Put Down Your Weapons, Americans: Big US Firms Drop Benefits to NRA Members
In the wake of last week's shooting massacre at a Florida high school, major companies are cutting ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA), a profitable Virginia-based lobbying group that consistently funds legal challenges to common sense gun control legislation in the US.
On Saturday morning, Delta Air Lines announced that it would no longer offer discounted rates to NRA members.
"We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website," the airline said in a tweet.
Shortly afterward, United Airlines announced that they too would end discounted rates on flights for gun-club members traveling to the group's annual meeting.
Car-buying service TrueCar also announced on Friday that it would abandon business-related partnerships with the NRA beginning February 28.
These companies are the latest to sever ties with the NRA following a wave of gun massacres in the US, including last week‘s school shooting in Florida that saw 17 killed and 14 injured.
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