Blue-State Group Wants To Shame Companies Who Work With Firearms Industry

An Illinois group is seeking to pressure companies to not do business with manufacturers of modern semiautomatic firearms through a “naming and shaming” campaign, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The Highland Park Peace Project is assembling a database of companies that do business with manufacturers who make so-called “assault weapons,” with the intention of “targeting the companies that do business with them,” including law firms and retail outlets, according to the group’s website. Co-founder Daniel Perlman told the Chicago Tribune that he was taking a “commercial” approach in view of potential Supreme Court decisions striking down bans on modern semiautomatic firearms.

“It has created transparency; what we’ve created has now allowed corporations and consumers to ask for accountability,” Perlman told the Tribune about his organization’s database of companies, which are either labeled “heroes” or “enablers” depending on whether they have ties to Sig Sauer, Daniel Defense, Bushmaster, Smith and Wesson and Ruger. The group targeted multiple banks and major credit card companies as “enablers” for either providing loans to the companies or for allowing their cards to be used to purchase modern semiautomatic firearms.

The Highland Park Peace Project didn’t respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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