Companies involved
Affinity marketing
One class of companies targeted generally offer or offered discounts or free trials to NRA members, often advertised on the NRA website, in what is often termed affinity marketing. Access to discounts is a benefit of paying NRA membership dues [10] and the NRA promotes the opportunity to save hundreds of dollars more than the cost of membership. [11]
Severed ties
Companies that have severed ties with the NRA as of February 24, 2018, span banks, airlines, car rental services, hotels, and software companies. [12] [13] [14] They include:
- Avis Budget Group (Avis, Budget and Hertz) [12] [15] [16] [17] [18]
- Allied Van Lines and North American Van Lines both owned by Sirva [12] [19]
- Best Western [12]
- Delta Air Lines [12] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
- Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise, National and Alamo) [12] [16]
- First National Bank of Omaha [8] [9] [12] [20] [25]
- Harland Clarke Direct Selling Solutions [26]
- Paramount Rx [27]
- Personify Corp [28]
- Republic Bank & Trust Company [27]
- Securian [29]
- SimpliSafe [7] [12] [30]
- Starkey Hearing Technologies [13]
- Symantec [7] [12] [17] [31] [32]
- Teladoc [33]
- TrueCar [12] [17] [34]
- United Airlines [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
- Wyndham Hotel Group [7] (in 2012 after Sandy Hook) but reiterated it does not support the NRA [11]
Retained ties
Several companies have been pressured to disaffiliate with the NRA, but have not, or have not issued statements indicating that they will. [35] [26]
- Bass Pro Shops and subsidiary Cabela's [20] [26]
- BlackRock, saying that it would speak with weapons manufacturers and distributors, but has not taken any further action yet. [8] [36]
- Clearent credit card processing [26] [35]
- Global Rescue [29] [37]
- HotelPlanner defended its relationship with the NRA [26] [38]
- Life Line Screening [39]
- Lloyd's of London [29]
- Long-Term Care Resources [37]
- ManageUrID [26]
- Medical Concierge Network [29] [37]
- MedFlight Freedom [29]
- MidwayUSA, saying "no company in America is more dedicated to, and more supportive of, the goals of the National Rifle Association than MidwayUSA" [26]
- ReliaStar [29]
- NetSpend [26]
- Omni Hotels [26]
- Vinesse Wine Clubs, the official wine club of the NRA [11] [40]
- Wells Fargo [41]
FedEx
Pressure on FedEx to drop NRA discounts of up to 26 percent had been going on for nearly a year before the Florida shooting. [26] [42] After several companies cut ties with the NRA, calls to boycott FedEx arose on social media under the hashtag #BoycottFedEx. [43] In a statement, FedEx affirmed that while it does not fully agree with the NRA on issues of gun policy, it will continue its business relationship with the organization. [44] [45] [46] Due to a drop in NRA-related volume that made the organization ineligible for discounts, the NRA was dropped from the program on October 30, 2018. [47]
Insurance providers
In response to the NRA boycott several companies discontinued insurance products targeted at NRA members.
Vista Outdoor
Vista Outdoor manufactures AR-15-style rifles under the Savage Arms brand and ammunition under the CCI and Federal brands as well as a range of bike related and other outdoor products including the Bell, Giro, CamelBak, and Blackburn brands. After the Parkland shooting, consumers called on retailers to stop selling all Vista Outdoor products specifically over the company's support of the NRA.
Bicycle retailers in several states stopped selling all Vista Outdoor products, citing the company's support for the NRA. Some cancelled orders or returned existing stock. [52] [53] [54] Canadian retail cooperative Mountain Equipment Co-op similarly announced on March 1, 2018, that, in response to a petition by its members, it would no longer stock products by Vista Outdoor brands in its 22 stores. The co-op does not sell guns. [55] [56] In the United States Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) announced that they would stop ordering all Vista Outdoor products due to the company's NRA support. [57] Running Room, Canada's largest dealer of athletic apparel announced it will discontinue Camelbak products across the chain of 120 Canadian and two US stores, citing strong customer support for the move. [58] [59]
Broadcasters of NRA programming
NRATV, the NRA's online video channel, is a prominent forum used by the organization to disseminate its message [60] and with a large follower base on social media. [61] In the aftermath of the events in Parkland, activists created the hashtags #stopNRAmazon and #DumpNRATV asking Amazon to discontinue streaming programs from NRATV, an initiative supported by celebrities like Alyssa Milano, Denis O'Hare, Evan Handler, Ben Gleib, Joshua Malina, Warren Leight, Genevieve Angelson, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Misha Collins. [20] [62] [63] [64] [65] Other companies offering NRATV programs as part of their streaming services became the target of a similar campaign launched by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense and Everytown for Gun Safety. [66]
The following companies continue to stream NRATV, despite petitions for them to stop: [67]
- Amazon with Amazon Fire TV [68] [69] [70]
- Apple Inc. with Apple TV [69] [70] [71]
- Google with Chromecast [71]
- Roku, Inc., which streams NRATV and NRA Women, stated it operates an open streaming service and that clients decide which channels they download. [69] [70] [71]
- SiriusXM, which hosts an NRA radio show [26] has also been pressured to cut ties. [72]
Gun dealers
On February 28, 2018 Dick's Sporting Goods discontinued the sale of all assault-style rifles, high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. The company also immediately restricted the sale of any guns to customers aged 21 or older. As justification for the move, Dick's praised the Stoneman Douglas students who are campaigning for gun control and for businesses to side against the NRA. [73]
