The following is a list of businesses that are NOT firearm friendly. I highly recommend that you do not patronize these establishments. I have personally verified every establishment on this list. Additions will be added as I personally come across them.
1. Cabelas – Bowling Green KY. Cabelas requires firearms to be ‘checked in” and left with security at the door, yet they sell firearms there. I will not check or leave my pistol in the hands of a clerk at Cabellas. I will and DO shop elsewhere.
2. Costco: Bans firearms on premises in all locations.
3. Waffle House: Banned in all locations.
4. Bluehost Web Hosting: Bans websites from their hosting service that contain gun shops or firearm advertising.
5. Visionworks: Bans firearms. 2608 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, KY.
6. Walmart: Walmart Corporate says it will stop selling ammunition that can be used in “military-style assault rifles,” and would discourage its customers from openly carrying guns in its stores, and would call on Congress to increase background checks and consider a new assault rifle ban. Walmart will also no longer sell handguns, and will sell what remains of the handgun ammunition it has, along with the .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber ammunition that can be used in AR15s.
7. Bluegrass Cellular: Bans firearms. 303 north Main Street, Russellville, KY.
Contractors that I have personal experience with, and I will categorically NOT recommend:
1. Thomason’s Decorating Center – Russellville KY. Has no installation employees and relies on a list of contractors for installation. Allowed contractor to charge supplies to me without my permission. They then wash their hands of any issues that occur with installation.
1a. John Anderson – Russellville KY. Contractor for Thomason’s. Estimates mean nothing to this contractor. His estimate was roughly 60% higher than other contractors I talked to. He was available immediately so I agreed to pay his fee. He then added items to the final bill that nearly doubled his already HIGH estimate. Further, he was the contractor that charged basic supplies to my account at Thomason’s without my permission, that should have been covered in his estimate. Final cost of his installation was three times the initial estimate of the first contractor. Subsequent conversations with another contractor that I employed on a different project, indicated that Anderson has a reputation for doing this. Be warned…
2. John Mast – Auburn KY. Amish Contractor – formerly located at 2428 Pilot Knob Road, Auburn, KY 42206. (He moved in 2018 to Sandy Gap Road in Auburn, KY.) Yup this is the same Amish guy that went to jail rather than pay the fine that the City of Auburn levied on him for not having a receptacle tied to the back of his horse.
This guy also uses his sons cell phone for messaging. (1-270-772-2233 ) They show up on a job site with the traditional horse and buggy, as well as a crew cab pickup truck. Lunch time rolls around, and they all pack into the truck and head out for lunch.
I had him build a garage for me, and a carport on the back of the garage, for a 23 foot travel trailer. He did the measuring, design, and layout. The evening they finished, I felt sorry for the guy as he supplied all the materials without asking for a deposit. I was not able to put the trailer under the carport due to the concrete needing time to cure, so I payed him in full when he was ready to leave.
Sure enough, when the concrete was hard and I tried to put the trailer under the carport, I discovered he had made it too low, and the trailer wont fit under the roof.
I called him to come back and view the carport, and he agreed it needed to be raised, and would get it handled. This was in October 2018. Now, he won’t return calls and obviously has no intention of fixing his mistake. Again, beware… just because someone is religious, doesn’t mean they are honest or upright. This guy made my ‘Do Not Patronize’ list.
I ran into him at Lowe’s. He walked the other way with his head turned away as if he didn’t see me. I decided that this issue needed to be escalated in the Amish community. I talked to one of the local Amish Elders, and he recommended that I talk to John’s father. I brought photographs and a copy of the check along and discussed it with his father. Long story short, John was here today (September 13, 2019), just a few days after the conversation with his father, spent a few hours and resolved the issue… six weeks short of a year folks. Beware.
My compliments to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky. They no longer ban licensed possession of firearms on their premises. Well Done!
Here is a list of anti 2A businesses from an organization called “CCRKBA” That stands for “Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.”
| 20/20 Vision | Cheryl Plank | CEO |
| A&M Records | Herb Alpert | CEO |
| AlleyCorp | Kevin Ryan | Founder and CEO |
| Alphabet, Inc. | Sundar Pichai | CEO |
| Amalgamated Bank | Keith Mestrich | President and CEO |
| Ambition | TravisTruett | Co-Founder and CEO |
| AMC Theatres | Adam Aron | CEO |
| AOL / Time Warner | Jason Kilar | CEO |
| Ariel Investments LLC | John W. Rogers, Jr. | CEO |
| Artsy | Mike Steib | CEO |
| Ascend.io | Sean Knapp | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Aspiration | Andrei Cherny | Co-Founder and CEO |
| AT&T | Randal Stephenson | CEO |
| Aura | Abdur Chowdhury | CEO |
| Backpack | Fahim Aziz | Founder and CEO |
| Bad Robot | Fahim Aziz | Founder and CEO |
| Bain Capital | John Connaughton | Co-Managing Partner / Co-Chairman |
| Bank of America | Brian Moynihan | CEO |
| Beeswax | AriPaparo | CEO |
| Begin | Ryan Block | Co-Founder |
| Betaworks | John Borthwick | Founder and CEO |
| Beyond Meat | Ethan Brown | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Bloomberg LP | Peter Grauer | Chairman |
| Bonusly | Raphael Crawford-Marks | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Brat | Darren Lachtman | Co-Founder |
| Brookfield Property | Ric Clark | Chairman |
| Brud | Trevor McFedries | CEO |
| Bumble | Whitney Herd | CEO |
| Burger King | Daniel Schwartz | CEO |
| Cambly | Sameer Shariff | Co-Founder |
| Catch & Release | Analisa Goodin | Founder and CEO |
| Cerebras Systems | Andrew Feldman | Founder and CEO |
| Chipotle | Brian Niccol | CEO |
| Circle Medical | George Favvas | CEO |
| ClassPass | Fritz Lanman | CEO |
| Clearbit | Alex MacCaw | CEO |
| Clever | Tyler Bosmeny | CEO |
| Clockwise | Matt Martin | Co-Founder and CEO |
| CNN | Jeff Zucker | CEO |
| Color Genomics | Othman Laraki | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Comcast | Brian Roberts | CEO |
| Conde Nast | Roger Lynch | CEO |
| Costco | Craig Jelinek | CEO |
| Credit Karma | Ken Lin | Founder and CEO |
| Crunchbase | Jager McConnell | CEO |
| Curalate | Apu Gupta | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Curtsy | David Oates | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Dannon | Juan Dalto | CEO |
| Delta Airlines | Ed Bastian | CEO |
| DICK’S Sporting Goods | Edward Stack | CEO |
| Disney Company | Bob Chapek | CEO |
| DoorDash | Tony Xu | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Doxel, Inc. | Saurabh Ladha | CEO |
| Ebay | Jamie Iannone | CEO |
| Ecolab | Doug Baker | Chairman and CEO |
| Edelman | Richard Edelman | President and CEO |
| Elektra Labs | Andy Coravos | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Emerson Collective | Laurene Powell Jobs | President |
| Enterprise | Chrissy Taylor | CEO |
| Eventbrite | Julia Hartz | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Farmstead | Pradeep Elankumaran | Co-Founder & CEO |
| Full Picture | Desiree Gruber | CEO |
| Fundera | Jared Hecht | Founder and CEO |
| Gap Inc. | Art Peck | CEO |
| Gateway Computers | James Coleman | CEO |
| GE | Lawrence Culp | CEO |
| GEICO | Todd Combs | CEO |
| Goat Group | Eddy Lu | CEO |
| Golden | Jude Gomila | Founder and CEO |
| Graphic Packaging | Michael Doss | CEO |
| Group Nine Media | Ben Lerer | Co-Founder & CEO |
| Gucci | Marco Bizzarri | CEO |
| Guru | Rick Nucci | Co-Founder & CEO |
| Hallmark Cards | Mike Perry | CEO |
| Hard Rock Cafe | James Allen | CEO |
| Havas Group | Yannick Bollore | CEO |
| HBO | Richard Plepler | CEO |
| Hint, Inc. | Kara Goldin | Founder and CEO |
| HipDot | Jeff Sellinger | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Hooked | Prerna Gupta | CEO |
| Horizon Media | Bill Koenigsberg | President CEO and Founder |
| Humbition | Cyrus Massoumi | Managing Partner |
| Impossible Foods | Patrick Brown | MD, PhD, Founder and CEO |
| Insight Partners | Jeff Horing | CEO and Co-Founder |
| Interpublic | Michael Roth | Chairman and CEO |
| Intuit | Sasan Goodzari | CEO |
| JOOR | Kristin Savilia | CEO |
| Jumbo Privacy | Pierre Valade | CEO |
| Kabbage Inc. | Rob Frohwein | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Kadena | William Martino | Founder and CEO |
| Kanga | Jake Perlman-Garr | CEO |
| Kenneth Cole | Kenneth Cole | Founder and Chairmain |
| Knowable | Warren Shaeffer | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Lattice | Jack Altman | CEO |
| Levi Strauss & Co. | Chip Bergh | President and CEO |
| Los Angeles Clippers | Steve Ballmer | Owner |
| Lucent Technologies | Patricia Russo | CEO |
| Lyft | Logan Green | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Mesirow | Richard Price | Chairman and CEO |
| MetaProp.vc | Aaron Block | Co-Founder and Managing Director |
| MetLife | Michael Khalaf | CEO |
| Microsoft | Satya Nadella | CEO |
| Modern Fertility | Afton Vechery | Co-Founder and CEO |
| MongoDB Inc. | Dev Ittycheria | President and CEO |
| MSNBC | Phil Griffin | CEO |
| MTV | Chris McCarthey | CEO |
| Navient | John Remonid | CEO |
| NBC Universal | Jeff Shell | CEO |
| NCR Corp. | Michael Hayford | CEO |
| Neighborland | Dan Parham | Founder and CEO |
| NewsCred | Shafqat Islam | CEO |
| Nextdoor | Sarah Friar | CEO |
| Northwell Health | Michael Dowling | President and CEO |
| NowThis | Athan Stephanopoulos | President |
| Nurx | Varsha Rao | CEO |
| Oaktree Capital | Howard Marks | Co-Chairman |
| Oberndorf Enterprises | William E. Oberndorf | Chairman |
| Oceans | Steven Rosenblatt | Co-Founder and General Partner |
| OfferUp | Nick Huzar | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Okta | Todd McKinnon | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Omnicom Group | John Wren | Chairman and CEO |
| Openpath | James Segil | Co-Founder and President |
| Panera Bread | Niren Chaudhary | CEO |
| Parabol | Jordan Husney | CEO |
| Paravision | Doug Aley | CEO |
| Paypal | David Schulman | CEO |
| Ben Silbermann | Co-Founder and CEO | |
| Plato Design | John Milinovich | CEO |
| Postmates | Bastian Lehmann | Co-Founder & CEO |
| Presto | Rajat Suri | CEO |
| Prima | Christopher Gavigan | Founder and CEO |
| Progressive Insurance | Tricia Griffith | CEO |
| Prologis | Hamid Moghadam | Chairman and CEO |
| Publicis Groupe | Arthur Sadoun | Chairman and CEO |
| Quartzy | Adam Regelmann | Founder and COO |
| Steve Huffman | CEO | |
| Ribbon Health | Nate Maslak | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Ro | Zachariah Reitano | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Roofstock | Gary Beasley | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises | Richard Fain | CEO |
| RXR Realty | Scott Rechler | Chairman and CEO |
| Sara Lee | John Bryan | CEO |
| SelfMade | Brian Schechter | CEO |
| Shake Shack | Danny Meyer | Founder |
| Shoptiques Inc. | Olga Vidisheva | Founder and CEO |
| Showtime Cable Network | David Nevins | CEO |
| Shutterstock Inc. | Jon Oringer | Founder and CEO |
| Sidewalk Labs | Dan Doctoroff | CEO |
| Sift | Jason Tan | CEO |
| Skillshare | Matt Cooper | CEO |
| SkySafe | Grant Jordan | CEO |
| Small Door | Josh Guttman | Co-Founder and CEO |
| SmartAsset | Michael Carvin | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Snapdocs, Inc. | Aaron King | Founder and CEO |
| Solve.io | Neil Capel | CEO |
| Sonic | J. Clifford Hudson | CEO |
| Southwestern Bell | Mark Keiffer | CEO |
| Splash | Ben Hindman | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Square and Twitter | Jack Dorsey | CEO |
| Squarespace | Anthony Casalena | Founder and CEO |
| Standard Bots | Evan Beard | Founder and CEO |
| Subway | Trevor Haynes | CEO |
| Sundia Corporation | Bradford Oberwager | CEO |
| Sunlight Health | Ross Feinstein | CEO |
| Superplastic | Paul Budnitz | CEO |
| SurveyMonkey | Zander Lurie | CEO |
| SV Angel | Ron Conway | Founder |
| Symantec | Vincent Pilette | CEO |
| ThirdLove | Heidi Zak | Co-Founder and Co-CEO |
| Thisopenspace inc. | Ashar Nejati | CEO |
| Thrive Capital | Joshua Kushner | Founder and Managing Partner |
| Thrive Global | Arianna Huffington | Founder and CEO |
| ThunderCore Inc. | Chris Wang | CEO |
| Tillable | Corbett Kull | CEO |
| Tinder | Sean Rad | CEO |
| TOMS | Blake Mycoskie | Founder and CEO |
| Twilio | Jeff Lawson | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Uber | Dara Khosrowshahi | CEO |
| Uniform Teeth | Meghan Jewitt | CEO |
| Viosera Therapeutics | Nicholas Goldner | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Virtual Kitchen | Ken Chong | CEO |
| Voxer | Irv Remedios | CEO |
| Voyage | Oliver Cameron | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Watsi | Chase Adam | Co-Founder and CEO |
| WayUp | Liz Wessel | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Whalar | Neil Waller | CEO |
| Wizeline | Bismarck Lepe | CEO |
| WPP | Mark Read | CEO |
| X.ai, inc. | Dennis Mortensen | Founder and CEO |
| Y Combinator | Geoff Ralston | President |
| Yelp | Jeremy Stoppelman | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Yum Brands | Greg Creed | CEO |
| Zola | Shan-Lyn Ma | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Shake Shack | Danny Meyer | CEO |
| LA Clippers | Steve Balmer | Owner |
| Insight Partners | Jeff Horing | CEO |
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