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 NRA Loses Corporate Support In Wake Of Florida School Shooting

NRA Loses Corporate Support In Wake Of Florida School Shooting

More than a dozen companies have ended their agreements with the National Rifle Association...

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

There have been dozens of mass shootings that have afflicted Americans in the last decade, with hundreds of people mercilessly slaughtered. Following each incident, there were outcries for gun reform and stricter rules around purchasing and owning weapons, yet virtually nothing changed.

Then the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting happened.

In the days after 17 people were gunned down, most thought this was just going to be another place where tragedy struck with little legislative change. But people around America have organised rallies, marches and events to provoke action in Washington.

While politicians are yet to vote on anything, US companies are pulling their support for the National Rifle Association. Some had long-standing agreements in the form of cards or discounts for NRA members, but they've since been revoked.

Car rental companies Enterprise, Hertz, Alamo, TrueCar, National, Budget and Avis have cut ties, so have Best Western, Wyndham, MetLife, Chubb, First National Bank of Omaha, North American Van Lines and security firms Symantec, Norton Online and Simplisafe.

There's also a petition with more than 16,000 signatures asking Amazon to remove NRAtv from their streaming service.

The petition claims the 24-hour streaming channel has '22 original series that promote the NRA's propaganda, and there's even an entire segment devoted to how it should be easier to purchase an AR15'.

Each company that has tweeted about their revoked business agreement with the National Rifle Association has provoked an absolute shitload of angry comments from Americans who feel like their Second Amendment rights are under attack.

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While the #BoycottNRA is gathering some pace, gun-owners are just creating their own hashtags relating to the companies that have boycotted the NRA.

Think Progress says 27 companies had ties with the association before the Parkland shooting, that's now down to 10.

The remaining ones include Lockton, FedEx, Life Line Screening, Vinesse Wines, Starkey Hearing Foundation, Medical Concierge, ManageURiD, Hotel Planner, Wild Apricot and eHealth.com.

Pressure is also mounting on Congress after President Trump threw his support behind a proposal to reinforce Comprehensive Background Checks, raising minimum age to purchase a weapon to 21 and ending the sale of bump stocks, a firearm add-on that can turn a semi-automatic gun into an automatic one.

He's likely to face opposition from within his own party on those proposals, but one thing he's being mocked for is his suggestion that teachers around the US should be armed.

Trump reckons teachers, coaches, and other school employees should be equipped with a concealed weapon.

Another viral hashtag was sparked asking for the President to instead arm teachers with more education funding.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: America, News, Social Media, weapons

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