Since the mass shooting last week in Parkland, Florida, various concerned citizens have been calling for a boycott regarding the National Rifle Association (NRA) with some of the survivors from Stoneman Douglas High School leading the front through social media posts, marches, and action.
Companies and corporations around the country have been ending deals, discounts, and agreements tied to the NRA according to a variety of news outlets. On Twitter, the hashtag #BoycottNRA has been blowing up among people calling for gun reform.
The car rental company Hertz Corporation said the following in a tweet on Friday: "We have notified the NRA that we are ending the NRA's rental car discount program with Hertz."
The list of companies who have cut association with the NRA is growing extensively including MetLife Inc., Symantee Corp, BestWestern, First National Bank of Omaha, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, TrueCar, -an eclectic mix of hotels, banks, and corporations that originally offered rates to the NRA. Many more will be following suit as reported by multiple news sources.
Delta and United Airlines are the latest to join the boycott against the NRA by "no longer offering discounted rates for NRA members," according to FirstCoastNews. The NRA has resisted the backlash and is pushing back against the companies and corporations who have terminated agreements and ties to them.
They issued a statement on Saturday about how their members represent America and "let it be absolutely clear. The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world," according to CBSNews.
