http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/28/2833
http://kotaku.com/gaming/left-behind/liberal-groups-call-for-left-behind-boycott-221989.php
http://publiceyeblog.com/2006/04/04/abortion-rights-groups-boycott-sd-tourist-spots/
http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/2008/09/11/boycott-msnbc-today-until-8-pm-et/

Nowhere have we told Mr. Cooper he cannot support whomever he wants. Nowhere have we infringed Mr. Coopers rights to free speech (and nowhere near as much as Obama wants to infringe our Second Amendment rights).

Mr. Cooper freely chose to take a stance contrary to probably the majority of his customer base, and now he is dealing with the consequences… and every action has consequences.

…You know, that has to be one of the biggest sticking points with liberals I encounter online – the complete and utter lack of understanding of how consequences and personal responsibility work. I guess that explains why they are so very interested in nanny-state “ideals”…

Why do conservatives/republicans attack peoples lively hood if you disagree with them? Blacklists, boycotts and smears. Support my position or starve. Be the same as I am or leave. You are either with us or your an unpatriotic American hater. In the end this is not about guns but about freedom and liberty of the individual. The freedom of the mind and of thought and to be different is what prevents a single party fascism.

I don’t agree with your politics, now lets get a beer and I will see you at work tomorrow.

I guess I’m a “wacko-McCarthyite” and whatever else, because I demand that my gun/ammo suppliers support the 2nd Amendment without reservation. We need to defend our rights vigorously, because there IS still an active campaign to limit our hobby/sport/self-defense by Obama (by past votes) and his political allies.

If I walked into a gunshop and saw a pro-Obama sign on the wall, I’d first ask if it was a joke, and if it wasn’t I’d leave with my money.

Right now, living in Delaware, within 10 miles of Maryland, PA, and New Jersey, I cannot just pack up my car with gear and go sport-shooting or hunting in NJ or MD, can’t defend myself in 2 of the states, and would jeopardize my life, liberty, and happiness if I didn’t closely toe the line on the complex existing laws regarding transporting arms in different states.

Maybe people like Dan Cooper don’t understand what it’s like to deal with this BS (yet), but I can tell you that by supporting Obama they’re a step closer to it.

Despite the severe restrictions on gun ownership in Illinois, Chicago is still a gun-homicide hotspot- I guess Obama and his state senate pals didn’t quite give enough “hope” and “change” there.

And it’s too bad the slavishly pro-Obama media gives props to groups like AHSA, what if there was a group called “journalists for common sense” who proposed having a govt instacheck on their articles? That’s coming too at this rate. (see “Obama kicks journos off his plane”. They didn’t meet the instacheck)

Last I checked it was not only Cooper’s right to support and give money to Obama, but it is also Sebastian’s right to tell Cooper to find another line of work.

This episode once again shows how little liberals know about rights, economics and how businesses really work.

For those that don’t know, a CEO is the head of the company but not the one in ultimate control. If a CEO does something perfectly legal but in doing so that action harms (or potentially harms) the company, the Board of Directors has the duty to it’s shareholders (the real owners of the company) to fire the CEO.

Dan may have started the company, but by going public he gave over control to the shareholders as represented by the Board of Directors.

You can debate how much harm to gun rights an Obama presidency will do and thus how much harm Dan Cooper did to Cooper Firearms by supporting Obama. The fact is that those who might have something to worry about are gun owners and they are the ones that buy Cooper Firearms’ products.

There is a phrase that applies here: Don’t crap where you eat. As CEO Dan should have known this and kept his donations a secret by not speaking to USA Today.

Lets try this in a simpler format:
It is Dan Cooper’s right to speak to the press as a private citizen.
It is Sebastian’s and everyone else’s right to agree or disagree with Dan.
As the head of a corporation, it is Dan’s duty to not piss off his customers.
By supporting Obama, Dan pissed off a bunch of gun owners.
It is the duty of the Board of Directors to clean up any mess that Dan makes, upto and including firing him.

Now deer population control will be necessary. But a good milsurp rifle or an AR-10 can do that job.

Face it Fudds, you’re a dying breed.

Dan Cooper was willing to sell us out to support a politician that has never met a gun control proposal that he didn’t whole heartedly support and feel that it probably didn’t go far enough. Hell, the guy is on tape saying he supports a Federal ban on concealed carry. That’s telling people in Montana & Alaska that they can’t peaceably carry their firearms as they have been doing for years.

Well, we aren’t going to take it anymore. We aren’t going to give our custom to businesses that will sell us down the river hoping that the crocodile will eat them last.

This isn’t 1992 anymore. We are organized and we are going to fight.

If you support gun banning politicians, we will NOT DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.

“..applies to my dollars.” That’s because they all think/believe that all of your dollars belong to(or should belong to) the GOVERNMENT. That way it can decide how much to give you back to exist on. And for damn sure that wouldn’t include any money for guns.

We do.

‘Liberals have guns too!’

But you don’t do enough to keep the anti-gun politicos from damaging your credibility with us. For instance, if it was Richardson or Feingold instead of Obama, I doubt any of us would have batted an eye since those are two very pro-gun democrats.

‘I even agree that Dan Cooper has a right to think how he wishes. But gun owners have a right not to patronize a business that sends money to help slit our own political throats by helping to elect a candidate who’s record on the Second Amendment is absolutely atrocious.’

Amazing that they don’t get that? They think constitutional restrictions on government activity applies to my dollars. Odd. And rather makes engaging them a bit pointless.

Yeah–well you beat me to the “Who says we like George W. Bush?” argument.

For the record, I am no fan of George W. Bush or his restrictions on civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism. If you spent any time here, you’d know I do, in fact, rave about other amendments. I respect that Liberals have had guns. If you knew me or my views, you would know that I think gun owners need to cultivate relationships with Democrats, and not be partisan by hitching our fortunes to the Republican Party. But there’s no way people who truly care about gun rights can find Barack Obama to be an acceptable candidate. Until he decided he wanted to be President, he spent his entire career opposing people being able to legally own guns.

You want to “sanction” a dead boy, and not allow him to have weapons? That makes sense.

Besides, who hunts with an Uzi.

And who says that the right to own a firearm should be predicated on that firearm’s suitability for hunting?

I don’t have to “respect” anyone’s politics, but I realize I have no right to try to disallow anyone from holding certain beliefs, or supporting certain candidates.

That does not mean that I have an obligation to spend my money in a way that benefits him.

I respect your opinions. I even agree that Dan Cooper has a right to think how he wishes. But gun owners have a right not to patronize a business that sends money to help slit our own political throats by helping to elect a candidate who’s record on the Second Amendment is absolutely atrocious.

the ones that should be sanctioned are the irresponsible gun owners. Like the eight (8) year old boy in MA that was firing a full auto Uzi. In the process theweapon got away from him and he killed himself. those are the ones that should not be allowed to have weapons. Besides, who hunts with an Uzi. My politics are my own business and you should respect mine, Dan Cooper’s and everyone else. Extremists are the heart and sould of stupidity in this country. Let’s use reason and rational thought.

http://downrightdusty.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-silly-season.html

Best wishes, paranoid, silly gun nut. Keep blogging. Never again!

John Paul Mays, to us gun-, freedom- and America-loving people, buying guns from companies that support us and won’t betray us is an honor. Those that dishonor us will NOT get our money. You, being a self-professed non-owner of guns wouldn’t know anything about that. If you did, you’d realize how stupid your statement was. And yes, they would stand to lose a lot of business when gun owners and collectors stopped buying their products, if Dan Cooper remained President of the company that sold us all out. One more thing – gun owners have a very long term memory – much like that of the Elephant, the symbol of the majority of us gun owners.

And in point of fact they already had proof that his dumbness(?) stupidity(?) would hurt the balance sheet.

If your product is good… it will sell itself… regardless of one’s politics and/or points of view! It seems to me that this is basically a case of greed! Pure and simple!

By the way, I’m not a gunowner, but I fully support and believe in a person’s right to bear arms!

Go to your room.

Right now.