King & Dig:
Take it a step further and look at it from the board's view. Their JOB is to protect the investment of the stockholders. The company president publicizes personal actions which anger their customers, and they're inundated with communications to that effect. What are they supposed to do - let the president bankrupt the company and leave the shareholders holding the bag? Their hands are tied, they have to act.
Nobody's rights were violated here. Mr. Cooper is free to vote for the candidates of his choice. However, the president of a firearms manufacturer publicizing support of and political contributions to the most anti-gun presidential candidate in US history is an extreme act, just as incongruous and insensible as a Catholic Bishop publicizing personal support and personal monetary contributions for the construction of a free abortion clinic. Of course both are entirely within their rights to do so, but to expect to be able to do so without grave consequences in simply not sane.
