{"id":210,"date":"2013-05-31T06:19:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=210"},"modified":"2013-05-31T06:19:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:19:04","slug":"210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/themes\/TheBlaze\/images\/theblaze_logo_2x.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>Gun Shop Allegedly Banned From Partcipating in Popular Store\u2019s Contest: \u2018Entry Contains Content That Promotes\u2026Firearms\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/05\/30\/gun-shop-allegedly-banned-from-partcipating-in-popular-stores-contest-entry-contains-content-that-promotes-firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/05\/30\/gun-shop-allegedly-banned-from-partcipating-in-popular-stores-contest-entry-contains-content-that-promotes-firearms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div>May. 30, 2013 3:11pm\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/author\/billy-hallowell\/\">Billy Hallowell<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MapleCreekGunsmithing\/info\">Maple Creek Gunsmithing<\/a>, a firearms store in Fremont, Nebraska, is claiming that Staples, the popular office supply chain, rejected a recent contest application from the shop \u2014 because Maple Creek sells guns&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The alleged rejection e-mail that was sent by Staples and subsequently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MapleCreekGunsmithing\">published on the Maple Creek Gunsmithing Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We\u2019re sorry, but your small business entry into the Staples PUSH It Forward Contest has been rejected* for the following reason(s):<\/p>\n<p>Entry contains content that promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms\/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message; is obscene or offensive; or endorses any form of hate or hate group.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit the Staples PUSH It Forward Contest if you wish to submit a new entry for your small business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;\u201cThey went as far to say that they lump us in with illegal drug use&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;\u201cI was blown away. I couldn\u2019t believe what I was reading,\u201d he said. \u201cThey lumped us in with criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both owners are Army veterans.<\/p>\n<p>According to Starnes, Staples confirmed its policy not to award firearms companies&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Gun Shop Allegedly Banned From Partcipating in Popular Store\u2019s Contest: \u2018Entry Contains Content That Promotes\u2026Firearms\u2019 http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/05\/30\/gun-shop-allegedly-banned-from-partcipating-in-popular-stores-contest-entry-contains-content-that-promotes-firearms\/ May. 30, 2013 3:11pm\u00a0Billy Hallowell Maple Creek Gunsmithing, a firearms store in Fremont, Nebraska, is claiming that Staples, the popular office supply chain, rejected a recent contest application from the shop \u2014 because Maple Creek sells guns&#8230; The alleged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2nd-ammendment","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}