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TOMS Shoe Company Donated a Whopping $5 Million to Various Gun Control Groups
townhall.com ^ | 11/21/2018 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 11/21/2018 7:13:03 AM PST by rktman

TOMS shoe company plans to donate $5 million to various gun control groups. The company also launched a campaign to mobilize their customers to support the gun control agenda.

One of TOMS' campaigns includes a postcard campaign. Customers can input their name and address on their website and the company will send a postcard to their representative.

Here's what the postcards say:

Dear (representative),

More than 90% of Americans support universal background checks.

And I'm one of them.

As your constituent, I urge you to stand with me and pass this life-saving legislation.

Let's end gun violence together.

Sincerely, (your name)

The company's founder, Blake Mycoskie, came to the decision shortly after the tragic shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, not far from his family's home. His wife, Heather Lang, called Mycoskie in fear.

“She said, ‘I’m not dropping our son off at school this morning, and I don’t know if I ever will. We’re not safe. Somebody’s got to do something,’” he told Huffington Post. “It was a pretty emotional moment for us.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 1a; 2a; banglist; clinton; fundingtheleft; kaba
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To: fireman15

The thing is...do you really want a screaming liberal to own a gun? Unless they overcome their pants-pissing fear of them AND take training on how to use it, it’d be like handing a loaded gun to a toddler with the safety off.

Then again...if they take the training, and they do well, they MIGHT get a realization of Freedom and what it means...and maybe, just maybe...change their mindset.


81 posted on 11/21/2018 9:21:41 AM PST by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: rktman
More than 90% of Americans support universal background checks.

Not buying that. Not once you explain what that really means.

82 posted on 11/21/2018 9:21:44 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Good Lord, this is a damn chat site.

If we were in a classroom, you might have something.

And if you think language is our main problem with the Left, you are missing the forest for the needles on the trees.


83 posted on 11/21/2018 9:24:36 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (You may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you...)
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To: rktman

Ok..never heard of them, so I never had any of their shoes, and I will never...


84 posted on 11/21/2018 9:26:31 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: hoagy62

Antifa with guns sounds sounds scary.


85 posted on 11/21/2018 9:27:39 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: ConservativeMind

From Arlington Tx. Attended Southern Methodist. I read he sold 50% of Toms to Bain Capital about 5 years ago. Lives in Los Angeles now
Enough said.


86 posted on 11/21/2018 9:32:16 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Sorry, didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers.


87 posted on 11/21/2018 9:44:55 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Eddie01

Moms Demand Action? What kinda name is that? Sounds like a granny porn site. How about Moms Impugning Legal Firearms, MILF for short. :P


88 posted on 11/21/2018 9:45:20 AM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Lurkinanloomin

And I’m sorry they got ruffled.

No harm friend. My apologies as well.


89 posted on 11/21/2018 9:50:45 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (You may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you...)
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To: rktman

Dan Post size 7 brand new in box for $5 at a church fair. Nobody wears cowboy boots around here.


90 posted on 11/21/2018 10:23:11 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Red Badger

They got no sole.


91 posted on 11/21/2018 12:32:23 PM PST by VietVet876
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To: VietVet876

They should have their tongues cut out.............


92 posted on 11/21/2018 12:35:25 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

“Mycoskie”? Not Irish is it? Couldn’t bear to watch the video. Does he speak with a brogue? Bet the wifie don’t work. What a spoiled loafer.


93 posted on 11/21/2018 12:39:42 PM PST by VietVet876
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To: VietVet876

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Mycoskie


94 posted on 11/21/2018 12:41:45 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: rktman

She drops her Kid off across the Street from School.

A crazed Maniac decides to run down her Kid in the School Crosswalk as he crosses the street.

We have to do something!

Ban Cars?
Ban Schools?
Ban crazed Maniacs?


95 posted on 11/21/2018 12:44:20 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: pgkdan

>>>You couldn’t get 90% of Americans to agree about putting milk on Cheerios these days<<<

That’s the rub. Every time I try to put Milk on a Cheerio it goes right through the hole in the middle and gets all over the floor. Count me as part of the 10%.


96 posted on 11/21/2018 12:48:59 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Too easy. Just tear up all roadways.


97 posted on 11/21/2018 1:07:28 PM PST by rktman ( #My2nd! Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: fireman15

That looks like something Deadpool would use.

CC


98 posted on 11/21/2018 1:59:12 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns m hy ass? A flnt ame about 3 feet high.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

#74 no peeking.


99 posted on 11/21/2018 4:54:12 PM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: gcparent

Very kind of you. I’m sure she will appreciate them.

I’ve got news for Toms Shoes, gucci loafers are not popular in Texas.


100 posted on 11/21/2018 5:23:30 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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