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Thanks, folks. Keep 'em coming.

This is not covered by the mission statement of THR so I won't be putting this list up here, but I'll let you know once it's all together. Days or weeks probably - I'm a bit busy for yet another project...
 
I think there's a material difference between:
1) companies who opt not to give special, favorable treatment to NRA members (despite having done so in the past) and/or those who don't want guns on their private property; versus
2) those who are affirmatively calling for government-imposed gun control.
From my perspective, the former is just market behavior and I'm only X annoyed by that. The latter makes me 100X annoyed. If a list is being compiled, please distinguish between these different levels of "taking sides" re: guns.
 
ATLDave said:
I think there's a material difference between:
1) companies who opt not to give special, favorable treatment to NRA members (despite having done so in the past) and/or those who don't want guns on their private property; versus
2) those who are affirmatively calling for government-imposed gun control.
From my perspective, the former is just market behavior and I'm only X annoyed by that. The latter makes me 100X annoyed. If a list is being compiled, please distinguish between these different levels of "taking sides" re: guns.
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I feel a bit differently. I've got an NRA branded card, and I'm canceling my relationship with the bank that issued it and I'll insure future cards are through some other provider. It's certainly their prerogative, but they put the interests of non-customers above my interests, and I'll remember.

Then there's FedEx, who stated they would not cut off customers or limit the sorts of things they ship but as an organization they don't think civilians have any business owning "assault weapons" (paraphrased.)

I guess I'm the sort of guy who will go out of my way to not do business with either category. I even got my personal finances, wife's business account, and father-in-law's money (mostly CDs) moved away from our bank when they put "no guns allowed" signs up. I even spoke with the president who simply told me that all right-thinking banks would be doing this soon and I wouldn't have a choice, but I could leave if I wanted.

Maybe I'm more strident than most. :scrutiny:
 
Obviously, some people will feel the difference is significant, and some will not. The list is not going to be useful to those who think the difference is significant if it lumps everything in together. Do you want the list to be useful to the broadest number of pro-gun people, or only people who see no difference between private and government action?
 
ATLDave said:
Obviously, some people will feel the difference is significant, and some will not. The list is not going to be useful to those who think the difference is significant if it lumps everything in together. Do you want the list to be useful to the broadest number of pro-gun people, or only people who see no difference between private and government action?
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I want a supplement to human memory with its known failings. I'm looking for the company name, the statement/action, a link to a legitimate news source document said statement/action, and an archive link of the news article in case it disappears or gets edited in the future, as so often happens.

I don't know how to answer your question. :)
 
You're making the list solely for your own reference, with no use by anyone else?
 
Middletown said:
I was surprised that Costco has the policy they do < http://www.2acheck.com/boycott-costco/ >. They don't have 30.06 or 30.07 sighs posted in the Texas store I shop at so I guess the most they could do is revoke my membership if they find out.
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I have a Costco membership, and the store I go to is not posted. Until they post a no guns sign as required by Illinois law, I'm assuming I can carry there.
 
Then the reason for dividing the list up is to have it useful to people like me, who aren't going to go out of our way to boycott someone just because they don't give special favorable treatment to NRA members, but who are willing to boycott those who are actively advocating for the government-imposed loss of rights.

Or don't. It's your list, do what you want. This only matters if you want to have the biggest impact. If you have some other goal, then ignore this.
 
Derek Zeanah said:
I feel a bit differently. I've got an NRA branded card, and I'm canceling my relationship with the bank that issued it and I'll insure future cards are through some other provider. It's certainly their prerogative, but they put the interests of non-customers above my interests, and I'll remember.

Then there's FedEx, who stated they would not cut off customers or limit the sorts of things they ship but as an organization they don't think civilians have any business owning "assault weapons" (paraphrased.)

I guess I'm the sort of guy who will go out of my way to not do business with either category. I even got my personal finances, wife's business account, and father-in-law's money (mostly CDs) moved away from our bank when they put "no guns allowed" signs up. I even spoke with the president who simply told me that all right-thinking banks would be doing this soon and I wouldn't have a choice, but I could leave if I wanted.

Maybe I'm more strident than most. :scrutiny:
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Considering most of my online guns come to my FFL by Fedex; S&W uses them for repair and return, etc., I'll not stop using them.
 
Discontinuing business with Delta is going to be the only tough one for me, they own the Minneapolis to Aberdeen, SD air route where I typically pheasant hunt each year.

Thinking I could fly whoever's left to Minneapolis, rent a car and drive to Aberdeen.

Gotta get creative I guess.
 
All I can say/add is I called SimpliSafe Thurs March 1st about this as I was considering one of their systems for the vacation location. 7 minute phone call and the short here is, they offered a discount as per usual. FYI within the call, the Rep said they were getting pressued ''from both sides'' and what was to do? To which I replied, you could/should just stay NUETRAL
None the less, she DID in fact offer me a 2 month discount but did not say ''its an NRA discount''
Pressure? Wavering? ... does it matter?
 
Derek Zeanah said:
but they put the interests of non-customers above my interests
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I'm skeptical that many businesses put non-customer interests above customer interests is absolute. Any business puts customers, current and potential, above non-customers unless they've made a philosophical decision independent of profits. Dick's made a decision a decade ago that has prevented me from setting foot inside their stores, but they've made their way. Now they've made a decision to capitalize on a tragedy to get more business in their stores for claiming they'll no longer sell a product that they haven't sold in a decade (35 out of 700+ stores is a drop in the bucket and any announced action is a calculated gesture). Facing the brick and mortar challenge from internet sales I'm not surprised they made a circus out of the tragedy to get customers in. If we were "the customer", the business' principal demographic, we wouldn't see changes in policy.

Parsing the policy changes will be important. A 21 age bump is different than refusing to sell modern sporting rifles. REI's decision to stop carrying products from companies part of a conglomerate or holding company that also includes an ammunition manufacturer and a rifle company not known for modern sporting rifles is more egregious than the 21 bump.

So, in addition to the list it should include an explanation of the action taken by the company.
 
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