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Thank You Arms Manufacturers

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In the chain of events that gets guns to child soldiers, everyone turns their head, everyone looks the other way. Power of Peace wants to start at the source, the arms manufacturers who don’t care where their guns go. We want to thank Colt and Uzzi and AK for not caring who uses their products.

After we put these arms manufacturers on their heels, we’ll move on to the corruption and influence peddling that greases this crime against humanity.

GOAL: To thank arms executives, managers and employees who don't care where their guns go and for destroying children’s lives. To generate billboards near these manufacturers that spotlight this crime and ask them what are they doing to stop their products from getting into the hands of Child Soldiers? We’re going to set up a non profit devoted exclusively to arms manufacturers demanding they send us 10% of their profits so we can help support NGO’s that provide medical, mental health and burial services for the people whose lives their munitions have destroyed.

ACTION: 

1.  Send letters to the executives, managers and employees at Colt, Uzzi and AK to thank them for not caring that their guns end up in the hands of Child Soldiers. Also demand that the manufacturers send 10% of their profits to a special fund that will support the rehabilitation of Child Soldiers and much needed medical, mental health and burial services for the people whose lives their munitions have destroyed.

2. Donate to the POP so we can create a billboard campaign outside the headquarters of these manufacturers.

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