Actor Dustin Hoffman is one of thousands of Americans clamoring to be included on a "blacklist" of anti-gun activists drawn up by the National Rifle Association.
"As a supporter of comprehensive anti-gun safety measures, I was deeply disappointed when I discovered my name was not on the list," Hoffman wrote the NRA, according to Reuters.
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The 19-page list of celebrities, firms and news organizations includes the American Jewish Congress, A&M Records, ABC News and talk show superstar Oprah Winfrey, Reuters said.
"I was particularly surprised by the omission given my opposition to the loophole that makes it legal for 18- to 20-year-olds to buy handguns at gun shows," Hoffman added in his letter, the news service reported.
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The list, buried on the NRA website, became publicized when anti-gun campaigners set up their own website in their effort to help push two pieces of gun-control legislation through Congress.
Movie and music artists were urged to sign up on the NRA's list through an ad taken out in Daily Variety, the entertainment industry's trade magazine.
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"What the site tries to do is turn it into a badge of honor to get on the blacklist by saying 'Hey Julia Roberts is on the blacklist. Why don't you join it?.' It's been incredibly successful, Wendy Katz, spokewoman for the group, told Reuters.
She said 25,000 people have signed up to be included on the blacklist.
The NRA rejects characterizations of the list as a "blacklist," insisting it merely is a response to members who want to be advised of who opposes the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment on the right to bear arms.
"Our members don't want to buy their songs, don't want to go to their movies, don't want to support their careers," said Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre last week, according to Reuters.
