Before last week, membership in the National Rifle Association meant gaining access to a broad range of discounts. From special rates on auto insurance policies to cheaper flights when you booked through its website, the NRA's discount program offered a lot of perks.
But in the wake of a massacre at a Florida high school on February 14, activists flooded social media with calls to end corporate partnerships with America's most powerful gun lobby.
Since Thursday, more than a dozen brands severed ties with the organization.
In a statement, the National Rifle Association called the decisions "a shameful display of political and civic cowardice."
"In time, these brands will be replaced by others who recognize that patriotism and determined commitment to Constitutional freedoms are characteristics of a marketplace they very much want to serve," the statement said.
Funny how cowardice is now defined as refusing to stand with an organization that helps to murder our children, rather than standing to defend them.
However their threats have not stopped business from fleeing like rats from a sinking ship.
Here is a list so far:
- The First National
- Bank of Omaha
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Alamo Rent a Car
- National Car Rental
- Symantec
- Hertz
- MetLife
- SimpliSafe
- Avis
- Budget Rent a Car
- Allied
- North American
- TrueCar
- Delta Air Lines
- United Airlines
- Paramount RX
- Starkey
Republican supporters of the NRA are not going down without a fight however.
Cagle is the current Georgia Lt. Governor, now running for the Governor's seat.I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA. Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.— Casey Cagle (@CaseyCagle) February 26, 2018
I wonder what his political chances would be if Delta suddenly decided to move their company headquarters to a more agreeable state?
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