Posted February 24, 2018 11:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The National Rifle Association has a pretty broad reach due to the number of members the organization has. Because of that reach, there have been a lot of benefits to membership that have little to do with gun rights.

However, two companies that provided those benefits have severed ties with the NRA amid the post-Parkland hysteria.

Two major companies have severed their corporate relationship with the National Rifle Association in the wake of the Florida high school shooting.

Enterprise Holdings Inc., which is the parent company of Enterprise, Alamo, and National Car Rental, said Thursday the discount program for NRA members would end, starting March 26.

The First National Bank of Omaha, the largest privately-owned bank in the nation, also said Thursday it will not renew a contract with the NRA for a branded Visa card.

“Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA,” the bank wrote on its Twitter account. “As a result, First National Bank of Omaha will not renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa Card.”

I can understand why these companies are making this move, though I’m not going to excuse it.

Both companies are getting a lot of flak …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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