BoycottNRA Movement Lifting Off
Yesterday, I shared a story about two large organizations severing ties with the NRA. As mentioned in yesterday’s article, the two organizations that ended their affiliation with the NRA are privately held and therefore not responsible to shareholders and elected boards. Now more dominoes are starting to fall as publicly held entities including two major airlines are severing ties with the increasingly embattled National Rifle Association. As the money dries up will the NRA’s grasp on the genitalia of our politicians loosen? Could this lead to logical, reasonable discussions about reducing the risk of gun violence? Ok, that’s probably the whiskey talking.
Two major airlines — United Airlines and Delta — said Saturday that they are notifying the National Rifle Association that they will no longer offer discounted rates for NRA members in the latest display of corporate backlash to the pro-gun organization.
United said it is canceling its program for discounted rates to the NRA’s annual meeting while Delta said it was dropping its contract for lower rates through our group travel program.
Both companies said they had asked the NRA to remove these offers from its website.
The moves, in the wake of the killing of 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Fla., follow decisions this week by rental car companies Hertz, Enterprise and Avis Budget to end their NRA discounts.
The pro-gun lobby has come under sharp criticism, particularly from students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, for opposing efforts to curb the sale of semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 used in the shootings .
“United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking that the NRA remove our information from their website,” the airlines said on Twitter.
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