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These Companies Are Sticking By The NRA
Fallout continues from the mass murder in Florida. The National Rifle Ass. it 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 dearly beloved Huffington Post [huffingtonpost.com]!!
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.
The only thing that can stop a bunch of bad guys/and or Republicans with guns, is a lot more people without guns who refuse to do business with those that support military-style assault weapons in the hands of men with very small penises. (C'mon, eds, you did not think I was not going to put something in here for you to "edit" out? Have a sense of humor! Or at least a takyon of humor. Just substitute "support the NRA." See? Neutral, factual, and still sticks it to the murderous bastards! )
