said they were for or against the 2nd Amendment.
I don’t drink coffee at all, but I’m for them.
It’s better to consider them on our side or partial, then to think of them as another real anti 2A corporation.
Compiled by:
NRA Institute for Legislative Action
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
National Organizations With Anti-Gun Policies
The following organizations have lent monetary, grassroots or some other type of direct support to anti-gun organizations. In many instances, these organizations lent their name in support of specific campaigns to pass anti-gun legislation such as the March 1995 HCI “Campaign to Protect Sane Gun Laws.” Many of these organizations were listed as “Campaign Partners,” for having pledged to fight any efforts to repeal the Brady Act and the Clinton “assault weapons” ban. All have officially endorsed anti-gun positions.
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AFL-CIO
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities
American Association of Retired Persons
American Association of School Administrators
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Association for World Health
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
American Bar Association
American Civil Liberties Union
American Counseling Association
American Ethical Union
American Federation of Teachers
American Firearms Association
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
American Medical Association
American Medical Women’s Association
American Medical Student Association
American Nurses Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
American Trauma Society
Americans for Democratic Action
Anti-Defamation League
Association of American Medical Colleges
B’nai B’rith
Black Mental Health Alliance
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Children s Defense Fund
Church of the Brethren
Coalition for Peace Action
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
College Democrats of America
Committee for the Study of Handgun Misuse & World Peace
Common Cause
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Consumer Federation of America
Council of Chief State School Officers
Council of the Great City Schools
Dehere Foundation
Disarm Educational Fund
Environmental Action Foundation
Episcopal Church, USA
Episcopal Church-Washington Office
Florence and John Shumann Foundation
Friends Committee on National Legislation
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
George Gund FundAmbulatory Pediatric Association
Gray Panthers
H.M. Strong Foundation
Hadassah
Harris Foundation
Hechinger Foundation
Int’l Association of Educators for World Peace
Int’l Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Interfaith Neighbors
Jewish Labor Committee
Joyce Foundation
Lauder Foundation
Lawrence Foundation
League of Women Voters of the United States*
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Manhattan Project II
Mennonite Central Committee-Washington Office
National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Social Welfare Organizations
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of Police Organizations
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers
National Association of Elementary School Principals*
National Association of Public Hospitals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of Counties*
National Association of Community Health Centers
National Black Nurses’ Association
National Center to Rehabilitate Violent Youth
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council on Family Relations
National Council of La Raza
National Council of Negro Women
National Education Association*
National League of Cities
National Network for Youth
National Organization for Women
National Organization on Disability
National Parent, Teachers Association*
National Parks and Conservation Association
National Peace Foundation
National People’s Action
National Political Congress of Black Women
National Safe Kids Campaign
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
National Urban League, Inc.
National Urban Coalition
NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Ortenberg Foundation
Peace Action
People for the American Way
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Police Foundation
Project on Demilitarization and Democracy
Public Citizen
SaferWorld
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Council of the Great City Schools
The Synergetic Society
U.S. Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society*
United Methodist Church, General Board & Church Society
United States Catholic Conference
United States Conference of Mayors
War and Peace Foundation
Women Strike for Peace
Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
Women’s Int’l League for Peace and Freedom
Women’s National Democratic Club
World Spiritual Assembly, Inc.
YWCA of the U.S.A.
*The national organization only endorses federal legislation.
Anti-Gun Individuals & Celebrities
The following celebrities and national figures have lent their name and notoriety to anti-gun causes, speaking out for anti-gun legislation and providing a voice for anti-gun organizations.
Celebrities:
Aaliyah – Singer
Krista Allen – Actress
Suzy Amis – Actress
Louis Anderson – Comedian
Richard Dean Anderson – Actor
David Arquette – Actor
Ed Asner – Actor
Alec Baldwin – Actor
Bob Barker – TV Personality
Carol Bayer Sager – Composer
Drew Barrymore – Actress
Kevin Bacon – Actor
Lauren Bacall – Actress*
Sarah Ban Breathnach – Writer
William Baldwin – Actor
Candice Bergen – Actress
Richard Belzer – Actor
Tony Bennett – Singer
Boys II Men – Pop Group
Jon Bon Jovi – Singer
Peter Bogdonovich – Director
Peter Bonerz – Actor
Albert Brooks – Actor
Beau Bridges – Actor
Benjamin Bratt – Actor
Bonnie Bruckheimer – Movie Producer
Christie Brinkley – Model
Dr. Joyce Brothers – Psychologist/Author
James Brolin – Actor
James Brooks – TV Producer
Mel Brooks – Actor/Director
Steven Brill – Author
Betty Buckley – Actress
Ellen Burstyn – Actress
David Canary – Actor
Kate Capshaw – Actress
Josh Charles – Actor
Julia Child – Author/Chef*
Robert Chartloff – Producer
Stockard Channing – Actress
Russell Simmons – Record Producer
Jill Clayburgh – Actress
Rosemary Clooney – Singer
Terri Clark – Singer
Jackie Cooper – Actor/Director*
Jennifer Connolly – Actress
Judy Collins – Singer
Kevin Costner – Actor
Sean Connery – Actor
Hume Cronyn – Actor*
Sheryl Crow – Singer
Walter Cronkite – Frmr News Anchor
July Cypher – Director
Arlene Dahl – Actress
Clive Davis – Writer
Linda Dano – Actress
Matt Damon – Actor
Pam Dawber – Actress
Patrika Darbo – Actress
Stuart Damon – Actor
Ellen Degeneres – Actress
Gavin de Becker – Writer
Rebecca DeMornay – Actress
Michael Douglas – Actor
Phil Donahue – Frmr Talk Show Host
Richard Donner – Director
Fran Drescher – Actress
Richard Dreyfus – Actor
David Duchovny – Actor
Sandy Duncan – Actress
Christine Ebersole – Actress
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds – Singer
Missy Elliott – Singer
Nora Ephron – Director
Gloria Estefan – Singer
Melissa Etheridge – Singer
Mia Farrow – Actress
Mike Farrell – Actor
Carrie Fisher – Actress
Sally Field – Actress
Doug Flutie – NFL player
Fannie Flagg – Actress
Jane Fonda – Actress
Rick Fox – NBA Player
Andy Garcia – Actor
Art Garfunkel – Singer
Estelle Getty – Actress
Richard Gere – Actor
Kathie Lee Gifford – TV personality
Paul Glaser – TV director
Brad Gooch – Writer
Elliott Gould – Actor
Louis Gossett, Jr. – Actor
Michael Gross – Actor
Nancy Lee Grahn – Actress
Spalding Gray – Actor
Bryant Gumbel – TV Personality
Deidra Hall – Actress
Ethan Hawke – Actor
Mariette Hartley – Actress
Mark Harmon – Actor
Anne Heche – Actress
Howard Hessman – Actor
Marilu Henner – Actress
Hal Holbrook – Actor*
Whitney Houston – Singer
Helen Hunt – Actress
Grace-Lynne Ingle – Actress
John Ingle – Actor
Francesca James – TV Producer
Norman Jewison – Director
Lainie Kazan – Actress
Richard Karn – Actor
Barry Kemp – TV Producer
Margaret Kemp – Interior Designer
David E. Kelley – TV Producer
Diane Keaton – Actress
Chaka Khan – Singer
Kevin Kline – Actor
Michael E. Knight – Actor
Jonathan Kozol – Writer
William Kovacs – Director
Lenny Kravits – Singer
Lisa Kudrow – Actress
Wally Kurth – Actor
Christine Lahti – Actress
k.d. lang – Singer
Ricki Lake – TV personality
Denis Leary – Actor
Jack Lemmon – Actor*
John Leguizamo – Actor
Norman Lear – TV Producer
Spike Lee – Director
Hal Linden – Actor
Lisa Linde – Actress
Tara Lipinski – Former Olympian
Keyshawn Johnson – NFL player
Rob Lowe – Actor
Amanda Marshall – Singer
Barry Manilow – Singer
Camryn Manheim – Actress
Howie Mandel – Actor
Kyle MacLachlan – Actor
Madonna – Singer
Marla Maples – Actress
Marsha Mason – Actress*
Mase – Singer
Penny Marshall – Director
Prema Mathai-Davis – YWCA Official
John McDaniel – Musician
Brian McKnight – Musician
Ed McMahon – TV personality
Natalie Merchant – Singer
Bette Midler – Singer
Shane Minor – Musician
Mary Tyler Moore – Actress
Norval Morris – Law Professor
Mike Myers – Actor
N Sync – Singer
Kathy Najimy – Actress
Paul Newman – Actor
Harry Nilson – Singer
Jack Nicholson – Actor
Leonard Nimoy – Actor
Mike Nichols – Director
Stephen Nichols – Actor
Rosie O’Donnel – Actress/Talk Show Host
Jennifer O Neill – Actress
Julia Ormond – Actress
Jane Pauley – TV Personality
Sarah Jessica Parker – Actress
Gregory Peck – Actor*
Michelle Pfieffer – Actress
Sydney Pollack – Director
Aidan Quinn – Actor
Colin Quinn – Actor
Dennis Quaid – Actor
Elizabeth Bracco Quinn – Actress
Bonnie Raitt – Singer
Debbie Reynolds – Actress
Mary Lou Retton – Former Olympian
Paul Reiser – Actor
Peter Reckell – Actor
Rob Reiner – Actor/Director
Robert Redford – Actor/Director
Anne Rice – Writer
Cathy Rigby – Actress
Natasha Richardson – Actress
Geraldo Rivera – TV personality
Fred Rogers – Mr. Rogers
Julia Roberts – Actress
Marc Rosen – TV Producer
Tim Robbins – Actor
Renee Russo – Actress
Robin Ruzan – Wife of Mike Myers
Meg Ryan – Actress
Susan Sarandon – Actress
Jerry Seinfeld – Actor
Kyra Sedgwick – Actress
Neil Simon – Playwright*
Louise Sorel – Actress
Mira Sorvino – Actress
Rena Sofer – Actress
Britany Spears – Singer
Bruce Springsteen – Singer
Kevin Spirtas – Actor
Barbra Streisand – Singer
David Steinberg – Director
Harry Dean Stanton – Actor
Meryl Streep – Actress
Patrick Stewart – Actor
Rod Steiger – Actor*
Sharon Stone – Actress
Sting – Singer
Trudie Styler – Actress
Jonathan Taylor Thomas – Actor
The Temptations – Pop Group
Vinny Testaverde – NFL player
Marlo Thomas – Actress*
Uma Thurman – Actress
Steve Tisch – Producer
Mike Torrez – Former Baseball player
Shania Twain – Singer
Dick Van Dyke – Actor
Eli Wallach – Actor*
Ruth Warrick – Actress
Harvey Weinstein – Producer
Jann Wenner – Publisher
Sigourney Weaver – Actress
Victor Webster – Actor
James Whitmore – Actor*
Andy Williams – Singer*
Henry Winkler – Actor
Oprah Winfrey – Entertainer
Richard Widmark – Actor
Rita Wilson – Actress
Venassa Williams – Singer
Herman Wouk – Author
Joanne Woodward – Actress*
Peter Yarrow – Singer
Ahmet Zappa
Diva Zappa
Dweezil Zappa – Musician
Gail Zappa
Moon Zappa
* Denotes membership on HCI’s National Committee
National Figures:
Joel J. Alpert M.D. – Pediatrician
Robert Bernstein Ph.D – Pediatrician
Robert E. Brennan – Financier
Bishop Edmond Browning – Espiscopal Leader
James E. Carter – Former President
Marian Wright Edelman – Director, Childrens Defense Fund
Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO The Walt Disney Company
Ahmet Ertegun – Music Producer
Amitai Etzioni – Teacher
Tom Freston – MTV President
Dr. Lorraine E. Hale – Social Worker
Della M. Hughes – Activist
Maynard Jackson – Mayor, Atlanta*
Ed Koch – Former Politician
C. Everett Koop – Former Surgeon General
Rev. Wallace Ryan Kuroiwa – Clergyman
Gerald M. Levin – Chairman, Time Warner
Davis S. Liederman – Ex. Dir. Child Welfare League
Paul Rabbi Menitaff – Clergyman
Abner Mikva – Former Judge
Richard Parsons – Pres. Time Warner
Jay Pritzker, Chairman & CEO Hyatt Corporation
Steven Rockefeller – Financier
Ellen Y. Rosenberg – Activist
Rabbi David Saperstein – Clergyman
Herb Scannel – Pres. Nickelodeon
Vincent Schiraldi – Dir. Justice Policy Institute
Lyle Elmer Strom – Federal Judge
Joe Volk – Clergyman
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie – Clergyman
The following journalists actively editorialize in favor of gun control laws:
Steve Benson – Cartoonist
Herbert Block – Cartoonist
Tony Auth – Cartoonist
Herbert Block – Cartoonist
Jim Borgman – Cartoonist
Jimmy Breslin – Columnist
Art Buchwald – Columnist
Stuart Carlson – Cartoonist
Marie Cocco – Columnist
E.J. Dionne Jr. – Columnist
Bonnie Erbe – Columnist
Tom Fiedler – Columnist
Michael Gartner – Columnist
Mark Genrich – Columnist
James Glassman – Editor
Richard Harwood – Columnist
Bob Herbert – Columnist
Molly Ivins – Columnist
Bill Johnson – Columnist
Donald Kaul – Columnist
Ann Landers – Columnist
Mike Lane – Cartoonist
Leonard Larson – Columnist
Mike Luckovich – Cartoonist
Jimmy Margulies – Cartoonist
Doug Marlette – Cartoonist
Deborah Mathis – Columnist
Colman McCarthy – Columnist
Mary McGrory – Columnist
Jim Morin – Cartoonist
Mike Peters – Cartoonist
Robert Reno – Columnist
Frank Rich – Columnist
Cindy Richards – Columnist
Rob Rogers – Cartoonist
Kevin Siers- Cartoonist
Ed Stein – Cartoonist
Tom Teepen – Editor
Tim Toles – Cartoonist
Garry Trudeau – Cartoonist
Cynthia Tucker – Columnist
Steve Twomey – Columnist
Steve Villano – Columnist
Adrienne Washington – Columnist
Don Wright – Cartoonist
Anti-Gun Corporations/Corporate Heads
The following listing includes the most prominent national corporations that have lent their corporate support to gun control initiatives or taken position supporting gun control.
A & M Records
Al Cafaro, Chrm. & CEO
595 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 826-0477
http://www.amrecords.com
Record Production, Entertainment
American Century Companies
James E. Stowers, CEO
4500 Main St., 4th Floor
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 531-5575
http://www.americancentury.com
Mutual Fund & Stock Investment Company on NYSE
American Multi Cinemas Entertainment, Inc.
Stanley H. Durwood, Co-Chairman, CEOPeter C. Brown, President, CFO
106 West 14th Street, #1700
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 221-4000
http://www.amctheaters.com
Movie Theater Company
Argosy Casino
H. Steven Norton, President, CEO
777 N.W. Argosy Parkway
Riverside, MO 64150
(816) 746-7711
http://www.argosycasinos.com/
Gambling Casino Company
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.
Bennett R. Cohen Chrm. & CEO
Rte. 100, Box 240
Waterbury, VT 05676
(802) 244-5641
http://www.benjerry.com
Ice cream and frozen yogurt
BJC Health Systems
Fred L. Brown, President & CEO
4444 Forest Park Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 747-9322
http://www.bjc.org/
Healthcare Ccompany
Blue Cross Blue Shield – Kansas City
John P. Mascotte, President
P.O. Box 419169
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 395-2222
Healthcare Ccompany
Brooks Investments-Robert Brooks
Robert Brooks
45 Chesterfield Lakes Road
Chesterfield, MO 63005
Investment Company
Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc.
Philip M. Hawley, Chrm. & CEO
444 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 620-0150
Retail clothing and accessories stores
Crown Central Petroleum Corp.
Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr.
One North Central Street Box 1168
Baltimore, MD 21203
(301) 539-7400
Refiners and marketers of petroleum products, convenience stores
Development Specialists – Chicago
70 W. Madison Street, #2300
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 263-4141
Earthgrains – St. Louis
8400 Maryland Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63105
(314) 259-7000
http://www.ironkids.com/Pages/Earthgrains.html
National Bread Company
General American – St. Louis
Richard A. Liddy, CEO
P.O. Box 396
St. Louis, MO 63166
(314) 843-8700
http://www.genam.com
Life Insurance
Hallmark Cards
Irvine O. Hockaday, President & CEO
P.O. Box 418307
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 274-5111
http://www.hallmark.com
Greeting Card Company
Health Midwest
2316 East Meyer Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64132
(816) 751-3000
http://www.healthmidwest.org
National Healthcare Company
ICN Biomedicals
Adam Jerney, Chrm. & CEO
3300 Hyland Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 545-0113
http://www.icnbiomed.com
Pharmaceutical products
James B.Nutter Co. – Kansas City
James B.Nutter
4153 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 531-2345
Investment Banker
Kansas City Chiefs
Lamar Hunt, Owner
One Arrowhead Drive
Kansas City, MO 64129
(816) 924-9300
http://www.kcchiefs.com
Pro Football Team
Kansas City Royals
David Glass, CEO
P.O. Box 419969
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 921-8000
http://www.kcroyals.com
Pro Baseball Team
Kenneth Cole
152 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(800) 536-2653
http://www.kennethcole.com
Clothing retailer
Levi Strauss & Co.
Robert D. Haas, Chairman
Philip Marineau, CEO
Peter A. Jacobi, President and COO
1155 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 501-6000
FAX (415) 501-3939
http://www.levistraus.com
Clothing
Mallinckrodt, Inc. – St. Louis
C. Ray Holman, President & CEO
675 McDonnell Blvd, Box 5840
St. Louis, MO 63134
(314) 654-2000
http://www.mallinckrodt.com
Clothing Starch Company
Maritz, Inc. – St. Louis
William E. Maritz, Chairman & CEO
1375 N. Highway Drive
Fenton, MO 63099
(314) 827-4000
http://www.maritz.com
Corporate Travel & Research Company
Michael Douglas Foundation
3550 Wilshire
Los Angele, CA 90010
MNC Financial, Inc.
Alfred Lerner, Chrm.
Ten Light Street Box 987
Baltimore, MD 21203
(301) 244-5000
Banking, financial services
Sara Lee Corporation
Sara Lee Foundation
Three First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60602-4260
Phone: 312-726-2600
http://www.saralee.com
Fax: 312-726-3712
Schnucks Markets
Craig D. Schnuck
11420 Lackland Road
St. Louis, MO 63146
(314) 994-9900
http://www.schnucks.com
Grocery Stores
Silver Dollar City
Peter Herschend
One Corporate Drive
Branson, MO 65616
800 475-9370
http://www.silverdollarcity.com
Amusement Parks
Site Oil Company – St. Louis
Alvin J. Siteman, President
50 S. Bemiston
St. Louis, MO 63105
(314) 725-4321
Oil Company
Southland Corporation
Masatoshi Ito, Chrm.
2711 North Haskell Avenue
Dallas, TX 75221
http://www.7-eleven.com
Convenience stores
Southwestern Bell Telephone- St. Louis
One Bell Center
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 235-9800
http://www.swbell.com
Telecommunications Firm
Sport & Health, Inc.
Don Konz, CEO
1800 Old Meadow Rd.
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 556-6556
http://www.sportandhealth.com
Health clubs and fitness centers
Sprint Corp PAC
William T. Esrey, Chairman, President & CEO
2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Westwood, KS 66205
913 624-3000
http://www.sprint.com
Telecommunicaitons Firm
SSM Health System – St. Louis
477 N. Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 994-7800
Healthcare Ccompany
St. Louis Cardinals
William DeWitt Jr., Controlling Owner
250 Stadium Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 421-3263
Pro Baseball Team
St. Louis Rams
Georgia Frontiere , Owner
One Rams Way
Earth City, MO 63045
(314) 982-7267
http://www.stlouisrams.com
Pro Football Team
St. Louis University
Rev. Lawrence Biondi, President
221 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 977-2222
http://www.slu.edu
Private Catholic University
Stoneyfield Farms Yogurt
Mr. Gary Hirshberg, CEO
10 Burton Drive
Londonderry, NH 03053
(603) 437-7594
Yogurt
Sverdrup Corp.
Richard E. Beumer, Chairman & CEO
13723 Riverport Drive
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
(314) 436-7600
http://www.sverdrup.com
Engineering Firm
Time Warner Inc.
Gerald M. Levin, Chrm. & CEO
75 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10019
(212) 484-8000
http://www.pathfinder.com/corp/
Publishing, film and music recordings
TMP Worldwide/Monster.Com
Andrew McKelvey, CEO
1633 Broadway, 33rd Fl.
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-977-4200
Fax: 212-956-2142
http://www.tmpw.com
http://www.monster.com
online employment service
Unity Health – St. Louis
1650 Des Peres Road #301
St. Louis, MO 63131
(314) 909-3300
http://www.smhs.com/unityheath.html
Healthcare Ccompany
Working Assets
Peter Barnes, Founder
701 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 788 0777
http://www.workingassets.com
Long distance telephone service
Publication and Media Outlets
The following publications and media outlets have assisted in the attack on Second Amendment rights. The editorial policies of some of the media sources listed portray firearms in a negative manner in an attempt to generate public support for restrictions on firearms ownership. Others have refused some or all of NRA’s advertisements.
Capital Cities/ABC
Television Network
77 W. 66th Street
New York, NY 10023-6298
(212) 456-7777
Bell Atlantic-D.C.
2055 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 392-9900
Better Homes and Gardens
1716 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-3023
(515) 284-3000
Blue Chip Stamps
15801 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040
(213) 720-4600
The Christian Publishing Society
The Christian Science Monitor
One Norway Street
Boston, MA 02115
(508) 586-6200
Columbia Broadcasting Service
CBS Television Network
51 W. 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-4321
Corporation For Public Broadcasting/ PBS Television
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314-1698
(703) 739-5000
(703) 739-0775 – Fax
Cox Newspapers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Credibank Towers, Suite 400
2800 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33137
(305) 576-7678
Gannett News Service
USA Today
1000 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22229
(703) 276-5806
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
Ebony Magazine
820 S. Michigan avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-2190
(312) 322-9250
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Detroit Free-Press
321 W. LaFayette Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48231
(313) 222-6400
Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132-1683
(305) 350-2111
Los Angeles Times
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, California 90053
(213) 237-4511
(213) 237-7679 – Fax
McCall’s Magazine
110 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017-5603
(212) 463-1000
National Broadcasting Company
NBC Television Network
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-4444
Newsweek, Inc.
Newsweek Magazine
444 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6999
(212) 350-4000
Rolling Stone Magazine
Jann Wenner, Chrm. & CEO
745 5th, Avenue
New York, NY 10151
(212) 758-3800
The New York Times Corporation
The New York Times
229 W. 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 556-1234
Time Magazine
Time & Life Building
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
(212) 522-1212
Times-Mirror Corporation
The Los Angeles Times
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, CA 90053
(213) 237-3000
The Baltimore Sun
501 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21278
(301) 332-6300
The Tribune Company
Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 227-3000
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20071
(202) 334-6000
September 18th, 2013 at 8:21 pm
I’m not sure how you call this a victory.
People who value clarity and honesty now understand that Starbucks doesn’t really care about Constitutional rights or self-defense and doesn’t want their business.
I’ll be happy to oblige them.
Their coffee sucks anyway.
September 18th, 2013 at 8:24 pm
It’s not a real victory but read the press reports. It’s being spun as one.
September 18th, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Well, I am a property rights guy and that includes telling people if they are packing that they are not welcome on your property. Starbucks didn’t do that. All they did was ask nicely if we could take the parade elsewhere.
And I am still looking for one of those AR-15 shotguns. I already have an AK shotgun, so it would make a nice set.
September 18th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
this is the best commentary i’ve seen on the issue so far: http://practicaltacticalpodcast.com/starbucks/
September 18th, 2013 at 10:07 pm
That’s quite a list there, ‘Lifer. Doesn’t hold a candle to the list that matters, though; Americans who believe the Framers and Constitutional scholars were prescient geniuses and support that work and product with their blood, sweat, and tears…which parenthetically includes gunowners. Unc would go broke trying to pay for all that bandwidth.
But “James Bond” and “Mark Twain”? Damn, man.
September 18th, 2013 at 10:35 pm
I agree. Starbucks is saying to go away and protests somewhere else.
Now if you just go and drink coffee & pack your gun then ok, they are fine with that. But to disrupt the place with protest…. well they have to freedom to tell everyone to GET LOST.
And I am fine with that.
September 18th, 2013 at 10:47 pm
Lot of dead people on that list, just saying.
Obviously, we’re dealing with Democrats here.
September 18th, 2013 at 11:33 pm
Starbucks is A-OK here. All along they’ve been playing the “live and let live” game within the confines of the law, which is exactly what we should be striving for. That is to say, unremarked acceptance. Not denigration, not celebration, but acceptance, the kind that doesn’t even raise an eyebrow when we have a gun on our hip, and we don’t have to say or do anything other than enjoy our coffee.
September 19th, 2013 at 9:35 am
The pro-gun crowd blew this one, in best Brady tradition. One national chain with a good attitude about guns, and people had to make a spectacle out of themselves till they had enough. If you want to boycott someone, do Costco. They had their customer shot for daring to carry in LV.
September 19th, 2013 at 9:56 am
I have no problems with this request from the Starbucks CEO. OC activists turned Starbucks into a parade ground. Starbucks is a private business dedicated to the quiet enjoyment of coffee and the intarwebs. Turning it into a parade ground has disrupted Howard’s business, and he has respectfully requested that you stop hut-hut-hutting through his stores with your firearms. That’s all. Don’t get all butthurt, just simmer down and pull your shirt down over your holster.
And for the record, this statement from Starbucks wasn’t a big surprise to many gun rights advocates. Prior to the big Starbucks 2A appreciation day, I saw plenty of pro-gun blog posts and commentary advising people not to go ahead with the festivities. Don’t force anyone to be your soapbox. You hijacked Starbucks’ neutral position to be a place for your activism, and now you get to reap the consequence when they say ‘umm, so yeah we didn’t really enjoy getting dragged at gunpoint around your parade ground; please leave us out of the festivities from now on.’
Final word: I support OC (although I personally choose CC 99% of the time), I very much appreciate OC activists, and I think it is a right that needs to be protected. I also agree that the only way to preserve this right is by people carrying openly. But Starbucks was the wrong place to stage a demonstration and we should respect the request from Howard Schultz.
September 19th, 2013 at 10:54 am
Guns are for defense and sport. If you bring a gun to start an argument, you are wrong.
Support OC. Have done it. Would do it again. The response from the company was predictable, and frankly more reasoned than I expected. I don’t know why some think it appropriate to do extraordinary things, when what they really say they want is ordinary things.
Actually, we all know why they do it.
September 19th, 2013 at 11:09 am
Just another in a long list of reasons to not buy lousy coffee. I roast my own coffee. Most of the people I know that roast call it Charbucks.
September 19th, 2013 at 11:15 am
I guess we should ask what books and magazines are acceptable to read at Starbucks? I wouldn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable.
September 19th, 2013 at 11:40 am
Starbucks made themselves quite clear, repeatedly, that they did not want to be dragged into this clusterfrak.
Idiots dragged them into the clusterfrak.
The predictable happened.
I have open-carried at Starbucks before with nary an incident, but that is because I am polite, respectful, and not at all in-your-face about it. Unfortunately, not everyone is like me.
September 19th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
The ideal carrier’s diary entry…
“Dear Diary,
Carried today, didn’t worry about taking off my jacket. Didn’t have to draw my gun, didn’t even touch it. No one said anything to me and I don’t think anyone even noticed I was armed.
It was a good day.”
September 19th, 2013 at 2:26 pm
Starbucks gave a polite letter saying they didn’t want a part of this clusterfark.
As Stuart the Viking said “please quit setting up your soapbox in our lobby”.
Which, yeah perfectly acceptable.
The problem is that Starbucks also went further and as Tam said gave a polite explination as to why they don’t want any toter’s buisness. (CC or OC).
But since they don’t want to lose money they’ll play “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” combined with Sargent Schultz’s “I see Nothing”.
So if you really like their product, they aren’t going to stop you, unless you make a spectale out of yourse, but that *should* go without saying.
Now since I’m not a fan of coffee or tea I had to motivate myself to even bother patronizing their stores. I’m not exaclty motivated now.
September 19th, 2013 at 5:20 pm
No problems here. Starbucks exists to make money, not be a shining beacon of light in the gun community. If they see a demographic of people that are costing them money and business, they owe it to their shareholders to speak out against that and keep the dollar bills flowing. If I owned a business and OCing people were taking money out of my pocket I’d say the same thing.
September 21st, 2013 at 11:45 am
One thing most commenters seem to be overlooking is that the protest was in response to all the anti-gun protests, also held at Starbucks. The people I know who OC (quite a few of them) have been going to Starbucks not to make a spectacle of themselves, but to enjoy a cup of coffee in a place where they know they won’t get hassled. I agree that there was no need to hold rallies at Starbucks, but no matter how you spin it, Starbucks just switched to the anti-gun position. Making a statement that you don’t want guns because it makes your customers less safe is absolutely false and it is an article of faith on the anti-gun side. Howard Shultz just adopted that article as policy, regardless of whether he claims they will actually enforce it.
From now on, if an employee does call the police on someone who is quietly sitting and enjoying a cup of coffee they will be arrested and trespassed based on company policy, even if company policy was supposed to be to leave them alone to begin with.
Finally, to Adam, do you know for a fact that gun owners were costing them money? The anti-gun crowd started this by demanding that Starbucks ban guns, long before any gun owner I’ve ever talked to had even thought about the issue. We started going to Starbucks more because they adopted a neutral stance. Now, knowing that they don’t want us there, how many will take their business elsewhere. My suspicion is that this move will cost them money. No idea how much, but I seriously doubt that this is a money maker for them.