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My letter to AMC

American Multi Cinemas Entertainment, Inc.
Stanley H. Durwood, Co-Chairman, CEO Peter C. Brown, President, CFO
106 West 14th Street, #1700
Kansas City, MO 64141

Dear Mr.’s Durwood and Brown:

As a frequent movie-goer and concerned citizen I feel that I must contact you about two concerns. For several years now I have refused to attend events at your theaters because of your company's continued support and contributions to anti-gun organizations such as Handgun Control. I have made this decision out of a deep concern that the companies I do business with share my views on issues important to me and my family. I respect AMC's right to support any cause which its directors feel compelled to support, no matter how misdirected I feel that cause and support may be. I am sure that you have the same respect for my views.

A new issue has now solidified my thoughts as to that decision. I have now learned (correct me if I am misinformed) that all AMC theaters in Texas are forbidding law abiding, licensed handgun owners from entering theaters run by AMC. The placement of "30.06" signs in your theaters prohibits those Texans who have taken it upon themselves to pass thorough background checks, fingerprinting, and training in order to take their family's safety into their own hands. I am sure that you would agree that anyone who has "jumped through the hoops" of such a rigorous background check and training regimen in order to legally carry a handgun would be reticent to break laws (as the 30.06 signs indicate) and thus jeopardize their right to carry and own handguns. Your company is, therefore, turning away a significant portion of your potential customers in our state. I am sure that you would further agree that a person who would carry a handgun without having gone through such extensive scrutiny and training (and who would thus already be breaking at least one law) would not feel pause at seeing a "no guns allowed sign" at the entrance to a theater or other business. It follows, then, that only lawfully licensed and trained individuals would follow the directives of the signs, leaving only the criminal element entering your theaters while armed.

This seems not only severely flawed logic to me and many others, but also to go against the very idea of the natural right (as presented by Aristotle, and incorporated into our Constitution) of self protection and preservation.

I implore your company and its directors to reconsider both your choice to post these signs in your theaters, and to stop your support of these misguided anti-gun organizations.

Sincerely,

AMC has been on the NRA-ILA's list of anti-gun companies for years now. ILA maintains a listing of organizations, companies, columnists, and celebreties who make donations/contributions to anti-gun groups, or who speak out against gun owners' rights. It is a list which all gun owners, IMHO, sould reference regularly.


http://www.nraila.org//Issues/FactSheet ... aspx?ID=15