Victory! GAG Lauds US Appellate Court's Inspiring Assault Weapons Ban Ruling
Yesterday, February 21, 2017, in a 10-4 ruling, the 4th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA ruled that Maryland's ban on 45 ki
Your Daily GAG: The Implications of Targeting BlackRock
James Militzer's piece "Weekly Roundup: The Death of a Salesman, a Megaphone for Mom, and a Target on BlackRock" summarizes our #dropthegunstocks demand. It also addresses BlackRock's (“BR”) insufficient response that was included in the Fortune Magazine article to our demand: BR argues that it is required to manage gun stocks/ funds. Read: our hands are tied. BR also argues that they are socially responsible as their actively managed portfolios which exclude firearms among
Another Bad Day at BlackRock | Event Recap
Following a well publicized action of a large email blast of demands to BlackRock's leadership and Board of Directors, Gays Against Guns made it another "Bad Day at BlackRock". Two NYC GAGgers stood outside @BlackRock HQ in midtown today and handed this flyer to 225 exiting employees. Some employees cheered, some said that management had instructed them to ignore us, some gave us BS reasons why BlackRock's "hands were tied" to divest from murder weapons. A few said that our
GAG Campaign Telling BlackRock to #DropTheGunStocks Begins With Mass Communication | Event Recap
At its bi-weekly open meeting last night at the LGBTQ Center in New York City, Gays Against Guns enlisted those in attendance to kick of its campaign to get BlackRock, the massive investment management firm headquartered in New York City, to divest in its portfolio of gun stock (#DropTheGunStocks). As reported by Bloomberg in their article “BlackRock Targeted by Gay Activists for Investing in Firearms” by Jeff Green “The Gays Against Guns protest will start with e-mailed dema
