{"id":5522,"date":"2012-01-30T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2012-01-30T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:57:01","slug":"who-is-paying-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5522","title":{"rendered":"Who is paying for this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunvictimsaction.org\" target=\"_blank\">National Gun Victims Action Council<\/a> is trying to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/233241866757563\/\" target=\"_blank\">organize a boycott<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\" target=\"_blank\">Starbucks<\/a> due to the company&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.starbucks.com\/article_display.cfm?article_id=332\" target=\"_blank\">refusal to prohibit open carry of firearms<\/a> in states where it is legal. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/261743290558881\/\" target=\"_blank\">counter-protest supporting Starbucks<\/a> looks to be going a whole lot better than the boycott. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t appear NGVAC has much support.<\/p>\n<p>That prompts <a href=\"http:\/\/daysofourtrailers.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/ngvac-feeling-pinch-gunvictimsact.html\" target=\"_blank\">Days of Our Trailers to ask a good question<\/a>: Who is paying for this ad on the Times Square jumbo-tron?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/images\/NGVAC-JumboTron.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"527\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.guidestar.org\/organizations\/27-2949718\/national-gun-victims-action-council-ngac.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">corporate information<\/a> is not on GuideStar, but given the NGVAC board is made up with prominent antis out of the Chicago area, I suspect NGVAC is just another money funnel for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joycefdn.org\" target=\"_blank\">Joyce<\/a> and other leftist foundations. \u00a0Given the lack of public support for their ideology, the antis have to keep reinventing themselves (remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agsfoundation.com\" target=\"_blank\">Americans for Gun Safety<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Hunters_and_Shooters_Association\" target=\"_blank\">American Hunters &amp; Shooters<\/a>?) to keep their issue fresh. \u00a0I&#8217;ll make an educated guess and say that is who is funding this latest assault upon the 2A. \u00a0If it is some other person\/group I&#8217;d like to know who it is.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D5522&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5522\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5522\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5522\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Gun Victims Action Council is trying to organize a boycott of Starbucks due to the company&#8217;s refusal to prohibit open carry of firearms in states where it is legal. \u00a0The counter-protest supporting Starbucks looks to be going a whole lot better than the boycott. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t appear NGVAC has much support. 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