- Anyone who does not support gun regulation will not be able to adopt a pet from a California animal shelter.
Published by -NAWA News Feed- in - Animal Extremist - · Saturday 11 Jun 2022
"We will not adopt a pet to you if your values are incompatible with ours."
The Shelter Hope Pet Shop in Thousand Oaks, Calif., revealed at the end of May that it had added a question to its regular adoption interview for new pet owners: "Where do you stand on gun control?"
"We believe that if we can make our feelings known, we can make a difference." Shelter Hope Pet Shop owner Kim Sill commented on the organization's website, "We do not support those who believe that the 2nd amendment gives them the right to buy assault weapons." "We will not adopt a pet to you if your values are incompatible with ours."
Owners must also be at least 25 years old, have a valid driver's license, and if they don't own their home, submit to a physical inspection by the shelter.
Sill mentioned that the shooter who carried out the tragic mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks bar in 2018 had volunteered at Shelter Hope Pet Shop. Officials told Sill that the gunman had considered the refuge as a possible venue to carry out the shooting.
"Make no mistake, we will sue you for fraud if you lie about being a [National Rifle Association] supporter," Sill wrote.
The Backlash
According to NBC News, a number of the shelter's supporters are Republicans who have vowed to withhold financial assistance unless the interview question about gun control is removed.
Sill told the network, "I say, alright, keep your money." "As a result, if I go out of business, I go out of business." But I have to take action. And this is the only way I can make the point that mass shootings by people with guns must stop."
The alleged shooter in the Maryland incident has been charged with murder.
The 'insurrection' definition shirt worn by Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn is on sale.
Amy Hunter, a spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, reacted to Sill's remarks on Thursday, saying that "having this asinine political litmus test comes at the expense of needy and homeless dogs and cats."
Sill said she implemented the new policy in response to last month's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which, along with other recent mass shootings, revived a national discussion about gun regulation.
"That was it for me," the owner of the shelter said. "I needed to do something, so this is what I did."
Well, we guess this is one way to commit business-suicide.
