(EXCEPT FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY)
FEMINIZING THOSE RUGGED MALE CUSTOMERS INTO VICTIMHOOD BY DENYING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS IS A GAY SEDUCTION THAT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE
PRO GAY RIGHTS CHIP BERGH, CEO:
"WASHING YOUR JEANS LESS TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT" IS QUEER
BUYING LEVI STRAUSS LESS WOULD BE BETTER
FROM: http://www.levistrauss.com/who-we-are/;
EXCERPTS:
"EQUALITY
As a company with a long history of standing up for equality, civil
rights and social justice, we take a leadership role in advancing public
policy initiatives in support of nondiscrimination and diversity in the
workplace. We led efforts to support same-sex marriage in California
and continue to advocate for passage of the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act and the Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and
Health Plan Beneficiaries Act at the federal level."
Human Rights Campaign Best Places to Work for Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Employees (2014)
San Francisco LGBT Community Center — Impact Award (2009)
Out & Equal Courage Award (2009)
SEE ALSO:
http://levistrauss.com/unzipped-blog/2015/03/raising-our-voices-against-discrimination/
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2016/06/10/levis-lgbt-pride-corporate-pride-award-fashion.html
http://radioalice.cbslocal.com/2015/03/30/gap-and-levi-strauss-team-up-to-oppose-indiana-rfra-laws/ (Opposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act)
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/ceos-at-levis-hyatt-whole-foods-and-dow-chemical-call-on-mississippi-gop-to-repeal-new-anti-gay-law/
Levi's CEO Asks: Please, No Guns in Our Stores
BY BOB ADELMANN
SEE: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/24936-levis-ceo-asks-please-no-guns-in-our-stores;
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
At the very peak of this year’s Christmas shopping season (during which most Americans do a quarter of their yearly shopping) Chip Bergh, the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., asked his customers to turn his stores into gun-free zones:
As CEO … I feel a tremendous
responsibility to share our position on the issue [of gun rights and gun
safety], now, at a time when clarity is paramount…. So, while we
understand the heartfelt and strongly-held opinions on both sides of the
gun debate, it is with the safety and security of our employees and
customers in mind that we respectfully ask people not to bring firearms
into our stores…. It boils down to this: you shouldn’t have to be
concerned about your safety while shopping for clothes or trying on a
pair of jeans. Simply put, firearms don’t belong in either of those
settings.
Since many of his stores are located in shopping malls, what Bergh is
asking is that people who have firearms leave them at home, or in their
vehicles — turning those malls, as well as his stores, into gun-free
zones.Gun-free zones are just what unhinged criminals are looking for: places with lots of people present who are unable to defend themselves. John Lott’s Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) published a report two years ago showing that 94 percent of mass public shootings between January 2009 and 2014 took place in gun-free zones.
That report was followed by a similar study, this time from Stanford University, that confirmed the CPRC study: Going back to the beginning of 2002, of the 54 mass shootings (involving a shooter targeting people at random), the shooter chose gun-free zones 37 times. Of the 17 times a shooter choose a location where guns were legally allowed, a third of the attacks were ended when the shooter was confronted by an individual legally carrying a firearm.
Perhaps Bergh can be forgiven for his ideological, knee-jerk reaction to the single incident he referred to in his letter where someone in one of his stores injured himself when his firearm accidentally discharged. That same reaction occurred earlier this month when the shooter in the Ohio State University attack was assumed to be using a firearm. This included Senator Tim Kaine (Hillary Clinton’s running mate) and Shannon Watts with Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety. It was later learned, of course, that the attacker used a vehicle and a knife during the attack.
If Bergh wants “clarity” and is sincere about his employees’ and customers’ safety, perhaps his letter should have read:
Dear Customers:
As studies have continued to show, our
customers and employees are safer working where responsible citizens are
exercising their Second Amendment-protected rights. Rather than turn
our 2,800 stores into high-risk “gun-free” zones, putting at risk our
15,000 valued employees and our millions of loyal customers, we publicly
ask those customers responsibly carrying concealed to feel free to shop
and try on a new pair of jeans.
Merry Christmas!
Chip Bergh,
President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
