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First National Bank of Omaha will no longer be issuing their special credit card account for NRA members.

https://www.pymnts.com/visa/2018/nra-visa-card-first-national-bank-of-omaha-guns/
First National Bank of Omaha offered two NRA cards with a $40 bonus and promoted it as “enough to reimburse your one-year NRA membership!”

Customers lashed out at the bank via Twitter, promising to take their business elsewhere if First National didn’t cut ties with the NRA.

“Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA,” said bank spokesman Kevin Langin, according to CBS News. Langin would not offer further information, such as when the contract would expire.

First National Bank has offices in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas.
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There has been a concerned effort from anti-gun folks to demand that businesses divest from the gun industry.

This isn't an example of the NRA sinking, it's an example of anti-gunners trying to engage in sanctions.

I already don't use paypal because of their anti-gun stances, I have no problem not using Enterprise either.
 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...e-after-florida-school-shooting-idUSKCN1G62PC

BlackRock puts gunmakers on notice after Florida school shooting.
BlackRock Inc said it will speak with weapons manufacturers and distributors “to understand their response” to the second-deadliest shooting at a public school in U.S. history, putting pressure on companies such as Sturm Ruger & Company Inc and American Outdoor Brands Corp.

BlackRock is the largest shareholder in both gunmakers and has more than $6 trillion in assets under management. It stopped short of saying it would divest its funds of gun companies, however.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in January wrote a letter to corporate executives saying that companies need to show how they make “a positive contribution to society” in addition to delivering financial performance.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/nj-...nsion-funds-from-investing-in-gun-makers.html

Following Florida mass shooting, New Jersey lawmakers look to bar state pension funds from investing in gun makers.
A bill that state Sen. Vin Gopal, a Democrat, plans to introduce would prohibit the state from investing assets of any pension or annuity fund in companies that manufacture firearms or ammunition, according to a statement e-mailed by Senate Democrats.

The move is one of many recent calls for weapons industry restrictions following the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school on Feb 14.

A spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of the Treasury did not immediately comment on what weapons stocks its pension funds may hold. Filings show the sale of 10,000 shares last month of ammunition maker Olin, and the sale of debt in gun maker Remington Outdoor Co.
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Thanks for the reminder!

I, like a lot of former NRA members, had given up my membership because they spend more money mailing me junk mail then they do buying congressmen and I'd rather see my money go towards buying congressmen.

Just to get those numbers pumped up I'm going to go ahead and sign up again today.

Distressing you will just be a bonus.
 
Why the NRA always wins

Why does the NRA always win, despite the repeated national traumas, and despite poll after poll showing a majority in favor of stronger gun control measures? It’s not the money. It’s because the NRA has built a movement that has convinced its followers that gun ownership is a way of life, central to one’s freedom and safety, that must be defended on a daily basis.

The gun control majority gets worked up only in the days after public mass shootings, even though such events accounted for only 71 of the 38,658 annual gun fatalities in 2016. Then the news coverage shifts, political prospects for action diminish, and the majority gravitates to other political matters while guns continue to take lives in suicides, domestic violence incidents, other crimes and accidents every day.

As heartwarming as it is to see high school students organize anti-gun marches, they are no more likely to be successful in busting the NRA narrative, or separating politicians from NRA money, than the parents of Columbine and Sandy Hook. The gun rights community is steeled against succumbing to sympathetic victims, as they have convinced themselves that they are above the politics of knee-jerk emotion.
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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/19/why-the-nra-always-wins-217028
 
richard_daily said:
There has been a concerned effort from anti-gun folks to demand that businesses divest from the gun industry.

This isn't an example of the NRA sinking, it's an example of anti-gunners trying to engage in sanctions.

I already don't use paypal because of their anti-gun stances, I have no problem not using Enterprise either.
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That's mighty hypocritical stance you've taken.
 
Que said:
Thanks for the reminder!

I, like a lot of former NRA members, had given up my membership because they spend more money mailing me junk mail then they do buying congressmen and I'd rather see my money go towards buying congressmen.

Just to get those numbers pumped up I'm going to go ahead and sign up again today.

Distressing you will just be a bonus.
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The NRA could kiss off everyone if you and all your alts paid up.

Just sayin
 
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article201662549.html

Kansas lawmakers cancel debate on NRA-backed gun safety bill.
Kansas legislators canceled debate Thursday on allowing elementary schools to offer a National Rifle Association-backed firearms safety course, responding to concerns such a step would be inappropriate the week after the mass shooting at a Florida high school.

House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a conservative Kansas City-area Republican, said top GOP leaders are pursuing a more comprehensive plan that could include mental health initiatives.

The proposal drew fire from some Democrats and GOP moderates because it would give preference to an NRA gun-safety program as it authorized local schools to offer such courses to their students. They said it was inappropriate to steer schools to the NRA's curriculum so soon after the fatal Valentine's Day shootings of 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school by a 19-year-old former student.

"It's in tremendously poor taste to be voting on a bill like that at a time like this," said state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, a moderate Kansas City-area Republican.
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richard_daily said:
How so?
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Because it's the opposite of the NRA's stance. If the NRA can suggest to its members they shouldn't go to Starbucks, customers who would like sensible legislation passed can also pledge not to patronize companies who deal with the NRA.
 
The impact on OXFAM of executives using prostitutes in Haiti has had far more impact on OXFAM worldwide that any stance against the NRA in the US.

Oxfam is losing contributors in their thousands, having their charity shop volunteers resigning, is losing UK government support and money, and has been kicked out of Haiti.

The last action hurts Haiti more than OXFAM but the charity has lost the trust it had.

The strength of NRA support has survived many school shootings. One more doesn't make much difference.
 
SgtSpiderMan said:
Because it's the opposite of the NRA's stance. If the NRA can suggest to its members they shouldn't go to Starbucks, customers who would like sensible legislation passed can also pledge not to patronize companies who deal with the NRA.
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Where did I say people where not allowed to vote with their dollars?

I think they should.

However, none of these are examples of the NRA sinking, which is what I actually said.
 
contrifan32 said:
Thats because gun manufactures are a bad investment at the moment. Sales are down after loosing the #1 gun salesman, Barack Hussein Obama.
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He was loosed, was he?

Watch out, there's a black ex-President on the loose.
 
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