Corporate America continues to distance itself from the National Rifle Association and gun makers.
Corporate America continues to distance itself from the National Rifle Association and gun makers.
Delta and United Airlines announced Saturday that members of the gun group will no longer get discounted tickets.
Bank of America also chimed in, saying it would “reexamine its relationships” with assault rifle manufacturers.
«We are joining other companies in our industry to examine what we can do to help end the tragedy of mass shootings, and an immediate step we’re taking is to engage the limited number of clients we have that manufacture assault weapons for non-military use to understand what they can contribute to this shared responsibility,» bank officials said in a statement.
Both Delta and United on Saturday asked the NRA to remove information about the airlines from its website.
Saturday’s announcements capped a week of big businesses putting their money to work to stop mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 students and staffers dead.
First National Bank of Omaha announced this week it would not renew its contract for the NRA Visa card.
“Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA,” First National spokesman Kevin Langin said.
Enterprise rental company and its subsidiaries, Alamo and National, said that the gun group’s members would no longer get discounts as of March 26. Hertz rental car company also put the brakes on NRA member price cuts. MetLife and Chubb insurance companies followed suit, ending special NRA policies.
Hotel chains Best Western and Wyndham, and Symantec Corp, which makes Norton Antivirus software, also stopped offering deals to the gun association’s members.
Corporate America’s consciousness awakening comes amid national public outrage over the frequency of the public slaughter enabled by high powered weapons.
The NRA did not immediately return calls for comment.
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