Entities Boycotting the NRA

[Ben]

I thought I would start a list of business and other entities that are cutting ties to the NRA. Choose to do, or not do anything regarding them, but I figured it would be good to list them.

So far I know of:

First National Bank no longer issuing the NRA credit card.

Enterprise, Alamo, and National are no longer offering car rental discounts to NRA members.

I have heard, but not confirmed, that Best Western is also pulling NRA discounts.

[Perd Hapley]

Too bad I rarely do business with any of those clowns.

[Angel Eyes]

Hertz appears to still offer NRA discounts:  https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/hertzlink/index.jsp?targetPage=NRA_org.jsp

[BobR]

Also:

MetLife

Symantec Corp

SimpliSafe (Alarm Company)

Wyndham ended their relationship in 2017

Best Western has Tweeted they do not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the NRA



bob

[zxcvbob]

Also:

MetLife

Symantec Corp

SimpliSafe (Alarm Company)

Wyndham ended their relationship in 2017

Best Western has Tweeted they do not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the NRA



bob

Oh No!  Not Wyndham, I actually use that one.

[Ben]

Best Western has Tweeted they do not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the NRA

Well, that's a relief. I have a ton of points with them. Though I suppose using points means they're sorta paying me, so it would actually have been sticking it to them. 

[cordex]

Symantec Corp

I've got a client who uses their hosted antivirus endpoint product.  I think I'll advise an alternate solution next year.

[Ben]

Metlife's statement lacks some awareness:

We value all our customers but have decided to end our discount program with the NRA.

[TechMan]

Metlife's statement lacks some awareness:

Same one that Enterprise gave.

[Jim147]

It's been many years since I was an NRA member. The political scare tactics asking for more money every week wore old fast.

If I had some money I would become a member again. And while I don't travel much these days I always used enterprise and Wyndham but I never will again.

Let the sjw keyboarders rule your business and you do not get mine.

[BlueStarLizzard]

It's been many years since I was an NRA member. The political scare tactics asking for more money every week wore old fast.

If I had some money I would become a member again. And while I don't travel much these days I always used enterprise and Wyndham but I never will again.

Let the sjw keyboarders rule your business and you do not get mine.

I just said "*expletive deleted*ck it" and gave them $75 for a two year membership. The hate towards the NRA is actually pissing me off more than the NRA ever has... Which is saying something.

[Ben]

I just said "*expletive deleted*ck it" and gave them $75 for a two year membership. The hate towards the NRA is actually pissing me off more than the NRA ever has... Which is saying something.

Maybe it's just me, but I seem to notice that:

Conservative boycotts either sometimes have an effect or else mostly have no effect.

Progressive boycotts and "shamings" almost always seem to have the opposite effect of their intention. They almost always seem to end up boosting the sales or positive publicity of their targets, or if they shame a business into caving to their demands, the business actually takes a hit.

I think it's because people ignore or just roll their eyes at conservative boycotts. However, the  SJWs and progressives are just so absolutely annoying and self-righteous and smug when they do theirs, that they actually get fence sitters to go to the opposite side. Sorta like how Trump got elected. :)

[RoadKingLarry]

I just said "*expletive deleted*ck it" and gave them $75 for a two year membership. The hate towards the NRA is actually pissing me off more than the NRA ever has... Which is saying something.

I'm another slacker that had let my membership lapse a couple of years ago.
Just fixed it and won't have to worry about it for 5 years.

[Brad Johnson]

Addressed my lax attitude about two weeks ago. May go ahead and add a couple years to the re-up.

Brad

[Perd Hapley]

Well, phooey. I am due to re-up this month anyhow, and can't afford to make a statement by getting the Platinum-level Lifetime membership, or anything.   

(Is Platinum level the one where you get to hunt Democrats on LaPierre's plantation, with a silenced, semiautomatic assault rifle, or is that the Royal Deluxe Grade, w/ Color Case Hardening and scrollwork membership level?)

[Jamisjockey]

Thanks for the reminder.  My membership has been lapsed for a few years.
Renewed today.

[Fly320s]

Well, phooey. I am due to re-up this month anyhow, and can't afford to make a statement by getting the Platinum-level Lifetime membership, or anything.   

(Is Platinum level the one where you get to hunt Democrats on LaPierre's plantation, with a silenced, semiautomatic assault rifle, or is that the Royal Deluxe Grade, w/ Color Case Hardening and scrollwork membership level?)

Must be the Royal Deluxe.  I am at the Diamond II level and get constant sales pitches for the Platinum level, but they never mention any of those perks. 

[Ben]

I went to Life probably twenty years ago (for the lather jacket, man!   )* and then leveled up to Patron over the years, with the idea that with that, I have given enough to the NRA for my lifetime**. Keeping in line with my previous post though, this current crap really makes me want to send some dough to NRA/ILA. Just because.

* I don't know if any one else with Life has noticed, but it seems to really cut down on the NRA mailings. I went from a bajillion a month to maybe 3-4 per month. That's worth it right there!  

** Though I did leave a small donation to the NRA in my Trust, just so I can stick it to the SJWs from the great beyond.  

[Ben]

I didn't realize the Dallas mayor now wants the NRA to "reconsider" holding the convention there this year. It might be too late (and not to dis our Texas members), but I hope the NRA DOES reconsider and goes somewhere else.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/24/kansas-and-nebraska-governors-welcome-nra-convention-after-dallas-official-s-warning.html

[Pb]

If you don't want junk mail from the NRA call the number on your card, and tell them so:

877-NRA-2000

I did years ago, and haven't gotten junk mail since.

[cordex]

Life member here. I’m torn. The down side is that they initiated some of the anti-gun legislation. My days of supporting “compromise” on the gun issue are long, long past and I am not impressed that they are supporting more anti-gun laws.

Okay, maybe a real compromise. About the only support I would have for the NRA’s bump stock ban is if it was worded such that bump stocks were considered machine guns and the registry was permanently opened to new MG stamps.

[Ben]

Oh, on the car rental companies, Hertz is now out too. I think that's all the major rental companies you find at airports?

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/02/24/i-cant-even-joe-scarborough-mika-brzezinskis-new-line-of-attack-on-nra-sends-heads-to-desks/

[zxcvbob]

If you don't want junk mail from the NRA call the number on your card, and tell them so:

877-NRA-2000

I did years ago, and haven't gotten junk mail since.

I was getting lots and lots of phone calls from them; always when I was not home and my wife answered the phone, which made her pissed at them *and* me.     I finally talked to one of them and told them to stop calling.  Also said I read all their emails but most of the snail mail goes straight in the trash, so save your stamps.  I get almost no calls from them now (acceptable level), and not much junk mail.  Not a whole lot of junk emails either, those mostly come from Second Amendment Foundation and the Republican Party.

[230RN]

Life member here. I’m torn. The down side is that they initiated some of the anti-gun legislation. My days of supporting “compromise” on the gun issue are long, long past and I am not impressed that they are supporting more anti-gun laws.

Okay, maybe a real compromise. About the only support I would have for the NRA’s bump stock ban is if it was worded such that bump stocks were considered machine guns and the registry was permanently opened to new MG stamps.

Same boat here, lifer, but instead of mentioning my dissatisfaction with some of their efforts, I'd rather keep a "solid front" until the SJWgasm is spent.

Terry, 230RN

[Ben]

Now airlines are making a political statement:

https://twitchy.com/bethb-313034/2018/02/24/why-must-you-get-political-even-more-companies-pull-their-benefits-for-nra-members/