Washington, DC (TLS). Get ready for an eye-opener. The following is the NRA's blacklist of organizations, corporations, non-profits, and prominent individuals who are on record as supporting measures to rob the citizens of their 2nd Amendment rights.
You will note that some on the list are religious organizations and members of the clergy. As I have reported to you before on The Liberty Sphere, some religious groups, such as the United Church of Christ, are some of the most reactionary, extremist Leftwing groups in the country. Such is the case with the United Church of Christ. They are on the blacklist as is the national headquarters of The United Methodist Church, among others.
The list pulls no punches and spares NO ONE who is guilty of attempting to rob the citizens of their Constitutional rights.
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.
AARP
AFL-CIO
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Civil Liberties Union
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
American Medical Women`s Association
American Medical Student Association
American Medical Association
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Trauma Society
American Federation of Teachers
American Association of School Administrators
American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
American Counseling Association
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for World Health
American Ethical Union
American Nurses Association
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
American Firearms Association
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Jewish Committee
American Trauma Society
American Psychological Association
American Jewish Congress
American Public Health Association
Americans for Democratic Action
Anti-Defamation League
Association of American Medical Colleges
Black Mental Health Alliance
B`nai B`rith
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 the Great City Schools
Council of Chief State School Officers
Dehere Foundation
Disarm Educational Fund
Environmental Action Foundation
Episcopal Church-Washington Office
Florence and John Shumann Foundation
Friends Committee on National Legislation
General Federation of Women`s Clubs
George Gund Fun
Gray Panthers
H.M. Strong Foundation
Hadassah
Harris Foundation
Hechinger Foundation
Interfaith Neighbors
Int`l Ladies` Garment Workers` Union
Int`l Association of Educators for World Peace
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 Safe Kids Campaign
National Association of Police Organizations
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Black Nurses` Association
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Network for Youth
National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Social Welfare Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Counties*
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers
National Education Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals*
National Association of Public Hospitals
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Children`s Hospitals and Related Institutions
National Association of School Psychologists
National Council of La Raza
National Center to Rehabilitate Violent Youth
National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
National Council of Negro Women
National Association of Community Health Centers
National People`s Action
National Education Association*
National League of Cities
National Council on Family Relations
National Council of Jewish Women
National Organization for Women
National Political Congress of Black Women
National Parks and Conservation Association
National Peace Foundation
National Urban League, Inc.
National Parent, Teachers Association*
National Urban Coalition
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
National Organization on Disability
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
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
20/20 Vision
U.S. Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Unitarian Universalist Association
United States Catholic Conference
United Methodist Church, General Board & Church Society
United Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society*
United States Conference of Mayors
War and Peace Foundation
Women Strike for Peace
Women`s National Democratic Club
Women`s Action for New Directions (WAND)
Women`s Int`l League for Peace and Freedom
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:
Krista Allen - Actress
Suzy Amis - Actress
Louis Anderson - Comedian
Richard Dean Anderson - Actor
Maya Angelou - Poet
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
Betty Buckley - Actress
Ellen Burstyn - Actress
Steve Buscemi - Actor
David Canary - Actor
Kate Capshaw - Actress
Kim Cattrall- Actress
Josh Charles - Actor
Robert Chartloff - Producer
Stockard Channing - Actress
Jill Clayburgh - Actress
Terri Clark - Singer
George Clooney - Actor
Jackie Cooper - Actor/Director*
Jennifer Connelly - Actress
Judy Collins - Singer
Kevin Costner - Actor
Sean Connery - Actor
Sheryl Crow - Singer
Walter Cronkite - Frmr News Anchor
Billy Crystal- Actor
Julie 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
Danny DeVito - Actor
Michael Douglas - Actor
Phil Donahue - 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
Geraldo - TV personality
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
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
Dustin Hoffman - Actor
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
Jeffrey Katzenberg - Producer
Barry Kemp - TV Producer
David E. Kelley - TV Producer
Diane Keaton - Actress
Margaret Kemp - Interior Designer
Chaka Khan - Singer
Coreta Scott King - Activist
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
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
John McEnroe - Athlete
Brian McKnight - Musician
Ed McMahon - TV personality
Natalie Merchant - Singer
Bette Midler - Singer
Shane Minor - Musician
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress
Michael Moore - Film Maker
Norval Morris - Law Professor
Mike Myers - Actor
N Sync - Music group
Kathy Najimy - Actress
Paul Newman - Actor
Jack Nicholson - Actor
Leonard Nimoy - Actor
Mike Nichols - Director
Stephen Nichols - Actor
Rosie O`Donnel l- Actress/Talk Show Host
Jennifer O Neill - Actress
Julia Ormond - Actress
Jane Pauley - TV Personality
Sarah Jessica Parker - Actress
Mandy Patinkin - Actor
Richard North Patterson - Writer
Rhea Perlman- Actress
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
Fred Rogers - Mr. Rogers
Julia Roberts - Actress
Marc Rosen - TV Producer
Tim Robbins - Actor
Tim Roth - Actor
Renee Russo - Actress
Robin Ruzan - Wife of Mike Myers
Meg Ryan - Actress
Susan Sarandon - Actress
Jerry Seinfeld - Actor
Kyra Sedgwick - Actress
Martin Sheen - Actor
Russell Simmons - Record Producer
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
Sylvester Stallone - Actor
Harry Dean Stanton - Actor
Meryl Streep - Actress
Patrick Stewart - 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*
Kelli Williams - Actress
Henry Winkler - Actor
Oprah Winfrey - Entertainer
Richard Widmark - Actor
Rita Wilson - Actress
Vanessa Williams - Singer
Herman Wouk - Author
Joanne Woodward - Actress*
Peter Yarrow - Singer
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Actress
Ahmet Zappa -Actor
Diva Zappa -Actress
Dweezil Zappa - Musician
Gail Zappa -
Moon Zappa -Actress
* Denotes membership on
Brady Campaign`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
Marion Wright Edelman - Director, Childrens Defense Fund
Michael Eisner, Former 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
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
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
Tony Auth - 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
Bob Herbert - Columnist
Molly Ivins - Columnist
Bill Johnson - Columnist
Donald Kaul - Columnist
Mike Lane - Cartoonist
Leonard Larson - Columnist
Mike Luckovich - Cartoonist
Jimmy Margulies - Cartoonist
Doug Marlette - Cartoonist
Deborah Mathis - Columnist
Colman McCarthy - Columnist
Jim Morin - Cartoonist
Tom Oliphant- Columnist
Mike Peters - Cartoonist
Robert Reno - Columnist
Frank Rich - Columnist
Cindy Richards - Columnist
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
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
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
www.amctheaters.com
Movie Theater Company
Argosy Casino
H. Steven Norton, President, CEO
777 N.W. Argosy Parkway
Riverside, MO 64150
(816) 746-7711
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
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
www.bjc.org/
Healthcare Company
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Kansas City
John P. Mascotte, President
P.O. Box 419169
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 395-2222
Healthcare Company
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
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
www.genam.com
Life Insurance
Hallmark Cards
Irvine O. Hockaday, President & CEO
P.O. Box 418307
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 274-5111
www.hallmark.com
Greeting Card Company
Health Midwest
2316 East Meyer Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64132
(816) 751-3000
www.healthmidwest.org
National Healthcare Company
ICN Biomedicals
Adam Jerney, Chrm. & CEO
3300 Hyland Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 545-0113
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
www.kcchiefs.com
Pro Football Team
Kansas City Royals
David Glass, CEO
P.O. Box 419969
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 921-8000
www.kcroyals.com
Pro Baseball Team
Kenneth Cole
152 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(800) 536-2653
www.kennethcole.com
Clothing retailer
Lamar Advertising Company
Lamar Outdoor Advertising
5551 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 2-A
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
P. O. Box 66338
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
(225) 926-1000
Fax (225) 926-1005
www.lamar.com
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
www.levistrauss.com
Clothing
Mallinckrodt, Inc. - St. Louis
C. Ray Holman, President & CEO
675 McDonnell Blvd, Box 5840
St. Louis, MO 63134
(314) 654-2000
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
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
www.saralee.com
Fax: 312-726-3712
Schnucks Markets
Craig D. Schnuck
11420 Lackland Road
St. Louis, MO 63146
(314) 994-9900
www.schnucks.com
Grocery Stores
Silver Dollar City
Peter Herschend
One Corporate Drive
Branson, MO 65616
800 475-9370
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
www.7-eleven.com
Convenience stores
Southwestern Bell Telephone- St. Louis
One Bell Center
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 235-9800
www.swbell.com
Telecommunications Firm
Sport & Health, Inc.
Don Konz, CEO
1800 Old Meadow Rd.
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 556-6556
www.sportandhealth.com
Health clubs and fitness centers
Sprint Corp PAC
William T. Esrey, Chrm., Pres. & CEO 2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Westwood, KS 66205
913 624-3000
www.sprint.com
Telecommunicaitons Firm
SSM Health System - St. Louis
477 N. Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 994-7800
Healthcare Company
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
www.stlouisrams.com
Pro Football Team
St. Louis University
Rev. Lawrence Biondi, President
221 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 977-2222
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
www.sverdrup.com
Engineering Firm
Time Warner Inc.
Gerald M. Levin, Chrm. & CEO
75 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10019
(212) 484-8000
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
www.tmpw.com
www.monster.com
online employment service
Unity Health - St. Louis
1650 Des Peres Road #301
St. Louis, MO 63131
(314) 909-3300
www.smhs.com/unityheath.html
Healthcare Company
Working Assets
Peter Barnes, Founder
701 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 788-0777
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
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
Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine
Emap PLC
6420 Wilshire Blvd., Floor 17
Los Angeles, California 90048
(323) 782-2000
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
Compiled by:
NRA Institute for Legislative Action
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Find this item at: http://www.nraila.org/Issues/factsheets/read.aspx?ID=15
Friday, January 12, 2007
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25 comments:
I'd be proud to be included on that list. sign me uup!
Since you are too cowardly to post your name, I highly doubt it.
But if you would be so kind as to provide your name, I would be more than happy to add you to the list, and even to write a full column on you alone.
Martyn
Something occurs to me: People with guns often speak of needing to "protect" themselves. That must mean they're frightened. Scared. Hmmmm. Just a thought.
Have you ever been the victim of a crime? Had property stolen from your house while you slept? Had your life threatened? Has your spouse ever been raped while you watched in horror as one of the thugs held a knife to your neck?
Obviously, it is highly unrealistic and quite naive to expect the police to protect you from the manner in which modern criminals conduct their mayhem.
If you have no fear that leads you to take prudent steps to protect yourself from the thugs on the streets, then you are living in denial. That is quite dangerous.
Martyn
Hi. I'm not afraid to reveal my name, although when it's as distinctive as mine is, to do so on the Web would be as foolish as leaving my wallet unattended in a grocery cart. If you don't mind, I'll leave it at first name, last initial.
I have been the victim of a crime. Many years ago, my house was broken into while I slept one night, and I'm glad there was no gun in the house because it would probably have been stolen along with my jewlery and some other valuables. If I'd awakened and surprised the thief, he might well have killed me with it in confusion and panic. Actually, a few days later, police caught the thief in the act of breaking into another person's home and they shot him when he tried to get away. If he'd found a gun in my house and escaped with it, he might have used it then to return fire, possibly killing a policeman or someone else. Or he might have fenced it long before that confrontation, with God-knows-what results in some distant city, if not my home town. Any of those outcomes would have been far more likely than the chance I might have awakened, fully alert, in time to use the hypothetical gun to protect $700-worth of insured valuables.
Currently, I own what's known in my neck of the woods as a "varmint rifle," the varmint at issue being groundhogs. I enjoy removing my rifle from its secure hiding place now and then for target practice at a nice range near my home, where NRA instructors let me also try out handguns of different calibers. I'm a good shot with most of the weapons I've fired, if I do say so myself. The instructors officially agree, even going so far as to suggest I consider getting involved in competitive shooting. Maybe I will someday. As you might guess, I have no problem with people owning guns if they need them, whether for the business of protecting their crops or for sport.
And yet -- now, please try to wrap your brain around this without squealing -- I fully support laws requiring people to register their guns and store them safely, as well as restricting ownership to those who can be plausibly expected not to harm innocent people with them by intent, accident, or negligence.
I believe law enforcement professionals from street cops to attorneys general who tell me that well-written gun laws, properly administered, are among the best weapons we have for prosecuting the perpetrators of violent crimes, if not preventing such crimes outright.
There is no unconditional right to own a gun expressed in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I resent the NRA's distortion of the amendment's language to suggest otherwise.
The amendment was penned at a time in our nation's history when our land-based military consisted of farmers behind trees, uniforms optional. In order for such a militia -- our only "army" at the time -- to be effective, it was prudent to ensure that citizens had their government's permission to keep guns handy.
It's insulting to the intelligence of the American people to expect us to extrapolate from this that our nation -- now blessed with a military force armed to the teeth, when deployed (and then only) with the most sophisticated weapons known to mankind -- still needs civilians skulking around with flintlocks jammed into their waistbands to protect us from enemies both seen and unseen.
And you know, that is the only valid argument I believe we pull out of the Second Amendment. Much as some might wish it were otherwise, the amendment does not say "the heroic circumvention of 3 a.m. rape scenarios being a male fantasy that just won't go away, the right of guys throughout the land to keep Colt Pythons in their night tables shall not be infringed."
See how silly that sounds?
Speaking of irritating wordplay, I resent being labeled "anti-gun" because I am pro-reason, just as I resent being labeled "pro-abortion" because I disagree with many of the policies and philosophies promoted by self-styled "pro-life" or "right-to-life" organizations.
Is it not possible to explore differences of opinion on complex and volatile issues without resorting to simplistic name-calling? People do not reverse themselves to consider the merits of a cause they reject simply because they've been forced to endure non-stop hysterical hyperbole from its proponents and can't stand it anymore. That is in the realm of brainwashing and torture, I believe.
Hi. I'm not afraid to reveal my name, although when it's as distinctive as mine is, to do so on the Web would be as foolish as leaving my wallet unattended in a grocery cart. If you don't mind, I'll leave it at first name, last initial.
I have been the victim of a crime. Many years ago, my house was broken into while I slept one night, and I'm glad there was no gun in the house because it would probably have been stolen along with my jewlery and some other valuables. If I'd awakened and surprised the thief, he might well have killed me with it in confusion and panic. Actually, a few days later, police caught the thief in the act of breaking into another person's home and they shot him when he tried to get away. If he'd found a gun in my house and escaped with it, he might have used it then to return fire, possibly killing a policeman or someone else. Or he might have fenced it long before that confrontation, with God-knows-what results in some distant city, if not my home town. Any of those outcomes would have been far more likely than the chance I might have awakened, fully alert, in time to use the hypothetical gun to protect $700-worth of insured valuables.
Currently, I own what's known in my neck of the woods as a "varmint rifle," the varmint at issue being groundhogs. I enjoy removing my rifle from its secure hiding place now and then for target practice at a nice range near my home, where NRA instructors let me also try out handguns of different calibers. I'm a good shot with most of the weapons I've fired, if I do say so myself. The instructors officially agree, even going so far as to suggest I consider getting involved in competitive shooting. Maybe I will someday. As you might guess, I have no problem with people owning guns if they need them, whether for the business of protecting their crops or for sport.
And yet -- now, please try to wrap your brain around this without squealing -- I fully support laws requiring people to register their guns and store them safely, as well as restricting ownership to those who can be plausibly expected not to harm innocent people with them by intent, accident, or negligence.
I believe law enforcement professionals from street cops to attorneys general who tell me that well-written gun laws, properly administered, are among the best weapons we have for prosecuting the perpetrators of violent crimes, if not preventing such crimes outright.
There is no unconditional right to own a gun expressed in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I resent the NRA's distortion of the amendment's language to suggest otherwise.
The amendment was penned at a time in our nation's history when our land-based military might consisted of farmers behind trees, uniforms optional. In order for such a militia -- our only "army" at the time -- to be effective, it was prudent to ensure that citizens had their government's permission to keep guns handy.
It's insulting to the intelligence of the American people to expect us to extrapolate from this that our nation -- now blessed with a military force armed to the teeth, when deployed (and then only) with the most sophisticated weapons known to mankind -- stillo needs civilians skulking around with flintlock pistols jammed into their waistbands to protect us from enemies both seen and unseen.
And you know, that is the only valid argument I believe we pull out of the Second Amendment. Much as some might wish it were otherwise, the amendment does not say "the heroic circumvention of 3 a.m. rape scenarios being a male fantasy that just won't go away, the right of guys throughout the land to keep Colt Pythons in their night tables shall not be infringed."
See how silly that sounds?
Speaking of irritating word-play, I resent being labeled "anti-gun" because I am pro-reason, just as I resent being labeled "pro-abortion" because I disagree with many of the policies and philosophies promoted by self-styled "pro-life" or "right-to-life" organizations.
Is it not possible to explore differences of opinion on complex and volatile issues without resorting to simplistic name-calling? People do not reverse themselves to consider the merits of a cause they reject simply because they've been forced to endure non-stop hysterical hyperbole from its proponents and can't stand it anymore. That is in the realm of brainwashing and torture, I believe.
You've been the victim of a crime...an invasion of your own personal residence...yet you remain a coward.
You refuse to extend your familiarity [expertise?] with a "varmint rifle" to using that same rifle for self-defense.
In short, you don't value your life. Why would you think that a common criminal would think otherwise?
Try to overcome your stupidity [not ignorance] re: the 2nd Amendment. It is real...we citizens have a Constitutional affirmation of a God-given Right to Self-Defense.
Just because you are willing to piss away your life for the sake of some passivist fantasy doesn't mean we should accept the same stupidity.
Wake up and accept reality.
Or not...and depend on your local law-enforcement entity to get there in time to save your butt next time...just like they did the last time, eh?
...Alex
You've been the victim of a crime...an invasion of your own personal residence...yet you remain a coward.
You refuse to extend your familiarity [expertise?] with a "varmint rifle" to using that same rifle for self-defense.
In short, you don't value your life. Why would you think that a common criminal would think otherwise?
Try to overcome your stupidity [not ignorance] re: the 2nd Amendment. It is real...we citizens have a Constitutional affirmation of a God-given Right to Self-Defense.
Just because you are willing to piss away your life for the sake of some passivist fantasy doesn't mean we should accept the same stupidity.
Wake up and accept reality.
Or not...and depend on your local law-enforcement entity to get there in time to save your butt next time...just like they did the last time, eh?
...Alex
I'm with you, Alex...Mara needs to think this thing through a bit more. She is obviously intelligent and articulate. Hopefully these words you and I have written will help. Hope springs eternal, eh?
Martyn
For the record, the police did not save my butt when my former residence was burglarized many years ago. I have no idea where you think I said so. The fellow got in and out through a downstairs window without notice. He was captured a few days later in a nearby neighborhood, partly on the basis of evidence I provided to police the next day, when I discovered the theft and called them.
I also have no idea where you're reading in my comments that I'm afraid to use my varmint rifle to defend myself. If I needed to, I would. The rifle is in condition for use at any time -- whether to take advantage of a groundhog sighting or for some emergency. I have no problem with that, as I believe I made clear in my post. Calling me a "coward" doesn't change that, and certainly does nothing to endear you or your cause to me. Perhaps you would prefer to call my husband a coward instead, since he has yet to accompany me to the shooting range to see if he might enjoy the experience, and is actually a little squeamish about my shooting groundhogs.
The "hysterical hyperbole" to which I referred is exactly what my comment has apparently inspired in "barrel first," whose name I would be honored to use if s/he'd honored us by providing it. I didn't say the Second Amendment wasn't "real," but that it isn't phrased as the NRA seems to want people to believe it is, which is one reason why it remains a subject of such keen debate.
Good heavens, people! Give yourselves -- and your subject -- a little dignity. Stop shouting. Maybe people will be more likely to hear you.
Art Buchwald has just passed away.
So you can eliminate his name from your honor roll.
And it is, indeed, an honor to stand up and say that sane gun laws are a worthy goal of this good country, and that the NRA, a thinly-disguised gun sales lobby that fools the ignorant with their veneer of 'freedom' is not advancing the cause of civilization.
Since the list is not ours but the NRAs, Buckwald's name will stay. And the number one threat to civilization, outside of terrorism, is the attempt to rob free citizens of their Constitutional rights, as the gun control lobby seeks to do.
Martyn
Every American should be proud to be included on this list. We're losing 30,000 Americans every year to the scourge of gun violence. That's where "liberty" has gotten us, with 8 kids and teens dying every day from it. Absolutely disgusting, and pitiful compared to gun death rates in other industrialized democracies. And Neener Neener is right on - the NRA is concerned with gun sales and gun sales only - the "freedom" junk and confiscation fearmongering is just window dressing to raise money and acquire power. One day, they will fall and we'll all be far safer, more civilized, and better off. Bottom line: My liberty matters every bit as much as someone who loves guns more than human life.
It is not guns we love more than life, but liberty. As several of our Founders are quoted as saying, 'Give me liberty or give me death.'
Another famous quote from the Founders--'those who would give up liberty for more security deserve neither.'
You are living a dream world, brainwashed by the Lefists who wish to rob citizens of their Constitutional rights. Gun owners prevent more crimes with their guns per year than the deaths caused by them.
Do I expect this to change your mind? No. You are obviously too far gone. And this list is a roll call of shame and disgrace, not a roll call of honor.
Martyn
"Give me liberty or give me death" came from a speech by Patrick Henry, not "several of our Founders."
Your other quotation is usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin and properly reads, ""Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (I've had occasion to use this quotation myself in arguing against the provisions of the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act, which is one reason I know it so well.) Historians disagree about whether or not Franklin actually wrote the line; even Franklin himself, who published the book in which it appeared, once denied authorship.
In either case, it is sloppy journalism to cite the source as "the Founders," as if they were a rock band with communal claim to the lyrics of some hit song.
In your zeal to protect the Constitution and all things pertinent thereunto, please honor "the founders" as the individual geniuses they were, and take care to be more accurate in your journalism. You'll then have more credibility when you say you have a lock on the only correct interpretation of the Second Amendment.
Mara S.,
Thank-you for your timely correction. But, I was responding to a comment and not engaging in my journalistic craft as I would when writing an article. The comments thus came off the top of my head.
I was aware Patrick Henry originally made the statement, however, others said the same thing in more or less the same fashion. What I am getting at is that this was their conviction...all of them felt that way about liberty.
You are also correct about Franklin's statement, however, her again others have said the same thing in various ways, and thus, because I did not have the exact quote in front of me when responding to that post, I simply attributed it to 'the Founders.'
No, it is not precise, but, that is the way I operate in this comment section...I prefer the spontaneity here as opposed to a more formal process in writing my articles on the blog.
But, as they say, when you are right you are right. And you are right about these quotations.
Martyn
Guns prevent more deaths than they cause in America? In 2004, 5 people were murdered by guns in New Zealand, 37 in Sweden, 56 in Australia, 73 in England/Wales, 184 in Canada and 11,344(!) in the United States. You've got to be kidding me. The price this country pays for the NRA's right wing extremism is mass carnage, and it is NOT an experience replicated in other industrialized democracies.
I suppose you will sight Kleck's study of 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year. Kleck didn't even require the people he polled to tie those uses to a specific crime. He left it entirely up to them to determine what constituted "defense." It could have been the guy who cut you off on the highway and then drove by you later flashing his gun in a threatening gesture that was one of those "defensive uses."
Your "liberty," which really means unrestricted private gun access with the underlying treasonous purpose of overthrowing our democratically elected government one day - no different than what McVeigh did - is being paid for with the blood of children, families. But I suspect that some day, maybe even soon, Americans WILL rise up and finally say "ENOUGH" that exact same way they did to McCarthy in the 50s.
Anonymous,
The frightening nature of your tone and rhetoric here is only exceeded by your profound ignorance of what the term 'democracy' means in a Contitutional Republic such as ours. We are not and never have been a 'pure democracy.' Pure democracies oare based upon majority vote period...meaning, if I could get a majority to vote, for example, that you are too dumb to post comments on the Internet, then you would be banned, regardless of any 'rights' you claim to have.
Our Democracy in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is governed by one thing only--the U.S. Constitution, which is THE final rule of law. What you are proposing is a subversion of that rule of law through what Jefferson referred to as 'elective despotism.' You would negate every single right in the guaranteed in the Constitution by a simple majority vote, if what you have written here is your true feeling. Jefferson stated that when the people begin to elect themselves into slavery or oppression, then liberty must be preserved with the blood of tyrants and patriots.
Many of us are willing to shed our own blood and give our very lives, if necessary, to prevent people like YOU from taking away every single right our Forefathers fought and paid for with their lives.
And, since automobiles kill more people each year than guns, why not ban them too? Your 'logic' is astoundingly illogical. And therefore, it borders on drivel.
One more thing before I'm finished with you, the ocuntries you mentioned that have such low rates of murder are not in ANY way comparable to the population of the United States, either in terms of size or ethnic blend. Thus, it's like comparing apples to oranges.
I have no intention of overthrowing anything. My goal is to save the Republic from subversives like you who would rob citizens of their rights in the name of some perverted form of 'democracy.'
Go somewhere else and spout your drivel.
Martyn
It is funny how these people who think the 2nd amendment is up to their interpretation dont feel the same way about the 1st amendment. They think it is not an individual right to bear arms yet damn near anything under the sun including advocating the rape of our children is protected under freedom of speeach. All I can say is the government may take my guns from me when they pry them from my dead cold fingers...and rest assured there will be many others dead as well because I will not give up my rights without a fight.
I agree with you. But I will tell you what's scary. Some of the 'collectivist' interpretation of the 2nd amendment are beginning to apply the same interpretation to the First Amendment as well. Look at how speech is beginning to be regulated (and it is clearly NOT primarily on the part of those involved in Homeland Security measures!).
If a right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is not applied to individuals, then the society as a whole, collectively, has no rights either. Only as INDIVIDUALS are viewed as possessing of certain inherent rights is the society as a whole free.
Totally true, and to those who want to do away with the second amendment, once you take right to bear arms, you will soon lose all your other rights becuase there is no way for us to protect them...these people forget that the Bill of Rights was written to protect us partly from tyranny from OUR own government....if we lose our ability to protect that then we will lose em all.
I'm in favor of gun restrictions being exactly the same as voting restrictions.
Register to vote without showing ID or proof of residency, vote without showing ID. No testing requirements, no taxes, no background checks. If a person can't be trusted with a gun, they can't be trusted to vote. Just as we vote by secret ballot and the government doesn't get to see how you voted, likewise the government should be blinded completely to who actually owns and carries weapons.
Rich Schiffli, AZarmament
Back to the thread at hand. Let’s call for Bank of America to be added to this distinguished list. A bit about Bank of America. I was just refused a line of credit by BOA. I had hopes of growing the business with the benefit of the bank that I have had a lengthy and substantial relationship with.
I was simply floored when I was told by the Bank of America credit analyst that I was being denied credit due to the "nature of my business". It seems that Bank of America after viewing my web store made a determination that underwriting businesses that sell quality weapons accessories is a violation of corporate policy.
I have since been told by BOA representatives that my sort of business fits into an undesirable category of business entities that includes online porn merchants and payday check cashing establishments.
They can't seem to appreciate that my business is recorded with the GSA's Central Contractor Registration as well as Dunn & Bradstreet. Most of the items that I sell are currently listed in the GSA advantage catalog and made available to state and local governments as well as all Federal agencies.
My local branch was eager to open a business account with the full knowledge that I sell weapons accessories. At the time I opened my business account no such policy seemed to be in place. Now they are scrambling to find out what Corporate Bank of America is up to.
If you are having similar difficulties with BOA mention it here and notify me as well. I have asked for NRA help with this and also requested that the Second Amendment Foundation cease their business dealings with BOA. They currently offer BOA investment products on their homepage. -Rich
I don't see how Mara S. can spew her anti-gun rhetoric and expect Americans to willingly give up their right to bear arms when she in fact owns a firearm.
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