News Here’s a List of Companies That Support Gun Control Recoil Staff September 12, 2019 25 Comments, Join the Conversation At RECOIL, we review every product fairly and without bias. Making a purchase through one of our links may earn us a small commission, and helps support independent gun reviews. Read our affiliate policy. Find out more about how we test products. Are you looking for a handy list of companies that support gun control? Well, today, 145 companies made it easier for you, clearly revealing their disregard for the Second Amendment and the principles of liberty and freedom. First reported by the New York Times, the CEOs of 145 companies sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urgently calling for “background checks on all gun sales and a strong Red Flag law that would allow courts to issue life-saving extreme risk protection orders.” Citing recent events and their “responsibility and obligation to stand up for the safety of our employees, customers and all Americans,” they argue for so-called “common-sense” gun legislation. The letter was signed by CEOs of large companies such as Bain Capital, Bloomberg, Brookfield Property Group, GAP, and Levi Strauss. Also signing were large advertising and media firms, such as Conde Nast, Group Nine Media, Havas, Interpublic, Omnicom, and Publicis, no surprise given the messaging on guns that we so often see. Also note the services and social media companies, such as Airbnb, DoorDash, Eventbrite, Lyft, Pinterest, Reddit, Twitter, Uber, and Yelp. Below, we've provided a searchable, alphabetical list of the companies and executives who signed the letter. Incidentally, when you read breathless headlines on other news media about “145 of the biggest companies in America” supporting gun control, note that only 45 of them have more than 500 employees. 100 of them have fewer than 500 employees, and you'll probably need to google them to figure out what they do. Whether it's due to virtue-signaling, free marketing to a portion of the country, or simply misguided beliefs, perhaps it's worth a hard look at where you're spending your time and money these days. Let them know how you feel. The New York Times also published a copy of the actual letter. Companies with more than 500 employees: Company Name Title Airbnb Brian Chesky Co-Founder, Head of Community and CEO Amalgamated Bank Keith Mestrich President and CEO Bain Capital John Connaughton and Jonathan Lavine / Josh Bekenstein and Steve Pagliuca Co-Managing Partners / Co-Chairmen Beyond Meat Ethan Brown Co-Founder and CEO Bloomberg LP Peter T. Grauer Chairman Brookfield Property Group Ric Clark Chairman ClassPass Fritz Lanman CEO Conde Nast Roger Lynch CEO Credit Karma Ken Lin Founder and CEO DICK'S Sporting Goods Edward Stack CEO DoorDash Tony Xu Co-Founder and CEO Ecolab Doug Baker Chairman and CEO Edelman Richard Edelman President and CEO Eventbrite Julia Hartz Co-Founder and CEO Gap Inc. Art Peck CEO Goat Group Eddy Lu CEO Group Nine Media Ben Lerer Co-Founder and CEO Havas Group Yannick Bollore CEO Horizon Media Bill Koenigsberg President CEO and Founder Impossible Foods Patrick O. Brown MD, PhD, Founder and CEO Interpublic Michael Roth Chairman and CEO Kabbage Inc. and Drum Technologies Rob Frohwein / Kathryn Petralia Co-Founder and CEO / Co-Founder and President Levi Strauss & Co. Chip Bergh President and CEO Lyft Logan Green / John Zimmer Co-Founder and CEO / Co-Founder and President MongoDB Inc. Dev Ittycheria President and CEO Oaktree Capital Management Howard Marks Co-Chairman Okta Todd McKinnon Co-Founder and CEO Omnicom Group John Wren Chairman and CEO Pinterest Ben Silbermann Co-Founder and CEO Postmates Bastian Lehmann Co-Founder & CEO Prologis Hamid R. Moghadam Chairman and CEO Publicis Groupe Arthur Sadoun Chairman and CEO Reddit Steve Huffman CEO Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Richard Fain CEO RXR Realty Scott Rechler Chairman and CEO Shutterstock Inc. Jon Oringer Founder and CEO Square and Twitter Jack Dorsey CEO Squarespace Anthony Casalena Founder and CEO SurveyMonkey Zander Lurie CEO Thrive Global Arianna Huffington Founder and CEO TOMS Blake Mycoskie / Jim Alling Founder and Chief Shoe Giver / CEO Twilio Jeff Lawson Co-Founder and CEO Uber Dara Khosrowshahi CEO WPP Mark Read CEO Yelp Jeremy Stoppelman Co-Founder and CEO Companies with less than 500 employees: Company Name Title AlleyCorp Kevin P. Ryan Founder and CEO Ambition Travis Truett Co-Founder and CEO Ariel Investments LLC John W. Rogers, Jr. / Mellody Hobson Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO / Co-CEO & President Artsy Mike Steib CEO Ascend.io Sean Knapp Co-Founder and CEO Aspiration Andrei Cherny Co-Founder and CEO Aura Abdur Chowdhury CEO Backpack Fahim M. Aziz Founder and CEO Bad Robot JJ Abrams / Katie McGrath Chairman and Co-CEO / Co-CEO BeeswaxIO Corporation Ari Paparo CEO Begin Ryan Block Co-Founder Betaworks John Borthwick Founder and CEO Bonusly Raphael Crawford-Marks Co-Founder and CEO Brat Darren Lachtman Co-Founder Brud Trevor McFedries CEO Cambly Sameer Shariff Co-Founder Catch&Release, Inc. Analisa Goodin Founder and CEO Cerebras Systems Andrew Feldman Founder and CEO Circle Medical George Favvas CEO Clearbit Alex MacCaw CEO Clever Tyler Bosmeny CEO Clockwise Matt Martin Co-Founder and CEO Color Genomics Othman Laraki Co-Founder and CEO Crunchbase, Inc. Jager McConnell CEO Curalate, Inc. Apu Gupta Co-Founder and CEO Curtsy David Oates Co-Founder and CEO DAILYLOOK Brian Ree Founder and CEO Doxel, Inc. Saurabh Ladha CEO Elektra Labs Andy Coravos Co-Founder and CEO Emerson Collective Laurene Powell Jobs President Farmstead Pradeep Elankumaran Co-Founder & CEO Full Picture Desiree Gruber CEO Fundera Jared Hecht Founder and CEO Golden Jude Gomila Founder and CEO Guru Rick Nucci Co-Founder and CEO Hint, Inc. Kara Goldin Founder and CEO HipDot Jeff Sellinger Co-Founder and CEO Hooked Prerna Gupta CEO humbition Cyrus Massoumi Managing Partner JOOR Kristin Savilia CEO Jumbo Privacy Pierre Valade CEO Kadena William Martino Founder and CEO Kanga Jake Perlman-Garr CEO Knowable Warren Shaeffer Co-Founder and CEO Lattice Jack Altman CEO MetaProp.vc Aaron N. Block Co-Founder and Managing Director Modern Fertility Afton Vechery Co-Founder and CEO Neighborland Dan Parham / and Tee Parham Founder and CEO / Founder and CTO NewsCred Shafqat Islam CEO Nextdoor Sarah Friar CEO NowThis Athan Stephanopoulos President Nurx Varsha Rao CEO Obemdorf Enterprises William E. Oberndorf Chairman Oceans Steven Rosenblatt Co-Founder and General Partner OfferUp Nick Huzar Co-Founder and CEO Openpath James Segil Co-Founder and President Parabol Jordan Husney CEO Paravision Doug Aley CEO Plato Design John Milinovich CEO Presto Rajat Suri CEO Prima Christopher Gavigan Founder and CEO Quartzy Adam Regelmann Founder and COO Ribbon Health Nate Maslak / Nate Fox Co-Founder and CEO / Co-Founder and CTO Ro Zachariah Reitano Co-Founder and CEO Roofstock Gary Beasley Co-Founder and CEO Ruist Stephen Ehikian Co-Founder and CEO SelfMade Brian Schechter CEO Shoptiques Inc. Olga Vidisheva Founder and CEO Sidewalk Labs Dan Doctoroff CEO Sift Jason Tan CEO Skillshare Matt Cooper CEO SkySafe Grant Jordan CEO Small Door Josh Guttman / Florent Peyre Co-Founder and CEO / Co-Founder and President SmartAsset Michael Carvin Co-Founder and CEO Snapdocs, Inc. Aaron King Founder and CEO Solve.io Neil Capel CEO Splash Ben Hindman Co-Founder and CEO Standard Bots Evan Beard Founder and CEO Stanlee R. Gatti Designs Stanlee R. Gatti Founder Sundia Corporation Bradford Oberwager CEO Sunlight Health Ross Feinstein CEO Superplastic Paul Budnitz CEO SV Angel Ron Conway Founder ThirdLove Heidi Zak / David Spector Co-Founder and Co-CEO / Co-Founder and Co-CEO thisopenspace inc. Yashar Nejati CEO Thrive Capital Joshua Kushner Founder and Managing Partner ThunderCore Inc. Chris Wang CEO Tillable Corbett Kull CEO Uniform Teeth Meghan Jewitt CEO Viosera Therapeutics Nicholas Goldner / Christopher Bulow Co-Founder and CEO / Co-Founder and COO Virtual Kitchen Co Ken Chong CEO Voxer Irv Remedios CEO Voyage Oliver Cameron Co-Founder and CEO Watsi Chase Adam / Grace Garey Co-Founder and CEO / Co-Founder and COO WayUp Liz Wessel Co-Founder and CEO Whalar Neil Waller CEO Wizeline Bismarck Lepe CEO x.ai, inc. Dennis R. 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Very few recognizable names. No idea what most of these make/produce. I suspect there are more recognizable subsidiaries.
Read the actual article. These are CEOs who went out of their way to send a letter to congress. The author does not say it's a comprehensive list of anti-gun companies.
Read the title of the article: Here’s a List of Companies That Support Gun Control It doesnt say " here is a list of CEO's" Typical headline don't match the article BS. Recoil is known for advertising, not relevant info.
Missing FedEx and Walmart. Their anti-Second Amendment policies can be found on their websites. They're actively lobbying for bans.
Please provide a link or information that FedEx is anti gun. I have not seen that on there website. I have worked there for 17 years and no one has ever said anything about gun control. A lot of us employees are gun owners and 2nd amendment supporters.
Every person who is Anti gun Anti 2A is well protected With private security or is a Full Carrier! That is a fact!
