Companies Are Severing Ties With NRA
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Historically, NRA (National Rifle Association) memberships meant access to a broad range of discounts, from special discounts on auto insurance to cheaper flights when booked through its website. But since the school shooting on Feb. 14, 2018, students, parents, and activists have flooded social media with calls to end corporate partnerships with this powerful gun lobby organization. Starting on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, more than a dozen companies ended their sponsorship or partnerships with the NRA. NRA members still have access to free gun-owner insurance plan and options to save on travel costs, but the listings on the organization’s “Membership Benefits” page have dwindled. American students, parents, families, and activists are enforcing their impacts through their purse. American businesses and corporations are responding.
The list of companies severing relationship with NRA is growing, so far, these are on the list:
- The First National Bank of America: stopped issuing an NRA-branded Visa card as a result of customer feedback
- Symantec (SYMC): the company making the Norton anti-virus software and owning the identity theft protection company LifeLock, has stopped its discount program with the NRA
- Hertz (HTZ): this car rental company is ending the NRA’s rental car discount program with Hertz, announced in a tweet
- MetLife (MET): this company is stopping offering member discount for home and auto insurance policies
- SimpleSafe: the company that makes home security system is discontinuing the relationship with NRA, announced in a statement by CEO Chad Laurans
- Avis and Budget Rent a Car: owned by Avis Budget Group (CAR), will stop offering discounts on car rentals to NRA members beginning March 26, 2018
- Allied and North American: owned by Sirva, will no longer have an affiliate relationship with the NRA
- TrueCar (TRUE), a car buying service, would end its deal with the NRA as of Feb. 28, 2018
- Delta Air Line (DAL): airline that is ending its discounted rate for NRA members
- United Airline (UAL): airline that will no longer offer discounts on flights to the NRA annual meeting
- Paramount RX: company providing a prescription drug discount program to NRA members via a third-party vendor, is working with that vendor to discontinue the program and remove the offering
- Starkey: company making hearing aids, will not renew the discount program with the NRA
Photographed, gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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