Dropping Support for NRA Post-Parkland
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:45 pm
I've just read an article dated 02/24/2018 in which the author provides a list of companies which have announced they are dropping support for the NRA, in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. Here's the list:
In the nature of full disclosure-- I was formerly a member of the NRA myself until sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, when the NRA came out in favor of the "Three Strikes and You're Out" legislation. That legislation, which was subsequently adopted in various jurisdictions and for certain crimes, assigned statutory punishments for conviction of those crimes, leaving no room for judicial discretion. These laws, in my opinion, violate due process and put the public at risk. Subsequent to learning the NRA was pushing for this legislation, I canceled my membership along with a letter in which I explained my reason for doing so.
Therefore I am not an NRA member, and I do not agree with everything they espouse. However I do believe they have made some valuable contributions in the war against the socialist tyrants who want to disarm Americans.
The original article from which I took the names of these companies is here.
Note: According to the Wall Street Journal, these names can be added to the boycott list:
- Hertz car rentals
- First National Bank of Omaha
- Avis rentals
- Budget rentals
- MetLife Insurance
- Allied Van Lines (Sirva)
- North American moving company (Sirva)
- Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus)
In the nature of full disclosure-- I was formerly a member of the NRA myself until sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, when the NRA came out in favor of the "Three Strikes and You're Out" legislation. That legislation, which was subsequently adopted in various jurisdictions and for certain crimes, assigned statutory punishments for conviction of those crimes, leaving no room for judicial discretion. These laws, in my opinion, violate due process and put the public at risk. Subsequent to learning the NRA was pushing for this legislation, I canceled my membership along with a letter in which I explained my reason for doing so.
Therefore I am not an NRA member, and I do not agree with everything they espouse. However I do believe they have made some valuable contributions in the war against the socialist tyrants who want to disarm Americans.
The original article from which I took the names of these companies is here.
Note: According to the Wall Street Journal, these names can be added to the boycott list:
- Chubb Ltd. (insurance)
- Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise, Alamo, and National rental-cars)
- Delta Air Lines
- United Airlines