List Of Companies Severing Ties With The NRA Grows

By Tom Knighton

The National Rifle Association is probably used to being in the hot seat. After all, gun rights are far more controversial than they should be, and the NRA is at the forefront of the American consciousness when it comes to that topic. If you ask someone to name a pro-gun organization, 99 times out of 100, the person will name the NRA.

However, in times past, no matter how hot things got, some companies figured it was good business to stand by the NRA. It’s too bad that those days now seem to be over.

Several companies are ending their ties to the National Rifle Association in the wake of last week’s massacre at a Florida high school that left 17 dead. Four major companies, Enterprise Holdings, First National Bank of Omaha, Symantec, and MetLife are among the first to call it quits after a #BoycottNRA hashtag started to pick up steam online late Thursday.

The NRA was initially mum on the event but later went on offense during an annual gathering of conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington Thursday, igniting the boycott.

The gun rights group’s chief executive Wayne LaPierre openly criticized gun-control advocates and the media …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms