Picked this up on Shooters.com. Haven't seen it here so I'll post it.
http://www.nypostonline.com/business/6190.htm
POLITICIANS JOIN NRA SHOWDOWN
By PAUL THARP
Politicians are rallying around Toys "R" Us and luxury purveyor LVMH for taking a stand against the National Rifle Association in a Times Square showdown over a shooting gallery there. The two companies are refusing to sign leases in the glitzy new "Bow Tie" building if the NRA also moves in with its gun-themed showcase.
After The Post broke the story of their standoff yesterday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and two Congress members, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Westchester) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), hailed the firms' "principled stand."
"You are doing the right thing," the politicians said in a joint letter to the heads of the two giant retailers. "We believe there is no place in the new Times Square for the NRA."
Sources have told The Post that Toys "R" Us and LVMH are refusing to sign leases in 1530 Broadway unless they get assurances from the NRA and its president, actor Charlton Heston, that the NRA won't build a theme restaurant and shooting
gallery there.
Toys "R" Us plans to take 45,000 square feet of space, and LVMH plans about half that amount for one of its Sephora cosmetics supermarkets. The NRA has been considering 70,000 square feet for an NRA Sports Blast eatery-entertainment center.
The politicians' letter added: "If the NRA opens in Times Square, they will be sending an unmistakably dangerous message to visitors that guns are a cause for celebration."
"Guns a cause for celebration", Darn right they are. Looks like it's time to boycot Toys R Us. Send your obligatory angry letters and emails to:
John Eyler, President & CEO
TOYS R US, Inc.
461 From Road
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
Louis Lipschitz
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
TOYS R US, Inc.
461 From Road
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
http://www.nypostonline.com/business/6190.htm
POLITICIANS JOIN NRA SHOWDOWN
By PAUL THARP
Politicians are rallying around Toys "R" Us and luxury purveyor LVMH for taking a stand against the National Rifle Association in a Times Square showdown over a shooting gallery there. The two companies are refusing to sign leases in the glitzy new "Bow Tie" building if the NRA also moves in with its gun-themed showcase.
After The Post broke the story of their standoff yesterday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and two Congress members, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Westchester) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), hailed the firms' "principled stand."
"You are doing the right thing," the politicians said in a joint letter to the heads of the two giant retailers. "We believe there is no place in the new Times Square for the NRA."
Sources have told The Post that Toys "R" Us and LVMH are refusing to sign leases in 1530 Broadway unless they get assurances from the NRA and its president, actor Charlton Heston, that the NRA won't build a theme restaurant and shooting
gallery there.
Toys "R" Us plans to take 45,000 square feet of space, and LVMH plans about half that amount for one of its Sephora cosmetics supermarkets. The NRA has been considering 70,000 square feet for an NRA Sports Blast eatery-entertainment center.
The politicians' letter added: "If the NRA opens in Times Square, they will be sending an unmistakably dangerous message to visitors that guns are a cause for celebration."
"Guns a cause for celebration", Darn right they are. Looks like it's time to boycot Toys R Us. Send your obligatory angry letters and emails to:
John Eyler, President & CEO
TOYS R US, Inc.
461 From Road
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
Louis Lipschitz
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
TOYS R US, Inc.
461 From Road
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
.