American Rifleman black list.

Why would the ABA be anti-gun? Isn't that like 90% of their business

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Because the leadership of the ABA is overwelmingly leftist.

The lists of anti-gun organizations that come out from time to time are extremely LONG. I wouldn't be surprised if they have gotten shorter in recent years as some of them have learned that there is a negative impact on their income.

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"If you want to personally "boycott" or maintain a black-list of every single person, organization, company or business that at one time or another has in any way, shape or form indicated even a mildly anti-gun political stance -- I submit that you'd better be prepared to: spend all your free time reseaching companies' and entertainers' politics, quit wearing Levi's, stop shopping at Safeway, quit drinking any beer except that swill Budweiser, restrict your TV viewing to re-runs of Magnum, P.I., stop going to any movies at the cinema whatsoever, cancel your Blockbuster membership and develop a fondness for country music ..."

Let's see--
No more Levis, check (years ago)
Safeway, hmmm, gotta look into that--we don't have Safeway as such but I think Tom Thumb or Kroger might be affiliated..
Budweiser, check (years ago)
TV-NASCAR (sponsored by Remington and Bass Pro Shops) check!
No movies since Forrest Gump, check, and for all the right reasons
Blockbuster--see no movies above, check!
Country music, check!

IndianaDean said:

"Janie's got a gun" sounds very much to me like an anti-gun song. Maybe that's why.

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Perhaps it is in the ear of the listener. I personally listened to this song dozens of times (it inspired a short story I wrote for a creative writing class back in my undergrad days), and it sounds like they aren't really faulting her for what she did. If I recall, even the cops in the video were kind to Janie when they caught up with her.

When Aerosmith is here in town (Twin Cities, Minnesota) they have been known to shoot at Armored Fire (now Bill's North) gun range.

There used to be autographed photos on the wall of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry shooting some of Armored Fire's full-auto weapons.

Also, Ted Nugent writes in his book "God, Guns and Rock 'n Roll" about shooting regularly with Tyler & Perry.

Yep, Aerosmith are gunnies.

Hmmm, I stay away from businesses which are truly anti-gun, but this list seems pretty biased to me.

I noticed in the list:
Student Pledge Against Gun Violence - http://www.pledge.org

but I went to their web site and the pledge they try to get students to 'pledge' to is:

I will never bring a gun to school;

I will never use a gun to settle a personal problem or dispute;

I will use my influence with my friends to keep them from using guns to settle disputes.

My individual choices and actions, when multiplied by those of young people throughout the country, will make a difference. Together, by honoring this pledge, we can reverse the violence and grow up in safety.

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Sounds just like the stuff they teach in the Texas CHL course, and I wish every student in our public schools would pledge to it!

I guess it's the nature of organizations (and lists) to stretch things a bit to illustrate their point.

Just my $.02

Cheers,
ChickenHawk

There are several anti-ccw gun stores here if "No Loaded Weapons" is to be considered 'anti'.

Should they be listed?

jacobtowne said:

Here's a website that may help.

http://www.anticcw.com/

JT

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Hope springs eternal....

Two things to consider about Aerosmith. First they all grew up in the greater Boston area (the People's Republic of Massachusetts ). Me, too, a birth defect, you get over it. Second, even though it is enemy territory insofar as our civil rights are concerned, there are lots of us from the same background who have NEVER succumbed to the KennedyKerryKrap bandwagon, and many of us who are lucky enough to have escaped to other states where the Second Amendment is still alive and well.

Smith 1, Ruger 0

Stopped buying Ruger forever, new, used, nill. Feel the Rage.

Stopped buying S&W till Americans owned it again and I'll *never* buy one made when the brits owned it, new, used, nil.

I don't buy Levis. Not real fond of Safeway. No one I respect drinks chink beer. I avoid most of television. Need more info on Block buster. I don't buy any music or movies where the performers have big mouths.

Old Dog said:

Who cares anymore?

If you want to personally "boycott" or maintain a black-list of every single person, organization, company or business that at one time or another has in any way, shape or form indicated even a mildly anti-gun political stance -- I submit that you'd better be prepared to: spend all your free time reseaching companies' and entertainers' politics, quit wearing Levi's, stop shopping at Safeway, quit drinking any beer except that swill Budweiser, restrict your TV viewing to re-runs of Magnum, P.I., stop going to any movies at the cinema whatsoever, cancel your Blockbuster membership and develop a fondness for country music ...

If we really cared about any of this, we'd all have stopped buying Smith & Wesson and Ruger products long ago.

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Actually buying used boosts the value of their new. JDDI

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Okay, let's see...

And if you buy used Ruger's and used S&W's it didn't do those companies any good unless you had to buy parts from them, but you can get parts from Numrich.

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So what if Aerosmith members like guns ...

While it may be comforting to think of one's favorite band's members or a favorite actor actually enjoying owning guns or shooting ... it must be noted that very, very few celebrities of any stripe ever "come out of the closet" as being gun-owners or shooters, much less ever make public statements regarding the right to keep and bear arms, carry concealed weapons or use firearms in self-defense. Tom Selleck, Chuck Heston, Hank Jr., The Nuge or the pitifully few others excepted.

This is inexecusable, folks.

So you may as well quit crowing about someone like Steve Tyler enjoying the occasional range session, 'cause he's done nothing to promote the cause of RKBA or shooting sports -- since apparently no one other than other gun-people even know that he enjoys guns and shooting!

I gain zero respect for any public figure or celebrity just because they profess to own guns or like shooting, if they do nothing to promote the movement or the shooting sports.

Who cares anymore?

If you want to personally "boycott" or maintain a black-list of every single person, organization, company or business that at one time or another has in any way, shape or form indicated even a mildly anti-gun political stance -- I submit that you'd better be prepared to: spend all your free time reseaching companies' and entertainers' politics, quit wearing Levi's, stop shopping at Safeway, quit drinking any beer except that swill Budweiser, restrict your TV viewing to re-runs of Magnum, P.I., stop going to any movies at the cinema whatsoever, cancel your Blockbuster membership and develop a fondness for country music ...

If we really cared about any of this, we'd all have stopped buying Smith & Wesson and Ruger products long ago.

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Cool! Then I don't have to change much

Personally I stopped caring long ago what celebrities think about anything. Long ago and far away I was a member of an upstart theater troupe that ended up disbanding about a year later. We made the collective decision if we ever became famous to keep our opinions to ourselves because we wanted to be appreciated/hated for what we did, not our political views. And some of us, myself included, had very strong views about many things. But we had grown tired of watching the Academy Awards and every actor using their thank you speech as a soapbox for the cause du jour.

As for the actions that nonprofits and for-profit corporations, along with politicians, take, yup, I care very strongly about that.

BTW one of my favorite scenes in The Kids Are Alright a movie "documentary" about my favorite band, The Who, is when bassist John Entwistle shoots up his gold records with a machine gun.

Something is not right when a celeb can lend their name and popularity to an anti gun cause and still be allowed to make $$$ starring in a movie where they carry/shoot guns.