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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday February 25 2018, @01:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the vox-populi dept.

We had submissions from three Soylentils with different takes on the NRA (National Rifle Association) and the public response in the wake of an attack at a Parkland, Florida high school.

Public Outcry Convinces National Companies to Cut Ties with NRA

Common Dreams reports:

In the latest sign that the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida tragedy may be playing out differently than the fallout from other mass shootings, several national companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA).

[Car rental companies] Alamo, Enterprise, and National--all owned by Enterprise Holdings--announced late on [February 22] that they would end discounts for the NRA's five million members. Symantec, the security software giant that owns Lifelock and Norton, ended its discount program on Friday as well.

The First National Bank of Omaha also said it would stop issuing its NRA-branded Visa credit cards, emblazoned with the group's logo and called "the Official Credit Card of the NRA". The institution is the largest privately-held bank in the U.S., with locations in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and South Dakota.

Additional coverage on TheHill, MarketWatch, Independent and Politico.

The NRA Just Awarded FCC Chair Ajit Pai With a Gun for His 'Courage'

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joined the pack at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday alongside fellow Republican commissioners Michael O'Rielly and Brendan Carr—the architects of the recent order repealing net neutrality protections passed in the Obama era.

Upon taking the stage, it was announced that Pai was receiving an award from the National Rifle Association: a handmade Kentucky long gun and plaque known as the "Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award."

https://gizmodo.com/the-nra-just-awarded-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-with-a-gun-for-1823273450

These Companies are Sticking by the NRA

Fallout continues from the mass murder in Florida. The National Rifle Association is taking it up the wazoo. A national boycott is emerging. If you are old enough, you will remember that this is what brought down Apartheid in South Africa.

From the Huffington Post:

In what may be a pivotal moment for American gun law reform, the National Rifle Association has become the object of intense pushback from anti-gun activists and survivors of last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 dead.

All the attention prompted the gun-rights group to break from its usual strategy of keeping quiet after mass gun deaths. NRA officials have gone on the attack to rail against the "politicization" of a tragedy, and going so far as to suggest that members of the media "love mass shootings" because of the ratings they supposedly bring.

The uproar has once again presented companies affiliated with the NRA, and its powerful pro-gun lobby, with a question: to cut ties, or to continue a relationship with a large but controversial group?

The NRA partners with dozens of businesses to spread its pro-gun message and provide discounts to its members, who number 5 million, according to the group. But this week, some companies have begun to jump ship.

Facing pressure from consumers, the First National Bank of Omaha said Thursday it would stop issuing NRA-branded Visa credit cards after its contract with the group expires. Enterprise Holdings, which operates the rental car brands Enterprise, National and Alamo, says it will end its discount program for NRA members next month, along with Avis and Budget. Hertz is out, too.


Original Submissions: #1, #2, and #3.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by physicsmajor on Sunday February 25 2018, @05:42PM (2 children)

    by physicsmajor (1471) on Sunday February 25 2018, @05:42PM (#643496)

    They made the right call. You are apparently uninformed. Assault rifles are already banned, and so-called assault weapons are impossible to legally and functionally differentiate from those used in hunting and sporting.

    Educate yourself: http://www.assaultweapon.info [assaultweapon.info]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @01:35AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @01:35AM (#643678)

    Didn't even read your own TFA, now did you?

    In 2004, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired. It was not renewed

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 2) by physicsmajor on Monday February 26 2018, @05:40AM

      by physicsmajor (1471) on Monday February 26 2018, @05:40AM (#643781)

      Your ignorance is showing, and/or you didn't actually read what you quoted.

      Assault rifle = automatic/selective automatic fire.
      Assault weapon = made-up term for scary looking semiautomatic that has no actual legal classification.

      I stated that assault rifles are already banned. They are and remain so, for any built after 1986. The quote you chose was for assault weapons, also known as a made-up term to conflate an actual automatic weapon with things that look like an AR-15. The assault weapons ban did nothing, and did expire. Entirely separate legislation continues to ban assault rifles.

      Language is important, and I am using it both precisely and correctly here.