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Anti-Gun Business & Organizations

Anti-Gun Businesses
Stop supporting those who don’t support your rights.  Check them out, do your own research, spread the word and take a stand for your freedom while you still can.
 

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, CEO Peter 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
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

Michael Douglas Foundation
3550 Wilshire
Los Angele, CA 90010

MNC Financial, Inc.
Ten Light Street Box 987
Baltimore, MD 21203
(301) 244-5000
Banking, financial services

Nike, Inc.
Mark Parker - (Chairman, President, & CEO)
Andrew Campion - (CFO)
Nike World Headquarters
One Bowerman Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005
Phone: 1-503-671-6453

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

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 Rams
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) 364-8300
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

Anti-Gun Organizations
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
  • 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.

Anti-Gun Publications & 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