Several states, cities, some unions and persons are withdrawing pension and investment funds from gun related ventures. Microsoft, Levi Strauss, the Men's Wearhouse, Progressive Insurance, Marriott, not to mention Bloomberg and Snoop Dogg, maintain policies to end gun ownership. State and Federal legislators see this and attempt to join the bandwagon looking for votes. Is it time for us to become more proactive and show these people that we can have a financial as well as a voting impact. I believe that having in place a zero tolerance program towards these folks is possible. There are about 5,000,000 NRA members and countless others in Gun Owners of America, 2nd Amendment Foundation, and millions others who should be in these groups. If there were a listing such as Angies List, for gun owners, more people would avoid doing business with the gun haters. I realize such a listing could be a hard undertaking, but the results over time would I believe be worthwhile. When a gun owner would need a new computer, new jeans, new car insurance motel reservations etc., etc., he/she could check the list and avoid the gun haters.I think it's an interesting idea, and could be expanded to include famous persons like "entertainers." I would also like to see specifically what it is each entity did to earn their place on the list.
The thing is, it would be a full-time venture to put something comprehensive together, and to promote and maintain it/manage the crowd-sourcing. That means funding would be needed for a dedicated effort.
Barring that, interesting idea...
A cloud source, wikipedia type website would be easy to set up, probably free. If it were edited by everyone interested, then vetted occasionally by the "founders," it could work pretty well with minimal time and effort by any one person.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't be perfect, by any means, but no data base ever is. Would be a very good starting place for those who were looking for friendly businesses and investments, that's all.
I know some people who would understand how to set this up. Will pass the idea to them and see what happens. Will let you know what they say...