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Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh: Why Business Leaders Need to Take a Stand on Gun Violence

While it might be unpopular with some, doing nothing is no longer an option.

In November 2016, I wrote an open letter requesting that gun owners not bring firearms into our stores, offices, or facilities, even in states where it’s permitted by law. This was following an incident in one of our stores in which a customer accidentally shot and injured himself while trying on a pair of jeans. While that was bad, it could have been worse: The bullet could have killed him, another customer, or one of our employees.

In the days after I published that letter, I received threats to our stores, our business, and even on my life. It was unsettling. But these personal attacks pale in comparison to the threats that activists and survivors from Parkland, Sandy Hook, and daily incidents of gun violence face every time they speak up on this issue.

Full Pledge: http://fortune.com/2018/09/04/levi-strauss-gun-violence-parkland/

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