时间:2025-04-30 14:41:17 来源:网络整理编辑:知識
A coalition of 23 gun reform advocacy groups has graded several U.S. businesses on their gun safety
A coalition of 23 gun reform advocacy groups has graded several U.S. businesses on their gun safety policies, and it will come as no surprise to know that most of the class is failing.
The Gun Safety Scorecard was released Wednesday by the Business Must Act Coalition, which includes organisations such as Guns Down, March for Our Lives, and Gays Against Guns. The scorecard gives a letter grade to 29 popular retailers based upon their action — or inaction — in preventing gun violence.
Disappointingly, 16 retailers scored Fs — over half of the businesses assessed. The retailers were selected to provide a cross-section of American businesses, and weren't limited to those involved in gun sales. The coalition chose which businesses to evaluate based on popularity and size, which makes for some strange names showing up on the list.
The highest-scoring companies were Kroger, Old Navy, and Walmart, who all came top of the class with As. Amazon, Costco, Nordstrom, Starbucks, Target, Trader Joe's, and Whole Foods scored Bs, meaning they too were awarded the Gun Safety Certified mark.
Only Waffle House scored a middling C, while Buffalo Wild Wings and T.J. Max were both given Ds. This isn't ideal, but at least they missed out on the coalition's lengthy list of shame.
The dregs at the bottom with embarrassing Fs were 7-Eleven, Ace Hardware, Applebee's, Barnes & Noble, Chick-fil-A, Dollar Tree, Dunkin', Home Depot, Hot Topic, JoS. A. Bank., Kohl's, Lowe's, McDonald's, Nike, Old Chicago, and Rainbow.
"As the federal government refuses to pass reforms that will build safer communities for us all, large American employers have a responsibility to their workers, customers, and communities to do everything they can to keep us safe from the estimated 393 million firearms in civilian hands," writes the Business Must Act Coalition.
The coalition's scorecard was developed over three months, with reference to "media archives, industry research, trade publications, and other publicly available information." Each retailer was given a score out of 100, with 60 points for an in-store gun policy, 20 points for not donating to NRA-backed politicians, and 20 for publicly demanding action on gun reform. These seem like fairly simple steps, so it's telling that so many retailers failed.
SEE ALSO:Kamala Harris makes powerful plea for stronger gun control laws after California school shootingBusinesses could also earn up to 20 bonus points for further action taken to "help move our country in the right direction." For example, Kroger was given 5 bonus points for "ending gun sales," while Walmart earned 10 for "significantly limiting gun and ammunition sales." Amazon also received 20 bonus points for "donating a percentage of purchases to gun violence prevention initiatives," offsetting its loss of 20 points for donating $136,000 to NRA-backed politicians.
Gun violence continues to be a pressing issue across the U.S., with people in America dying to firearms at a far greater rate than other wealthy countries. According to non-profit group Gun Violence Archive, there have been 389 mass shootings in the U.S. throughout 2019 thus far — more than there are days in the year.
As more and more corporations wade into political issues hamstrung by government inaction, these grades give us a snapshot as to which are actually taking a stand on gun violence with their policies, not just their PR.
TopicsActivismGun ControlSocial Good
You will love/hate Cards Against Humanity's new fortune cookies2025-04-30 14:32
亞伯拉罕:加盟羅馬隻為贏球 德比大戰我準備好了2025-04-30 14:27
場上倆球主裁不吹停 布斯克茨直接“射中”對方球員2025-04-30 14:14
索裏亞諾36歲生日當天宣布退役 效力國安期間36場31球2025-04-30 14:13
Daughter gives her 1002025-04-30 14:08
活力滿滿!納帥踩著滑板車奔赴訓練場引名宿打趣2025-04-30 14:04
韓喬生:武磊單刀一直是問題 這狀態對陣越南確實令人擔憂2025-04-30 13:49
壕 !C羅開25萬鎊豪車到訓練場 倆魁梧保鏢驅車跟隨2025-04-30 13:15
More than half of women in advertising have faced sexual harassment, report says2025-04-30 12:41
足協罰單:中甲黑龍江冰城隊球員陳昶因年齡造假禁賽兩個月2025-04-30 12:22
Old lady swatting at a cat ends up in Photoshop battle2025-04-30 14:20
亞伯拉罕 :加盟羅馬隻為贏球 德比大戰我準備好了2025-04-30 14:06
有點慘!曝久保建英被本澤馬撞傷 預計缺席一個月2025-04-30 14:02
亞泰丹麥外援奧科雷返回中國 將錯過10月足協杯賽事2025-04-30 13:52
Fiji wins first2025-04-30 13:50
官方:美國投資公司入主熱那亞 已購買99.9%股份2025-04-30 13:39
廣東電視台記者:卡帥還沒解約 暫時不回應該有這個打算2025-04-30 13:34
記者:恒大與卡帥分手足夠大度 4000萬退稅都給了他2025-04-30 13:28
Honda's all2025-04-30 13:23
童言無忌 !C羅母親談迷你羅初次見梅西的反應:他好矮哦2025-04-30 13:01